Kolkhida 1914
more than 1000 BRT
Name |
Launched // Comm. |
Builder |
Tonnage, BRT or Disp., t |
Dimensions, m |
Speed, kts |
Engine, Power hp |
Armament |
Fate |
������� [Zarnitsa] (ex-����� [Foros]) | 1891 // 6.1915 | UK | 1086 | 79.2x11.4 | 14.7 | 2400 | 3-47/40 | hulk 10.1922 |
������ [Krechet] (ex-� [U], ex-Polaris) | 9.1898 // 8.1915 | Hurley, Dundee, UK | 2844 | 85.8x11.6 | 13.5 | 2600 | cargo vessel 12.1926 | |
������� ����� ��������� ���������� [Velikiy Knyaz' Aleksandr Mikhaylovich] |
1907 // Autumn 1914 | Malmö, Sweden | 1482 | 74.2x10.6 | 17.5 | 2260 | 4-75/48 | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 |
���� [Yakut] | 1887 // 1916 | 1300 | 65.7x7.2 | 12 | 1100 | 2-75/48 | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 | |
����������� ����� [Princhipessa Mariya], 3.1918- ������������ [Osvobozhdeniye] | 1896 // 9.1916 | Livorno, Italy | 3000 | 88.0x14.5 | 15 | 4000 | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 | |
��������� [Gorislava] (ex-Josefina) | 1899 // 8.1916 | USA | 1650 | 75.6x9.0 | 15 | 3000 | 2-102/60 | captured by British 8.1918, AMC of Red Navy 3.1920, despatch vessel 3.1921, stricken 6.1924 |
�������� [Yedineniye] (ex-Kipr) | 1913 // 6.1917 | USA | 1415 | 77.0x8.7 | 16 | 3200 | lost Autumn 1917 | |
������� [Kolguyev], 1920- ���� [Yushar] | 1915 // 7.1916 | UK | 2000 | 73.2x10.7 | 11 | 1200 | 4-75/48 | captured by British 8.1918, re-commissioned 4.1920, transferred mercantile 5.1920 |
������� [Lyudmila] (ex-Lady Gwendolin) | 1911 // 7.1916 | UK | 3817 | unlisted 1917 | ||||
����� [Mlada] (ex-Semiramida) | 1900 // 2.1917 | 1792 | 15 | 3-130/53 | unlisted 1917 | |||
����� [Poryv] (ex-Vanadis) | 1913 // 6.1917 | USA | 1233 | 84.4x9.7 | 15 | 3000 | captured by British Summer 1918 | |
������� [Rassvet] (ex-Alberta) | 1896 // 6.1917 | USA | 1160 | 76.8x10.3 | 14 | 3000 | unlisted 1917 | |
������ [Rogday] (ex-Nevada) | 1915 // 8.1917 | USA | 2122 | 64.4x12.9 | 15 | 1300 | unlisted 1917 | |
��������� [Yaroslavna] (ex-Lysistrata) | 1901 // 7.1916 | Denny, Dumbarton, UK | 3315 | 96.6x12.2 | 18 | 3500 | 2-120/43, 2-47/40 | captured by British 8.1918, commissioned again 4.1920, board guard 11.1922, stricken 1950s |
����� [Voron] (ex-��������� �2 [Libavskiy No2] | 1896 // 7.1916 | Oslo, Norway | 1100 | 40.5x9.6x4.5 | 10.3 | 700 | 2 - 75/50 | to Latvia 6.1922 |
���� [Grif] (ex-Bore I) | // 10.1916 | captured by Germany 3.4.1918 | ||||||
������ [Yastreb] (ex-Bore-II) | 1900 // 3.1916 | Finland | 1150 | 57.9x8.8x4.9 | 12 | 1124 | 2 - 105/45 | depot ship 1.1922, dispatch vessel 7.1941 - 2.1944 |
100 - 1000 BRT
����� [Izhora] (1913, 210, 7.1914-11/1924); ����� [Viola] (ex-Friedrich Wilhelm) (1893, 422, 8.1914-13.4.1918); ���� [Eros] (1892, 500, 8.1915-10/1918); ������� [Kolkhida] (ex-Tamara) (1898, 992, 3-75/48, 6.1913-1.5.1918); ��������� [Dneprovets] (ex-Dneprovskiy Kanal) (1905, 525, 1-75/48, 1916-1.5.1918); ������ [Voskhod] (ex-Diana) (1896, 751, 6.1917-1917); ���� [Iney] (ex-Halden) (1909, 220, 12.1916-?.8.1918); ������ [Kupava] (ex-Surendalsfiord) (1915, 805, 2-76/28, 12.1916-?.8.1918); ����� [Orlik] (ex-P. Hansen) (1914, 300, 2.1917-?.3.1918); �������� [Snezhinka] (ex-Teklia) (1895, 180, 8.1916-?.8.1918); �������� [Sokolitsa] (ex-Alvina) (1895, 526, 7.1917-?.3.1918, 3.1920-12/1922); ������ [Ruslan] (ex-������� [Dobrynya]) (1914, 350, 1 - 75/50, 11.1916 - 4.1924) |
Project history: Merchant vessels converted to despatch vessels during World War One.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Velikiy Knyaz' Aleksandr Mikhaylovich, Yakut and Princhipessa Mariya were captured by Germans 1.5.1918 at Sevastopol, later two formers escaped with Wrangel and third was returned to Rumanian owner. Yedineniye was lost by unknown cause in Autumn 1917. Fate of Lyudmila, Mlada, Rassvet and Rogday is unknown. Poryv was captured by British troops in Summer 1918 and escaped abroad. Grif was captured by German troops 3.4.1918 at Hanko and returned by them to owner.
� Ivan Gogin, 2014