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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
RUSSIA / USSR
CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS
AA ships of WWII
Ships
Name |
Compl. // Comm. |
Builder |
Tonnage, BRT or Disp., t |
Dimensions, m |
Speed, kts |
Engine, Power hp |
Armament |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ВН-1 [VN-1] (ex-Чичерин [Chicherin]) | 1898 // 7.1941 | 2227 | 66.3x9.6x4.6 | 10 | 800 | 2 - 45 | TS 10.1941, transport 4.1942 | |
| ВН-2 [VN-2] (ex-Шаумян [Shaumyan]) | 1902 // 6.1941 | 1624 | 72.6x8.5x4.3 | 11.8 | 1000 | 2 - 45 | TS 10.1941, returned 1946 | |
| ВН-3 [VN-3] (ex-Комсомолец [Komsomolets] | 1894 // 8.1941 | 1055 | 47.1x8.6x3.6 | 9.5 | 400 | 1 - 45, 4 - 11.4 | transport 10.1941 | |
| ВН-4 [VN-4] (ex-Карл Маркс [Karl Marx]) | 1898 // 7.1941 | 2191 | 66.8x9.7x4.6 | 10 | 800 | 1 - 45, 1 - 12.7, 4 - 11.4 | transport 10.1941 | |
| ВН-5 [VN-5] (ex-Астрахань [Astrakhan]) | 1897 // 7.1941 | 2180 | 65.0x9.0x4.2 | 9.6 | 900 | 1 - 45, 1 - 20, 4 - 11.4 | transport 10.1941 | |
| ВН-6 [VN-6] (ex-Пионер [Pioner]) | 1935 // 7.1941 | 1000 | 53.7x9.5x2.8 | 10 | 400 | 1 - 45, 4 - 11.4 | transport 10.1941 | |
| ВН-9 [VN-9] (ex-Мары [Mary]) | 1882 // 7.1941 | 1585 | 65.8x8.5x3.9 | 8.1 | 680 | 1 - 45, 4 - 11.4 | transport 10.1941 | |
| ВН-10 [VN-10] (ex-Чкалов [Chkalov]) | 1894 // 7.1941 | 1106 | 47.3x8.5x3.6 | 8.1 | 400 | 1 - 45 | transport 10.1941 | |
| ВН-11 [VN-11] (ex-Полторацк [Poltoratsk]) | 1894 // 7.1941 | 1060 | 47.1x8.4x3.7 | 9.2 | 406 | 1 - 45, 3 - 11.4 | transport 10.1941 | |
| ВН-12 [VN-12] (ex-Боевой [Boevoy]) | 1898 // 7.1941 | 1188 | 59.0x8.9x3.0 | 9.7 | 1200 | 1 - 20, 1 - 12.7, 4 - 11.4 | transport 10.1941 | |
| ВН-13 [VN-13] (ex-Спартак [Spartak]) | 1891 // 8.1941 | 1357 | 63.4x8.4x3.4 | 8.2 | 480 | 3 - 11.4 | transport 8.1941 | |
| ВН-13 [VN-13] (ex-Москва [Moskva]) | 1896 // 8.1941 | 2050 | 76.2x10.4x4.1 | 11.6 | 1200 | 2 - 45, 1 - 20, 1 - 12.7, 4 - 11.4 | transport 10.1941 | |
| ВН-14 [VN-14] (ex-Тельман [Telman]) | 1883 // 7.1941 | 1352 | 73.0x11.0x4.0 | 10 | 720 | 4 - 45, 2 - 12.7 | depot ship 1.1942 |
100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels
Project history
Merchant vessels converted to air sentry ships and served mostly on Volga and Caspian Sea.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
VN-14 was commissioned first time as dispatch vessel Geok-Tepe in 1911, captured by Whites 31.7.1918, re-captured by Reds in April 1920 and commissioned again as dispatch vessel in 1922, she was classified as minelayer in 1923 - 1925.
