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Laine 1918

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Laine (ex-Lauterbach, ex-Спутник <Sputnik>)   Crichton, St. Petersburg // Kronshtadt Port Wks, Russia 1912 24/7/1912 1913 // 11/1918 captured by USSR 6/8/1940 (Лайне <Layne>)

 

Displacement normal, t

211

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

37.0

Breadth, m

6.10

Draught, m

1.80

No of shafts

1

Machinery

VTE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

500

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

coal 80

Endurance, nm(kts) 950(8)

Armament

2 x 1 - 76/30 Lender

Complement

20

   

Ship project history: Former escort of submarines.

 Sputnik 7/4/1918 was captured at Abo (Turku) by German AMC Möwe and converted to tender Lauterbach. 13/11/1918 she was transferred to Estonia as Laine: the first ship of Estonian Navy, used as patrol, gunboat and submarine depot ship.

Modernizations: none

Naval service: With occurrence of Estonia in structure of the USSR Laine 6/8/1940 entered Baltic Fleet as guard ship Layne.

Layne

 

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