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Soviet gunboat Krasnoye Znamya
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Krasnoye Znamya (Красное Знамя, Red Banner, ex-Khrabryy) was a Soviet gunboat. The ship had been built in the late 19th century as the Khrabryy (Храбрый, Brave) by the Russian Empire. The ship was the only craft of its class. The Krasnoye Znamya was sunk in the harbour of Lavansaari in the Gulf of Finland on November 18, 1942, after an attack by Finnish MTBs.
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Name | Krasnoye Znamya |
Laid down | 27 December 1894 |
Launched | 21 November 1895 |
Acquired | by the Soviet Union on 30 December 1922 |
Commissioned | 1897 |
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Commissioned | September 17, 1944 |
Decommissioned | 1960 |
Fate | Sunk on November 18, 1942, raised on November 13, 1943 |
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Class and type | Krasnoye Znamya class gunboat |
Displacement | 1,735 tons |
Length | 72.26 m (237.1 ft) |
Beam | 13.1 m (43 ft) |
Draft | 3.35 m (11.0 ft) |
Propulsion | two VTE, eight boilers, two shafts, 2,100 hp |
Speed | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h) |
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Complement | 165–201 |
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