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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

ZAGRADITEL mine transport (1906)

 

Zagraditel 1914

 

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Заградитель [Zagraditel], 1.1932- Азимут [Azimut]     Crichton, Abo 1906 1906 1906 survey vessel 2.1927, netlayer 7.1941, survey vessel 10.1941

 

 

Displacement normal, t

388

Displacement full, t

459

Length, m

46.3

Breadth, m

7.30

Draught, m

3.05

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

480

Max speed, kts

9.5

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts) 1950(7)

Armament

mines

Complement 33

Project history: Built in Abo as mine transport for Kronshtadt naval base, officially was registered under War Department.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Since 27.2.1927 she was used as survey vessel, 1.1.1932 renamed Azimut. 31.7.1941 she was armed and converted to netlayer, but 18.10.1941 re-classified again as survey vessel. 22.11.1941, at passage from Hanko, Azimut was mined and has sunk off Kalbodagrund bank.

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