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TRUDOVOY river gunboats (1933-1935/1939-1941)

Trudovoy 1939

Names

Трудовой [Trudovoy] (ex-Zawzieta)

Белорусс [Beloruss] (ex-Zaradna)

Builders

Pinsk Military port, Poland: Trudovoy, Beloruss

Completed

7/1933 // 10.1939: Trudovoy

7/1935 // 2.1941: Beloruss

Losses

Trudovoy (31.8.1941), Beloruss (18.9.1941)

Transfers

none

Discarding

none

  

Displacement standard, t

33

Displacement full, t

35

Length, m

18.1

Breadth, m

4.60

Draught, m

0.34

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 petrol engines

Power, h. p.

120

Max speed, kts

6

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts)  
Armour, mm belt: 6 - 4, deck: 6 - 4, turret: 10, CT: 6 - 4

Armament

1 x 2 - 76/38 obr. 1902/30, 1 x 1 - 76/28 obr. 1902, 3 x 1 - 7.6/94

Complement

17

Project history: Former Polish river gunboats Zaradna and Zawzieta. 18.9.1939 they were blown up on river Strumen`, in November, 1939 salvaged and towed off on repair to Pinsk.

Ship protection: Bulletproof protection.

Modernizations: 1930s, both: - 1 x 1 - 76/28, 3 x 1 - 7.6/94; + 3 x 1 - 45/43 21K, 2 x 4 - 7.6/94

Naval service: To a beginning of war both were dead in the water. Trudovoy 31.8.1941 under tow ran aground on Dnepr, abandoned and destroyed by German tanks. Belorus 18.9.1941 was sunk by German field artillery on Desna in Kiev.

 

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