Kuban 1919
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Кубань <Kuban> | Kolomna S Yd | 5/1917 | 1918 | 8/1918 | minelayer, gunboat 2/1919, harbour vessel 9/1920, minesweeper 5/1921, stricken 10/1923 | |
| Терек <Terek> | Kolomna S Yd | 5/1917 | 1918 | 9/1918 | minelayer, gunboat 2/1919, destroyed 24/5/1919 |
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Displacement normal, t |
330 |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
51.4 |
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Breadth, m |
7.60 |
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Draught, m |
1.30 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
500 |
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Max speed, kts |
9 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 102/60 (ru), 6 x 1 - 7.6/94, 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.
Modernizations: 1920, Kuban: disarmed.
1921, Kuban: was armed with 2 x 1 - 75/50 Canet, sweeps.
Naval service: Both ships were built as netlayers but commissioned as minelayers with poor mine capacity. Terek was badly damaged on river Kama in May, 1919 and abandoned. 25/5/1919 she was withdrawn by Whites but never repaired and destroyed them late 1919.
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