Kopchik 1916
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Копчик <Kopchik> | Sandvikens Yd, Helsingfors | 1915 | 1916 | 1916 | survey vessel 3/1918, guard vessel 5/1921, wrecked 7/6/1923 | |
| Коршун <Korshun>, 2/1925- Пионер <Pioner>, 11/1951- Тагул <Tagul> | Sandvikens Yd, Helsingfors | 1915 | 1916 | 1916 | survey vessel 3/1918, guard vessel 5/1921, dispatch vessel 11/1923, stricken 1938, re-commissioned as gunboat 5/1941, dispatch vessel 11/1951, hulk 10/1957 |
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Displacement normal, t |
450 |
|
Displacement full, t |
550 |
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Length, m |
51.2 |
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Breadth, m |
7.30 |
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Draught, m |
2.90 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 3 Yarrow boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
1500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
15 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 38 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 940(10) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 105/45 SK L/45, 1 x 1 - 40/39 Vickers, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94, 70 mines |
|
Complement |
57 |
Ship project history: Laid down as target tugs. Both ships were armed by German guns removed from captured cruiser Magdeburg.
Modernizations: 1920s, Pioner: - 2 x 1 - 105/45, 1 x 1 - 40/39, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94; + 2 x 1 - 102/60 (ru), 1 x 1 - 76/30 8K, mine stowage decreased to 30.
Naval service:
Kopchik was sunk 7/6/1923 in result of navigating accident;
she was raised 31/8/1923, but never commissioned again.
Korshun after Civil war was classified as guard and training ship, since 10/11/1939
as MTB depot ship and since 16/5/1941 as gunboat.
Pioner 27/9/1941 was damaged by German artillery and aircraft, has sunk on shallow
water in Leningrad Sea Canal. She was raised in October, 1944 and commissioned again 30/11/1945 as
despatch vessel; 13/11/1951 renamed Tagul. Since 3/10/1957 she served as
receiving ship BRN-38 and BU in January, 1959.
Pioner
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