Virsaytis 1941
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Задорный <Zadornyy> (ex-Primunas, ex-Prezidento, ex-Prezidentas Smetona, ex-M59), 1/1941- Коралл <Korall>, 8/1941- №76 <No76>, 9/1941- Коралл <Korall>, 8/1944- T-33 | Seebeck, Geestemünde, Germany | 1916 | 31/10/1917 | 11/1917 // 8/1940 | board guard ship, minesweeper 8/1941, guard ship 9/1941, minesweeper 11/1943, sunk 11/1/1945 | |
| Вирсайтис <Virsaytis> (ex-Virsaitis, ex-Sarkana Latvija, ex-M68), 10/1940- T-297, 7/1941- Вирсайтис <Virsaytis> | Neptun, Rostock, Germany | 1916 | 25/7/1917 | 10/1917 // 8/1940 | guard ship 7/1941, sunk 3/12/1941 |
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Displacement standard, t |
Zadornyy: 506 Virsaytis: 500 |
|
Displacement full, t |
Zadornyy: 535 Virsaytis: 539 |
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Length, m |
Zadornyy: 57.8 wl 59.3 oa Virsaytis: 56.0 wl 59.3 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
Zadornyy: 7.30 Virsaytis: 7.40 |
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Draught, m |
Zadornyy: 2.20 Virsaytis: 2.15 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
VTE, 2 Marine boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
Zadornyy: 1750 Virsaytis: 1850 |
|
Max speed, kts |
16 |
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Fuel, t |
Zadornyy: coal 130 Virsaytis: coal 120 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1000(10) |
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Armament |
Zadornyy: 2 x 1 - 105/45 Tbts L/45, 30 mines, sweeps Virsaytis: 2 x 1 - 84/55 Škoda M.27, 2 x 1 - 47/44 Škoda, 40 mines, sweeps |
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Complement |
Zadornyy: 70 Korall: 57 |
Ship project history: German minesweepers
of type 1916, built during First World War.
M59 was bought by Lithuania 18/7/1927 and became unique rather large ship of Lithuanian
Navy. 6/8/1940, since occurrence of Lithuania in the USSR, she was commissioned
by Board Guard as guard ship.
M68 29/10/1917 was mined at Daugavgriva, ran aground and subsequently
was repaired at Riga where she was abandoned by Germans and 1/1/1919 included to
fleet list of Soviet Latvia as Sarkana Latvija. In
July, 1919 she was commissioned by Navy of Latvia as Virsaitis.
Since occurrence of Latvia in USSR, 19/8/1940 Virsaitis
was commissioned by Baltic Fleet.
Modernizations: early 1941, Korall: - 2 x 1 - 105/45, 30 mines, sweeps; + 2 x 1 - 76/55 34K, 4 x 1 - 12.7/79
8/1941, No76: + sweeps
9/1941, Korall: - sweeps
7/1941, Virsaytis: - 40 mines, sweeps
10/1941, Virsaytis: - 2 x 1 - 84/55, 2 x 1 - 47/44; + 2 x 1 - 100/56 B-24BM, 1 x 1 - 37/73 70K, 2 x 1 - 12.7/79
11/1943, Korall: + sweeps
Naval service: T-33 was sunk 11/1/1945 by German submarine U745 at Aegna island. Virsaytis 2/12/1941 was lost on mine in Gulf of Finland.
Virsaytis
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