Pikker 1940
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Pikker | Tallinn N Yd | 1939 | 1940 | captured by USSR 13/8/1940 (staff vessel Οθκκεπ <Pikker>) |
|
Displacement standard, t |
500 |
|
Displacement full, t |
540 |
|
Length, m |
57.0 |
|
Breadth, m |
7.35 |
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Draught, m |
2.60 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
diesels |
|
Power, h. p. |
1900 |
|
Max speed, kts |
18 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 75/50 Canet, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94 |
|
Complement |
43 |
Ship project history: Unique combat ship built in Estonia. Intended for use as patrol and Presidential yacht.
Modernizations: None
Naval service: After entering of Estonia into USSR Pikker was commissioned as command ship Pikker (since 1941 Kiev, since 1942 Luga, later Ilmen`. Since 1948 ship served on Black Sea as dispatch vessel Rioni, since 1961 as survey vessel Moskovskiy Universitet. Ship was stricken only in 1978.
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