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Goldaxe (ex-T.13) Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
T.13		684	Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	1916	1916	8.1916	captured by Britain 8.1918 (Goldaxe)
T.14		685	Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	1916	1916	8.1916	captured by Britain 8.1918 (Stoneaxe)
T.15, 1923- ПС-1 [PS-1], 1.1941- Нептун [Neptun], 8.1941- СКР-20 [SKR-20]	20	686	Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	1916	1916	8.1916	sunk 2.8.1918, salvaged and commissioned by Whites late 1918, captured by Reds 3.1920, board guard ship 10.1922, navy guard ship 6.1941, board guard ship 1.1946, stricken late 1940s
T.16		687	Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	1916	1916	8.1916	captured by Britain 8.1918 (Battleaxe)
T.17		688	Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	1916	1916	8.1916	captured by Britain 8.1918 (Iceaxe)
T.18		689	Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	1916	1916	8.1916	wrecked 3.1917
T.19		690	Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	1916	1916	9.1916	wrecked 9.1916
T.19			Cochrane, Selby, UK	1916	1917	1917	captured by Britain 8.1918 (Poleaxe)
T.20		691	Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	1916	1916	9.1916	captured by Britain 8.1918 (Woodaxe)
T.21		692	Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	1916	1916	9.1916	captured by Whites 8.1918, abandoned, commissioned by Reds 4.1920, guard ship 5.1920, board guard ship 12.1922, survey vessel 6.1924
T.22		693	Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	1916	1916	9.1916	captured by Britain 8.1918 (Ironaxe)
T.23		694	Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	1916	1916	9.1916	captured by Whites 8.1918 (Макрель [Makrel']), abandoned, commissioned by Reds 4.1920, guard ship 5.1920, board guard ship 12.1922, survey vessel 6.1924
T.24		695	Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	1916	1916	9.1916	captured by Whites 8.1918 (Щука [Shchuka]), abandoned, commissioned by Reds 4.1920, rescue vessel 3.1921, survey vessel 5.1921, board guard ship 12.1922, survey vessel 5.1924

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	500
Displacement full, t	580
Length, m	43.2
Breadth, m	7.20
Draught, m	3.50
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 1 Yarrow boiler
Power, h. p.	500
Max speed, kts	11
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)	3840(6)
Armament	1 x 1 - 57/50 Hotchkiss, 1 x 1 - 7.6/94, mechanical minesweeping gear, 30 mines
Complement	35

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Project history

Built on the basis of fishing trawler ship Bombardier. The hull with icebreaker streamlines and ice stiffenings.

Modernizations

1917, T.13, T.14, T.17, T.18: - 1 x 1 - 57/50; + 1 x 1 - 75/48 Canet.

1917, T.15, T.16: - 1 x 1 - 57/50; + 1 x 1 - 76/28 Lender

1920, T.23; 1922, T.15, T.21, T.24: - minesweeping gear, mines

1941, Neptun: - 1 x 1 - 76/28; + 2 x 1 - 45/43 21K, 1 x 1 - 7.6/94

1943, SKR-20: + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV

Naval service

T.15 was sunk by British field guns 2.8.1918, later salvaged and commissioned by Whites. She was re-captured by Reds in 1920 and served since late 1940s. In 1918 T13, 14, 16, 17, 20 and 22 were captured by British troops and are withdrawn abroad. T19 during passage to Russia ran ashore at coast of Scotland and has sunk. T18 during minesweeping operation in March, 1917 ran ashore in Kola bay and was wrecked by a surf. Remaining ships after Civil war were sold mercantile.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.