Kars 1912
Krasnyy Azerbaydzhan 1944
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Карс <Kars>, 5/1920- Ленин <Lenin> | New Admiralty, St. Petersburg | 12/1908 | 4/9/1909 | 12/1910 | captured by Whites 31/7/1918, re-captured 4/1920, accommodation ship 12/1954 | |
| Ардаган <Ardagan>, 5/1920- Троцкий <Trotskiy>, 2/1927- Красный Азербайджан <Krasnyy Azerbaydzhan> | New Admiralty, St. Petersburg | 12/1908 | 25/9/1909 | 12/1910 | captured by Whites 31/7/1918, re-captured 4/1920, accommodation ship 12/1954 |
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Displacement normal, t |
623 |
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Displacement full, t |
635 |
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Length, m |
58.6 pp 61.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.53 |
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Draught, m |
2.62 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
1000 |
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Max speed, kts |
14 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 30 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1270(11) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 120/50 (ru), 4 x 1 - 75/50 Canet, 4 x 1 - 7.6/94 |
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Complement |
128 |
Ship project history: Purpose built gunboats intended for police service and fishery protection on Caspian sea. Projected on the basis of gunboat Gilyak construction. First-ever seaworthy surface ships with diesel machinery.
Modernizations: 6/1916, both: - 1 x 1 - 120/50, 2 x 1 - 75/50
5/1918, both: + 1 x 1 - 120/50 (ru), 2 x 1 - 75/50 Canet
1920, both: - 2 x 1 - 120/50, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94; + 2 x 1 - 102/60 (ru), 1 x 1 - 76/30 Lender, 1 x 1 - 37/23 Hotchkiss
1926, both: - 4 x 1 - 75/50, 1 x 1 - 37/23; + 1 x 1 - 102/60 (ru), 1 x 1 - 76/30 8K (Lender)
1937, both: engines were replaced by more powerful (2200bhp, 15kts, 50t of diesel oil); new armament consisted of 3 x 1 - 100/56 B-24BM, 2 x 1 - 45/46 21K, 2 x 1 - 12.7/79, 30 mines
1942, both: - 2 x 1 - 45/46; + 4 x 1 - 37/73 70K, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90
1944, Krasnyy Azerbaydzhan: - 2 x 2 - 12.7/79; + 2 x 1 - 37/73 70K
Naval service: 29/12/1954 both ships were converted to accommodation ships (PKZ-100 and 101 respectively) and BU in 1958-1959.
Kars and Ardagan 1911
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