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Ships

Name	Launched // Comm.	Builder	Tonnage, BRT or Disp., t	Dimensions, m	Speed, kts	Engine, Power hp	Armament	Fate
Прут [Prut] (ex-Москва [Moskva])	1879 // 12.1909	Glasgow, UK	5459	109.7x13.1	13.5	2628	8-47, 2-37, 900mines	scuttled 12.11.1914
Ильмень [Ilmen'] (ex-Рцы [Rtsy], ex-Prinzessin Sofia Scharlotte)	1912 // 6.1915	Stettin, Germany	2160	72.0x10.2	12	1100	2-75/48, 400mines	captured by Germany 9.4.1918 (Möwe)
Лена [Lena] (ex-Котлин [Kotlin], ex-Köln)	1899 // 4.1916	Bremen, Germany	2400	79.5x11.4	12	1500	4-75/48, 372mines	returned 6.1922
Ловать [Lovat'] (ex-№3, ex-Руно [Runo])	1912 // 10.1915	UK	1060	64.7x11.0	9	650	2-75/48, 360mines	returned 8.1922
Мста [Msta] (ex-Rußland)	1883 // 6.1915	Kiel, Germany	1955	67.8x10.3	9	728	2-75/48, 157mines	captured by Germany 12.4.1918
Свирь [Svir'] (ex-Virgilia)	1911 // 6.1915	Kiel, Germany	3800	79.6x11.2	10	800	2-75/48, 300mines	captured by Germany 9.4.1918
Терек [Terek] (ex-Ораниенбаум [Oranienbaum], ex-Olivia)	1884 // 5.1916	UK	1700	60.0x9.0	10	560	2-47, 300mines	returned 7.1922
Урал [Ural] (ex-Ферт [Fert], ex-Prinz Eitel Friedrich)	1912 // 6.1915	UK	2530	78.0x9.6	10	1555	2-75/48, 520mines	depot ship 5.1920
Хопёр [Khopyor] (ex-Константин [Konstantin])	1866 // 5.1916	Newcastle, UK	1100	65.1x9.1	10.5	710	2-47, 2-37, 200mines	survey vessel 8.1918
Бештау [Beshtau]	1907 // 9.1914	Newcastle, UK	1120	72.3x10.5	9	750	4-47, 100mines	cargo vessel 4.1916
Дыхтау [Dykhtau]	1907 // 9.1914	Newcastle, UK	1112	72.3x10.5	8	700	2-37, 100mines	cargo vessel 4.1916
Великая Княгиня Ксения [Velikaya Knyaginya Kseniya], 5.1917- Ксения [Kseniya]	1895 // 8.1914	UK	2700	92.7x11.3	12	2360	1-152/11, 3-75/48, 2-37, 160mines	captured by Germany 1.5.1918
Великий Князь Алексей [Velikiy Knyaz' Aleksey], 5.1917- Алексей [Aleksey]	1890 // 8.1914	UK	2440	94.8x11.3	12	2400	3-75/48, 2-37, 200mines	captured by Germany 1.5.1918
Великий Князь Константин [Veliky Knyaz' Konstantin], 5.1917- Константин [Konstantin]	1891 // 8.1914	UK	2500	90.7x11.3	12	2200	1-152/11, 3-75/48, 2-37, 200mines	captured by Germany 1.5.1918
Св. Николай [Sv. Nikolay], 5.1917- Николай [Nikolay]	1893 // 11.1914	Sevastopol	2783	88.4x8.2	12	2400	1-152/11, 3-75/48, 280mines	captured by Germany 1.5.1918
Цесаревич Георгий [Tsesarevich Georgiy], 5.1917- Георгий [Georgiy]	1896 // 8.1914	UK	2200	87.8x11.3	12	2400	1-152/11, 3-75/48, 280mines	captured by Germany 1.5.1918
Монгугай [Mongugay] (ex-Pronto)	1891 // 9.1904	Flensburg, Germany	2500	61.7x9.1	9	600	7-47, 310mines	stricken 12.1916
Уссури [Ussuri] (ex-Lyutsun)	1901 // 8.1910	Leyton, UK	3200	71.9x11.3	10.5	1050	3-75/48, 4-47, 500mines	scuttled 1.8.1918
Шилка [Shilka] (ex-Erica)	1897 // 2.1912	Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle, UK	3500	85.3x11.6	11	1650	2-120/43, 4-75/48, 480mines	cargo vessel 1915

100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels

Мина [Mina] (1913, 180, 80mines, 6.1916-1.5.1918, 12.1920-2/1922), Дюна [Dyuna] (1868, 594, 5.1916-7/1918)

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Project history

Merchant vessels converted to minelayers during World War One.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Prut was scuttled by own crew 12.11.1914 off Sevastopol to avoid capture by German battlecruiser Goeben. Ilmen' was captured by German troops in Finland 9.4.1918 and commissioned by Kaiserliche Marine as Möwe. Msta was captured by German troops 12.4.1918 at Helsingfors. Svir' was captured by German troops 9.4.1918 at Abo. Kseniya, Konstantin and Nikolay were captured by German troops at Sevastopol 1.5.1918 and later escaped with Wrangel to Bizerte. Aleksey was captured by German troops 1.5.1918 at Sevastopol, returned to owner in March 1919, mobilized again in 1920 (temporarily) and finally was sunk in 1944 by submarine. Georgiy was captured by Germans 1.5.1918 at Sevastopol and returned by them to owner. Ussuri was scuttled 1.8.1918 by own crew to block fairway of the North Dvina.