Sputnik 1915
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Спутник <Sputnik>, 8/1940- Лайне <Layne>, 7/1941- №49 <No49>, 12/1941- Лайне <Layne>, 2/1942- Гангутец <Gangutets> | Crichton, St. Petersburg // Kronshtadt Port Wks | 1912 | 24/7/1912 | 1913 | dispatch vessel 3/1915, captured by Germany 4/1918 (Lauterbach, later Estonian Laine), re-commissioned as dispatch vessel 8/1940, minesweeper 7/1941, guard ship 12/1941, survey vessel 11/1945 | |
| Конвоир <Konvoir> | Crichton, St. Petersburg // Kronshtadt Port Wks | 1912 | 19/7/1912 | 1913 | collision 3/11/1917 |
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Displacement normal, t |
211 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
37.0 |
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Breadth, m |
6.10 |
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Draught, m |
1.80 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 1 boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
500 |
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Max speed, kts |
12 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 80 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 950(8) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 37/23 Hotchkiss |
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Complement |
20 |
Ship project history: Former escorts of submarines.
Modernizations: 1917, both: - 2 x 1 - 57/40, 2 x 1 - 37/23; + 2 x 1 - 76/30 Lender
1940, Layne: was armed with 1 x 1 - 76/30 8K, 2 x 1 - 45/46 21K
1941, No49: + sweeps
1941, Layne: - sweeps
1943 - 1944, Gangutets: + 1 x 2 - 12.7/90, 3 x 1 - 12.7/79
Naval service: Konvoir was lost 2/11/1917 in result of collision. 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.
With occurrence of Estonia in structure of the USSR Laine 6/8/1940 entered Baltic Fleet as guard ship Layne. 5/11/1945 she was disarmed and converted to survey vessel, 29/10/1953 stricken and BU 3/1/1954.
Layne
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