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PIKKER gunboat (1940)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pikker | Tallinn N Yd | 1939 | 1940 | captured by USSR 13.8.1940 (command ship Пиккер [Pikker]) |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 500 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 540 |
| Length, m | 57.0 |
| Breadth, m | 7.35 |
| Draught, m | 2.60 |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 diesels |
| Power, h. p. | 1900 |
| Max speed, kts | 18 |
| Fuel, t | diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 2 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94 |
| Complement | 43 |
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Pikker 1940
Project history
Unique combat ship built in Estonia. Intended for use as patrol and Presidential yacht.
Modernizations
None
Naval service
After entering of Estonia into USSR Pikker was commissioned as command ship Pikker (since 1941 Kiev, since 1942 Luga, later Ilmen`. Since 1948 ship served on Black Sea as dispatch vessel Rioni, since 1961 as survey vessel Moskovskiy Universitet. Ship was stricken only in 1978.
