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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
RUSSIA / USSR
CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS
armed merchant cruisers of WWI
Photo
Oryol
Ships
Name |
Launched // Comm. |
Builder |
Displacement, t |
Dimensions, m |
Speed, kts |
Engine, Power hp |
Armament |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Митава [Mitava] (ex-Бирма [Birma]) | 12.1894 // 8.1914 | Fairfield, Glasgow, UK | 9900 | 126.5x13.9 | 13 | 3500 | - | returned 9.1914 |
| Русь [Rus'] (ex-Россия [Rossiya]) | 5.1908 // 8.1914 | Barclay Curle, Glasgow, UK | 15000 | 144.8x17.6 | 16 | 6300 | - | returned 9.1914 |
| Орёл [Oryol] | 1909 // 9.1914 | Schichau, Elbing, Germany | 3554BRT | 102.6x13.8 | 10 | 4200 | 2-120/43, 2-75/48, 4-47 | to Whites 1.1920, abandoned 8.1920 |
| Василий Великий [Vasiliy Velikiy] | 1897 // 10.1915 | Hull SB, UK | 1414BRT | 80.6x10.2 | 16 | 3600 | 1-75/48, 2-47 | wrecked 4.1916 |
| Колгуев [Kolguyev] | 6.1915 // 10.1915 | Swan Hunter, Newcastle, UK | 2020 | 75.5x10.7 | 11 | 1200 | 4-75/48 | captured by British 3.1918, commissioned again 4.1920, stricken 5.1920 |
Graphics
Oryol
Project history
Merchant vessels mobilized for service as AMC in the time of WWI.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
Kolguyev served as minelayer in 1941-1945 under name Yushar.
