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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


Зенит [Zenit] (ex-П-9 [P-9]), 9.1943 - №1234 [No1234] (1935, 480, 4.1942 - 1946); ВН-7 [VN-7] (ex-Фиолетов [Fioletov]) (1880, 958, 7.1941 - 10.1941); ВН-8 [VN-8] (ex-Молот [Molot]) (1897, 955, 7.1941 - 10.1941); ВН-15 [VN-15] (ex-Дагестанец [Dagestanets]) (,, 7.1941 - 10.1941)

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.