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Virsaytis

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Name	No	Yard 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		403	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]		982	Neptun, Rostock, Germany	1916	25.7.1917	10.1917 // 8.1940	guard ship 7.1941, sunk 3.12.1941

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	Zadornyy: 506 Virsaytis: 500
Displacement full, t	Zadornyy: 535 Virsaytis: 539
Length, m	Zadornyy: 57.8 wl 59.3 oa Virsaytis: 56.0 wl 59.3 oa
Breadth, m	Zadornyy: 7.30 Virsaytis: 7.40
Draught, m	Zadornyy: 2.20 Virsaytis: 2.15
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Marine boilers
Power, h. p.	Zadornyy: 1750 Virsaytis: 1850
Max speed, kts	16
Fuel, t	Zadornyy: coal 130 Virsaytis: coal 120
Endurance, nm(kts)	1000(10)
Armament	Zadornyy: 2 x 1 - 105/42 Tbts L/45, 30 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear Virsaytis: 2 x 1 - 84/53 Škoda M.27, 2 x 1 - 47/40 Škoda, 40 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement	Zadornyy: 70 Korall: 57

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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 - 105/42, 30 mines, minesweeping gear; + 2 x 1 - 76/52 34K, 4 x 1 - 12.7/79

8/1941, No76: + mechanical minesweeping gear

9/1941, Korall: - minesweeping gear

7/1941, Virsaytis: - 40 mines, minesweeping gear

10/1941, Virsaytis: - 2 x 1 - 84/53, 2 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 1 - 100/54 B-24BM, 1 x 1 - 37/63 70K, 2 x 1 - 12.7/79

11/1943, Korall: + mechanical minesweeping gear

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.