Nearly sister-ship Kuban 1919
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Индигирка <Indigirka>, 5/1920- Лейтенант Шмидт <Leytenant Shmidt>, 5/1921- Индигирка <Indigirka> | Nizhegorodskiy Teplokhod, Nizhniy Novgorod | 5/1917 | 9/1917 | 2/1919 | gunboat, auxiliary cruiser 10/1919, minesweeper 5/1921, stricken 10/1923 | |
| Московский Комсомолец <Moskovskiy Komsomolets> (ex-Исеть <Iset`>), 2/1945 - Московский Комсомол <Moskovskiy Komsomol> | Nizhegorodskiy Teplokhod, Nizhniy Novgorod | 5/1917 | 12/1917 | 1920 // 1/1943 | completed mercantile, command ship 5/1942, gunboat 1/1943, TS 1/1946, stricken 9/1950 | |
| Селенга <Selenga> | Nizhegorodskiy Teplokhod, Nizhniy Novgorod | 5/1917 | 12/1917 | --- | BU incomplete 1919 |
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Displacement normal, t |
320 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
47.5 |
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Breadth, m |
8.00 |
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Draught, m |
1.47 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
400 |
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Max speed, kts |
8.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 75/50 Canet, 6 x 1 - 7.6/94, 60 mines |
| Complement | 67 |
Ship project history: Multipurpose shallow-draught crafts intended for laying mines and anti-submarine nets. Lead Pripyat ` was converted from Volga diesel-engined tug Demosfen built in Nizhni Novgorod in 1914. Project appeared successful, and in 1916 the order for building of 8 more ships for Baltic has been given out. However, no any of them served on Baltic: Terek, Kuban ` and Indigirka were completed in 1918-1919 as gunboats for Volga Flotilla, remaining ships were never completed. In May, 1917 the order on building of multi-purpose diesel-engined ships of Strengthened Demosfen class combining features of minelayers, netlayers and gunboats (500t, 1600hp, 14kts, 3 102mm/60 guns, 1 76mm AA gun, 60 mines) was given out. This program remained non-realised.
Laid down in 1916 in settlement Bor off Nizhniy Novgorod as netlayer Iset for Baltic Fleet, completed after Civil war.
Modernizations: 1921, Indigirka: + sweeps
Naval service: In 1930th Iset` as Moskovskiy Komsomolets she was used as training vessel for Moscow department of "Osoaviakhim". 8/4/1942 she was mobilised and 1/5/1942 commissioned by Baltic Fleet as command ship; 4/1/1943 re-classified to gunboat. 9/1/1946 Moskovskiy Komsomolets was converted to training ship, 14/9/1950 disarmed and sold for scrap 15/5/1957.
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