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Dunay before WWI

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Буг [Bug]			Lindhormen, Göteborg, Sweden	1.1891	2.9.1891	12.1892	survey vessel 1909, netlayer 1914, captured by Germany 1.5.1918, captured by Whites 11.1918, captured by Britain-France 12.1918, to Whites as auxiliary cruiser 4.1919, wrecked 12.11.1920
Дунай [Dunay], 12.1922- 1 Мая [1 Maya], 1.1932- Гидрограф [Gidrograf]			Lindhormen, Göteborg, Sweden	1.1891	25.11.1891	5.1893	captured by Germany 1.5.1918, captured by Whites 11.1918, captured by Britain-France 12.1918, to Whites 4.1919, captured by Reds 11.1920, cargo vessel 2.1922, minelayer 8.1922, survey vessel 10.1924, minelayer 4.1928, survey vessel 6.1940

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1382
Displacement full, t	1490
Length, m	62.2
Breadth, m	10.4
Draught, m	4.60
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 4 fire-tube boilers
Power, h. p.	1400
Max speed, kts	13
Fuel, t	coal 130
Endurance, nm(kts)	2150(8)
Armament	4 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 545 mines
Complement	226

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Project history

Originally registered as mine transports.

Modernizations

1915, both: + 2 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, mine stowage decreased to 350.

1919, Bug: was armed with 3 x 1 - 75/48 Canet only.

1922, Dunay: armament consisted of 1 x 1 - 76/28 8K, 350 mines

Naval service

Bug in 1905 during mutiny in Sevastopol was scuttled by crew. She was raised and repaired as survey vessel. Since beginning of WWI she was used as netlayer. Bug was sunk 12.11.1920 off Ak-Mechet as result of navigating accident. Dunay was commissioned by Red Navy, participated in Great Patriotic war and was sunk by German aircraft.