Tr 1915 g Rakushka class minesweeper

Tr 1915 g Rakushka-class Minesweeper
Class overview
Name	Tr 1915 g Rakushka-class Minesweeper
Operators	Far Eastern Imperial Navy
Built	6
General Characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	190 tons standard 220 tons full load
Length	44.8 metres (147 ft)
Beam	6.2 metres (20 ft)
Draught	1.7 metres (5.6 ft)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Power	1 coal-fired boiler 500 ihp (370 kW)
Speed	13 kts
Range	360 nm at 12 kts
Complement	36
Armament	1 × 76.2mm/40 KO 1900 g gun 1 × 47/25 KO 1899 g gun 50 mines

Development

First purpose-built minesweepers in Far Eastern Imperial fleet. These were modelled after Russian Fugas class. This class was intended for minesweeping operations in shallow coastal waters. They could also serve as a minelayers.

Ships in class

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launch Date	Entered Service	Fate
Rakushka	Primorskiy zavod, Nakhodka	February 1915	August 1916	July 1917	Extant in 1920
Valentin	Primorskiy zavod, Nakhodka	February 1915	August 1916	July 1917	Extant in 1920
Zerkalnoye	Primorskiy zavod, Nakhodka	February 1915	September 1916	August 1917	Extant in 1920
Lidovka	Primorskiy zavod, Nakhodka	March 1915	September 1916	August 1917	Extant in 1920
Kamenka	Primorskiy zavod, Nakhodka	March 1915	October 1916	September 1917	Extant in 1920
Plastun	Primorskiy zavod, Nakhodka	March 1915	October 1916	September 1917	Extant in 1920

See Also

Ships of Far Eastern Imperial Navy 1920