1.
NOTES ON THE ORGANISATION OF THIS ARTICLE
To reflect the two distinct phases of the history of the
Russian navy between the start of the First World War and
the end of the Russian Civil War, this survey is divided
into two components:
1. The Imperial Russian
Navy and the Russian Navy from August 1914 until the
creation of the 'Red Workers and Peasants Fleet' on 29th
January 1918.
2. The division and disintegration of Russian naval
power in the subsequent period of civil war and foreign
intervention. Civil war between the Bolsheviks and
their 'White' opponents; and intervention by Germany,
and then by Britain, France, Japan and other nations.
In contrast to articles on other navies of the period,
much less emphasis is placed on leadership and
organisation. There was no opportunity to search out and
use Russian language documents such as possible
equivalents of 'Navy Lists' or 'Distribution Lists'
The one Russian website which may have had that data seems
to have 'vanished' in 2014.
Some problems arose from the different spellings used for
the names of warships. I have used what seems to be the
most commonly accepted form in each case. Similar
confusion can arise from the changes of name which took
place in the second period from 1918 to 1922. This was the
result of political intervention especially when the
Bolsheviks sought to eradicate ship names which had
associations with their enemies.
2.
THE RUSSIAN NAVY 1904-1914
The Maritime Spread of the Russian Empire (Google,
boundaries as of 2016)
At the end of the 19th century, the Imperial Russian Navy
was the third largest in the world, after Britain and
France. In 1914, its place in the league table had
fallen to fifth, behind Britain, France, Germany and the
United States. This change was a direct result of the
losses incurred in the Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905, and
the long time taken to rebuild Russian naval strength. The
Imperial Russian Navy was in the middle of its recovery
when war broke out in August 1914. It had to fight
the war with the remnants of the old fleet, and the slow
dribble of new construction coming out of the shipyards.
The scale of the losses in 1904-1905 can be seen in the
following table of major warships for that period.
Losses are indicated * and those captured by Japan **
Types
|
BALTIC
|
BLACK SEA |
FAR
EAST |
Battleships |
Navarin
*
Sissoi Veliki *
Osliaba **
Borodino *
Alexander III *
Orel **
Suvorov *
Slava [did not
go to Far East] |
Ekaterina
II
Tchesma
Sinop
Pobiedonosonets
Apostlov
Tri Svititelia
Rostislav
Potemkin |
Petropavlovsk
*
Poltava **
Sevastopol *
Pobieda **
Retvisan **
Tsessarevich
[interned China] |
Coast
Defence Ships |
Petr
Veliki *
Alexander II *
Nikolai I **
Oshakov **
Senyavin **
Apraksin** |
-
|
-
|
Armoured
Cruisers |
Monomakh*
Dmitri Donskoi *
Nakhimov *
Pamiat Azova
[did not go to FE] |
-
|
Rurik
*
Rossiya
Gromoboi*
Bayan ** |
Protected
Cruisers |
Kornilov
[did not go to FE]
Svietlana *
Diana
Aurora
Askold
Bogatyr
Oleg
Izumrud *
Jemtchug
|
-
|
Pallada
**
Variag **
Novik **
Boyarin* |
Note: The only ships of
the Baltic and Far East Fleets NOT sunk or captured by
the Japanese are in italics
The task of rebuilding the fleet began with a
re-organisation of the Admiralty in St. Petersburg. The
post of General Admiral [always held by a member of the
Imperial Family] was abolished. Two new posts were
created - that of Minister of the Navy, and Chief of the
Naval General Staff. Both posts were to be held by serving
admirals:
Minister of Navy
6.05-A. Birilov
1.07-I. Dikov
1.09-P. S. Abramovich
3.11-I. Grigorovich
Chief of the Naval General Staff
1906-L. A. Brusilov
1908-A. A. Eberhardt
1911-A.A. Lieven
1913-A. Rusin
Planning for the new navy began with decision to build a
modern battle fleet in the Baltic, where Germany was now
regarded as the principal threat at sea. In turn, a
smaller modern battlefleet would be formed in the Black
Sea. The naval requirements for the Far East were
downgraded.
Successive programmes of new construction were drawn up,
but the achievement of these plans was hindered by the
need for financial authority being granted by the Duma
[Russian parliament], by the inefficiency of the
shipyards, and by the lack of key engineering skills which
resulted in orders for engines etc going to Germany!
BALTIC
|
BLACK
SEA |
FAR EAST |
The
1906 plan
sought to provide a fleet strength of: |
2
battleships - 2 more added later,
6 cruisers - 4 armoured,
20 torpedo-boat destroyers - with 32 TBD's nearing
completion. |
6
battleships,
2 cruisers,
19 torpedo boat destroyers. |
2
cruisers,
13 torpedo boat destroyers. |
By
1908,
plans envisaged following additional ships: |
4
battleships
3 submarines
1 depot ship |
14
destroyers
3 submarines
Increased in 1911 to:
3
battleships
9 destroyers, total 23
3 submarines, total 6
|
No
extra ships |
The
July 1912
programme planned the addition of: |
4 battlecruisers
8 light cruisers
36 destroyers
18 submarines, all for completion by 1918-1920. |
The following ships either entered service by 1914, were
completed 1914-1918, or remained unfinished. Many of
these ships were technologically advanced but entered
service too late to much difference to the outcome of the
war. Failure on land would destroy Imperial Russia.
Types
|
BALTIC
|
BLACK SEA |
FAR
EAST |
Battleships |
4
Gangut class
|
4
Imperatritsa Maria class
|
-
|
Battlecruisers |
4 Borodino class |
- |
- |
Light cruisers |
4 |
4 light cruisers |
2 [building in Germany] |
Destroyers |
1
Novik type
22 Gavril class
5 Izyaslav class |
9
Beskopoiny class
9 Gogland class |
- |
Submarines |
4
Kaiman class
1 Minoga class
1 Akule class
18 Bars class
[6 intended for Far East] |
1
Krab class
3 Morzh class
3 Narva class
6 Bars class |
6
Bars class [diverted to Baltic]
(see Baltic Bars-class)
|
IMPERIAL
RUSSIAN NAVY FLEETS AND WARSHIPS 1914-1918
3.
BALTIC FLEET
The principal role of the Baltic Fleet was to protect
St.Petersburg/Petrograd from attack by the German
Navy. This was to be accomplished by the forward
basing of the battle fleet at Helsingfors [Helsinki] and
the creation of a mine barrier across the western end of
the Gulf of Finland.
Secondary tasks were to protect the southern coast line of
the Baltic from German amphibious attack and to support
Russian land forces in that struggle. The Baltic
Fleet employed minelayers and submarines [Russian and
British] to interdict seaborne traffic along the German
coast, and between German and Swedish ports.
Active naval operations were confined to the period from
roughly May to October of each year. The ice in the Baltic
during each winter confined ships to harbour.
Fleet Commander
1909-Vice Admiral
Nikolai Essen -died 7.5.15
5.15- Vice Admiral V.A. Kanin
9.16- Vice Admiral Adrian Nepenin -murdered at
Helsingfors 4.3.17
3.17-Rear Admiral A. S. Maksimov
6.17-Rear Admiral Verderevski
7.17-Rear Admiral A. K. Razvozov
OUTLINE ORDER OF BATTLE,
August 1914
[Note the lack of dreadnought battleships and modern
destroyers]
Rurik [Fleet Flagship] |
Battleship
Brigade
Andrei Pervozvanny
Tsessarivich
Slava |
Cruiser
Brigade
Admiral Makarov
Bayan
Gromoboi
Pallada
& Novik [destroyer]
Reserve
Brigade
Rossiya
Aurora
Bogatyr
Diana
Oleg |
Destroyers
1 Div [10 boats]
2 Div [9 boats]
3 Div [8 boats]
4 Div [9 boats]
5 Div [9 boats]
6 Div [9 boats]
7 Div [8 boats] |
Submarines
1 Div [4 boats]
2 Div [4 boats]
6 minelayers |
The following lists group ships and submarines in their
administrative organisations. Large ships were
grouped in brigades and smaller vessels in divisions - in
western terms, a brigade was the equivalent of a squadron
or division; and the division the equivalent of a
flotilla.
From the spring of 1915, the Baltic Fleet was re-organised
into several tactical formations, known as
'manoeuvre groups' , the composition of which varied
during the course of the war. Each group was made up of
two battleships, one cruiser, and escorting
destroyers. The composition of these groups in 1915,
for example, was:
Group
1
Petropavlovsk
Gangut
Oleg |
Group
2
Sevastopol
Poltava
Rossiya |
Group
3
Andrei Pervozvanny
Imperator Paul I
Bogytar |
Group
4
Slava
Tsessarevich
-no cruiser- |
Group
5
Rurik
Admiral Makarov
Bayan |
Group
6
Gromoboi
Aurora
Diana |
In addition to defence of the above groups, many of the
newer and larger destroyers were allocated, on demand, to
the Mine Division for high-speed minelaying. Many of
the older destroyers and torpedo boats were allocated to
local defence and patrol duties - but details are lacking
before 1917.
Submarine divisions came under command of the Mine
Division in 1915, but reverted to fleet command in 1916.
These tactical groupings and re-groupings were not
reflected in the titles of the flag officers who commanded
the various brigades and flotillas.
LISTING OF SHIPS AND
SUBMARINES ACCORDING TO CLASS AND DIVISION/FLOTILLA 1914-1917
Dreadnoughts
[Heavy Battleship Brigade - later
1st Battleship Brigade] |
Sevastopol
Gangut
Poltava
Petropavlovsk |
11.14-
12.14-
12.14-
12.14- |
|
Pre-dreadnoughts
[Battleship Brigade - later 2nd
Battleship Brigade] |
Andrei
Pervozvanny
|
Imperator
Paul I |
12.4.17-renamed
Respublika |
Slava |
lost
17.10.17 [scuttled after battle damage,
Moon Sound] |
Tsessarevich |
5.17-hulked,
10.17-renamed Grazhdanin |
|
Armoured
Cruisers
[1st Cruiser Brigade] |
Rurik
|
[Fleet Flagship] |
Admiral
Makarov
Bayan
Gromoboi
Pallada
Rossiya |
-
-
-
11.10.14-torpedoed by U.26
- |
|
Protected
Cruisers
[2nd Cruiser Brigade - later merged into The
Cruiser Brigade] |
Aurora
Bogatyr
Diana
Oleg |
-
-
-
- |
|
Large
Destroyers
|
|
Novik
|
8.14-Flotilla
Leader, .17-Fleet Flagship |
|
11th
Destroyer Flotilla |
Pobeditel
Zabijaka
Grom
Orfei |
11.15-
11.15-
1.16- , 14.10.17-lost in surface action
4.16- , 9.17-dbr |
|
12th
Destroyer Flotilla |
Letun
Desna
Azard
Samson |
7.16-,
7.11.16-dbr
8.16-
10.16-
12.16- |
|
13th
Destroyer Flotilla |
Avtroil
Izyaslev |
8.17-
8.17- |
|
14th
Destroyer Flotilla |
Kapitan
Izlmetev
Gavril
Lt. Ilin
Konstantin |
7.16-
10.16-
12.16-
5.17- |
|
Destroyers |
1st
Destroyer Flotilla 1915-5th Destroyer Flotilla |
Amuretz
Gaidamak
Vsadnik
Ussurietz
Emir Bukharski
Dobrovoletz
Moskvityanin
Finn |
-
-
-
-
-
21.8.16-mined Irben
-
-
|
|
2nd
Destroyer Flotilla 1915-6th Destroyer Flotilla |
Ukraina
Volskovoi
Turkmentz Stavropolski
Kazanets
Steregushchy
Stansky
Donskoi Kazak
Zabailkaletz |
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- |
|
Special
Half-Flotilla 1915-4th Destroyer Flotilla
[Special Half-Flotilla -for minelaying
duties-which continued after designation as 4DF] |
General
Kondarenko |
- |
Sibirsky-Stryelok
Pogranichnik
Ochotnik |
-
-
26.9.17-mined Zerel |
|
Torpedo
Boats [largely for patrol and coastal
defence duties] |
3rd
Destroyer Flotilla 1915-7th Destroyer
Flotilla |
Ing.Mech.
Zyverev |
- |
Ing.Mech.
Dmitriev |
- |
Bditelny
Boevoi
Burny
Vnimatelny
Vnushitelny
Vuinoslivy |
27.11.17 mined Nantylovo
-
-
-
-
- |
|
4th
Destroyer Flotilla 1915-8th Destroyer Flotilla |
Iskunsy
Ispolnitelny
Kryepky
Legky
Letuchy
Lovky
Lickoi
Myetky
Molodetzky
Moshchenny |
-
12.12.14 mined Odensholm
-
-
12.12.14 mined Odensholm
-
-
-
-
- |
|
5th
Destroyer Flotilla 1915-9th Destroyer Flotilla |
Gromyashchy
Vidny
Silny
Storozhevoi
Stroiny
Razyashchy
Rastoropny
Dyelny
Dostoiny
Dyeyatelny |
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- |
|
2nd Minesweeper Flotilla [10th Destroyer
Flotilla] |
Prytky
Prochny
Podvizhny
Posluchny
Prozorlivy
Porazhayushchy
Retivy
Ryezvy
Ryany |
-
-
-
-
submarine flotilla flagship
-
-
-
- |
|
Submarines |
1st
Division-later 6th Division |
Makrel
Okun
Minoga
Akula
Shermetev
Kasatka |
-
-
-
28.11.15-mined west of Lyesort
ex Far East .15-,
8.17-renamed Keta
ex Far East .15 |
Som |
ex
Far East .15-, 23.5.16-sunk in
collision Aaland Sea |
|
2nd
Division -paid off 11.16 |
Alligator
Draken
Kaiman
Krokodil |
-
-
-
- |
|
Training
Division -paid off .17 |
Beluga
Peskar
Sterliad
Schuka |
-
-
-
ex Far East .15- |
|
1st
Division 1915- |
Bars
Gepard
Vepr |
9.15-,
28.5.17 lost nr Norrkopping
9.15-, 28.10.17 lost Lyesort
9.15- |
Edinorog |
.16-,
5.9.17-stranded -repairs not completed |
Volk
Zmeya
Tur |
4.16-
3.17-
8.17- |
|
2nd
Division 1916- |
Tigr
Panter
Lvitsa
Rys
Kuguar |
4.16-
7.16-
.16-, 11.6.17-lost Gotland
11.16-
12.16- |
|
3rd
Division 1917- |
Leopard
Tur
Yaguar |
12.16-
8.17-
10.17- |
|
4th
Division 11.16- |
AG.11
AG.12 |
11.16-
11.16- |
AG.13 |
11.16-, .16-foundered -raised 7.17
renamed AG.16 |
AG.14
AG.15 |
11.16-,
6.7.17-lost Libau
11.16-, 18.6.17 lost but raised and
returned to service |
|
OUTLINE ORDER OF BATTLE,
March 1917
1st
Battleship Brigade
Petropavlovsk
Gangut
Sevastopol
Poltava
2nd Battleship
Brigade
Andrei Pervozvenny
Imperator Paul I
Tsessarevich
Slava |
1st
Cruiser Brigade
Rurik
Admiral Makrov
Bayan
Bogatyr
Oleg
2nd Cruiser
Brigade
Rossiya
Gromoboi
Aurora
Diana |
1st
Destroyer Division
Grom
Orfei
Pobietel
Zabiyaka
2nd Destroyer
Division
Azard
Desna
Kapitan Izylmetev
Letun
Samson
3rd Destroyer
Division
Avtroil
Gavril
Izyaslav
Konstantin
4th Destroyer
Division
General Kondratenko
Okhotnik
Progranitsnik
Sibirski Strelok
5th Destroyer
Division
Amurets
Emir Bukarski
Finn
Gaidamak
Moslevtyanin
Ussuriets
Vsadnik
5th Destroyer
Division
Steregushchy
Strashnyi
Turkmenets -S.
Ukraina
Voskovoi
Zabailkalets |
1st
Submarine Division
Bars
Gepard
Vepr
Volk
2nd Submarine
Division
Kuguar
Lvitsa
Pantera
Tigr
3rd Submarine
Division
[entering service]
Zmeya
Leopard
Yuguar
Rys
4th Submarine
Division
AG.11
AG.12
AG.14
AG.15
AG.16
6th Submarine
Division
Kefal
Makrel
Minoga
Okun
7th Submarine
Division
Beluga
Peskar
Sterliad
Kasatka
Sheremetov |
The 8th and 9th Torpedo-Boat Divisions were under command
of 'Torpedo-boats of the Baltic Sea' along with other
patrol forces.
The operation which came nearest to being described as a
'fleet action' took place in October 1917, just as the
effectiveness of the Baltic Fleet was being seriously
eroded by political turmoil. In 'Operation Albion' the
Germans sought to gain control of the northern approaches
to the Gulf of Riga. The occupation of Osel and Moon
islands would prevent Russian interference with the
conquest of Latvia. The German fleet consisted of 11
battleships, 9 cruisers, 55 destroyers and 6 submarines.
Between 11th and 20th October the Germans achieved their
objective. A considerable part of the Russian Baltic
Fleet fought to prevent this outcome.
The Baltic Fleet's order of battle included:
Battleships
Grazhdanin
Slava |
Cruisers
Bayan
Admiral Makarov
Diana |
Large
Destroyers
Grom
Pobedetel
Zabijaka
Desna
Lt. Ilin
Samson
Kap. Izylmetev
Avtroil
Gavril
Izyaslav
Konstantin |
Destroyers/Torpedo
Boats
Kondarenko
Pogranichnik
Donskoi Kazak
Steregushchy
Strashni
Turkmenetz-Stavropolski
Ukraina
Voskovoi
Zabailkaletz
6 TB's of Div 9
8 TB's of Div 8 |
Three Royal Navy submarines [C.26, C.27, C.32] took
part in these operations.
The major Russian loss was the old battleship 'Slava'
which had to be scuttled on 17th October.
IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY
FLEETS AND WARSHIPS 1914-1918
(continued)
4.
BLACK SEA FLEET
The main role of the Black Sea Fleet was to prevent the
excursion of Turkish [and German] warships from the
Bosphorus, from which they could threaten the ports and
trade of southern Russia.
In addition, the fleet carried out many operations to
disrupt the coal trade along the northern coast of
Anatolia: coal was essential to the Turkish economy and
war effort - and to the mobility of the Turkish
Navy. In 1915 and 1916, the fleet supported Russian
military operations in the Caucasus with a series of
amphibious landings.
Fleet Commander
1911-Vice Admiral
Andrei Eberhardt
8.16- Vice Admiral Alexander Kolchak
8.17- Vice Admiral Mikhail Sablin
In a manner similar to that established in the Baltic
Fleet, the main units of the Black Sea Fleet were grouped
into three 'manouevre groups' in the spring of 1915.
Such groups remained the principal tactical formation
until 1918.
The initial groups were:
1st
Group
Imperatritsa Maria
Kagul |
2nd
Group
Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya
Pamiat Mercuria
Evstafi
Ioann Zlatoust
Pantelimon |
Dreadnoughts |
Imperatritsa
Maria |
7.15-,
20.10.16-destroyed by internal explosion
at Sevastopol |
Imperatritsa
Ekaterina Velikaya |
10.15-, 29.4.17-renamed Svobodnaya
Rossiya |
Imperator
Alexander III |
6.17-, 29.4.17-renamed Volya |
|
Pre-dreadnoughts
|
Battle
Division 1 |
Evstafi
|
-
|
Ioann
Zlatoust |
-
|
Pantelimon
|
13.4.17-renamed
Potemkin Tavricheski, 5.18-Borets za
Svobobu |
|
Battle
Division 2 |
Rostislav
|
1915-Bat
Div 1 |
Tri
Sviatitella |
1915-training
ship |
|
Protected
Cruisers |
Pamiat
Mercuria |
- |
Kagul |
- |
Prut
|
captured
from Turkey 10.15 |
|
Large
Destroyers |
1st
Destroyer Flotilla -later 11th Destroyer
Flotilla |
Beskopoiny
Derzky
Gnevny
Pronzitelny |
10.14-
10.14-
10.14-
10.14- |
|
2nd
Destroyer Flotilla-later 12th Destroyer Flotilla |
Bystry
Gromki
Schastlivy
Pospeshny
Puilki
|
4.15-
4.15-
4.15-
9.15-
5.16- |
|
3rd
Destroyer Flotilla-later 13th Destroyer Flotilla
|
Fidonisi
Kerch
Gadzhibei
Kaliakyria
|
5.17-
6.17-
.17-
.17- |
|
Destroyers
|
3rd
Destroyer Flotilla 1917-to ? |
Lt.
Shestakov |
|
Lt Zatzarenny |
30.6.17 mined SE of Findosiini |
Kap.-Lt Baranov
Kap. Saken |
|
|
Torpedo
Boats
|
2nd
Destroyer Flotilla -later 6th Destroyer Flotilla |
Strogi
Svirepy
Smetlivy
Stremitelny |
-
-
-
- |
|
4th
Destroyer Flotilla
|
Zharky
Zhivuchi
Zhivoi
Zhutky |
-
25.4.16-mined Sevastopol
-
- |
|
5th
Destroyer Flotilla
|
Zavidny
Zavetny
Zorky
Zvonky
|
-
-
-
-
|
|
Submarines
|
Losos
Sudak
Karas
Karp
Nalim
Skat
Morzh
Nerpa
Tyulen
Krab
Narval
Kit
Kashalot
Burvestnik
Gagara
Utka |
p/o .16
-
p/o 3.17
p/o 3.17
ex Far East .15-, p/o 3.17
ex Far East .15-, p/o 3.17
.14-
2.15-
2.15-
7.15-
8.15-
9.15-
5.16-
.17-
7.17-
12.17- |
|
IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY
FLEETS AND WARSHIPS 1914-1918
(continued)
5.
SIBERIAN FLOTILLA
Based at Vladivostok this flotilla played little part in
the war effort apart from sending torpedo boats and
submarines [largely by rail] to the Black Sea and
Baltic. Those vessels which remained at Vladivostok
were obsolete and unseaworthy.
Commander
1914-Rear Admiral [ret]
Oscar Stark
Pre-dreadnoughts |
Tchesma |
ex Japanese 3.16-, to White Sea
1.17- |
Peresviet |
ex Japanese 3.16-, lost en route to White
Sea, -mined off Port Said 4.1.17 |
|
Protected
Cruisers |
Askold
|
8.14-in Mediterranean, 10.16-refit in UK |
Zhemchug |
28.10.14-sunk
by SMS Emden off Penang |
Variag |
ex
Japanese 3.16, -to UK for refit 2.17 |
|
Torpedo
Boats |
Besstrashny
Bezhummy
Lt. Sergeyev
Kap. Yurasovsky
Grozovoi
Vlastny
Besposhtchadny
Boiki
Grozny
Bodry
Bravi
Tverdy
Tochny
Trevozhny
Lt. Maleev
Ing.Mech. Anastasov
Skory
Smyely
Serdity
Statny |
10.17-White
Sea
10.17-White Sea
.17-White Sea
.17-White Sea
.16-White Sea
.16-White Sea
p/o .16
p/o .16
p/o .16
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- |
|
Submarines
|
Sheremetov
Kasatka
Schukas
Som |
all
to Baltic via Black Sea 1915 |
Nalim
Skat |
both
to Black Sea 1915 |
Delfin |
to
White Sea 1916 |
|
IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY
FLEETS AND WARSHIPS 1914-1918
(continued)
6.
ARCTIC FLOTILLA
Formation began in February 1916 in order to protect
Russian commerce from Archangel from possible attack by
German surface ships, submarines and minelayers. The
port of Archangel had become the most important port in
Russia for the import of war supplies, raw materials and
food.
German minelaying had begun as May 1915, and this created
a need to defend the White Sea, and the smaller newly
developed facilities in the Kola Inlet.
Commander
2.16-Rear Admiral
Ogrimov
.16-Rear Admiral Kerber [renamed Korvin in
1917]
.17-Rear Admiral Viktor
Most of the warships were found by the transfer of naval
forces from Vladivostok during the course of 1916 and
1917.
Pre-dreadnoughts |
Tchesma |
ex
Far East 1.17- |
|
Protected
Cruisers |
Askold |
ex
Mediterranean 9.17- |
Variag |
ex Far East 1.17-refit UK-abandoned
1918 |
|
Torpedo
Boats
|
Grozovoi
Vlastny |
both
ex Far East 6.16- |
Lt.
Sergeyev
Kap. Yurasovsky |
both
ex Far East 1917- |
Besstrashny
Bezhummy |
both
ex Far East 10.17- |
|
Submarines |
Delfin |
ex
Far East 10.16 [by rail] - lost in
accident 5.9.17 |
Svaitoi Georgi |
Italian built 9.17- |
|
plus the minelayer
''Ussuri' which arrived from the Far East in 1917.
RUSSIAN FLEETS AND
WARSHIPS 1918-1922
The fate of the Russian
Navy was determined by the untidy and confusing end to
the First World War in eastern Europe and Asia, and by
the convulsions and conflicts within Russia brought
about by the Bolshevik seizure of power in the October
Revolution. By the end of the civil war in
Russia, the navy was but a shadow of its former self,
with politically inspired leadership and badly
maintained ships and bases.
7.
BALTIC FLEET
[Bolshevik
controlled]
As German forces advanced into Estonia in February 1918,
and then into Finland in April 1918 to enforce the terms
of the Brest-Litovsk Treaty, and support local
anti-Bolshevik forces, the Baltic Fleet was forced to give
up its advanced bases at Reval and Hango, and then
withdraw from its main base at Helsingfors. This
involved a long and difficult voyage through the ice to
Kronstadt and Petrograd.
The fleet established an Active Squadron at Kronstadt and
withdrew the rest of the fleet to Petrograd. The
effectiveness of the fleet was eroded by the dispersal of
sailors to fight in the Red armies against the opponents
of the Bolsheviks. The lack of manpower and the poor
support facilities at Petrograd meant that most ships were
paid off. Many of the smaller vessels were diverted
by the rivers and inland waterways to the Volga and
Caspian regions where the threat from the White forces was
most acute. From the end of 1918, the pressure on
the Baltic Fleet was increased by the arrival of British
and French naval forces intent on supporting
anti-Bolshevik forces in the emergence of the independent
states of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland.
Allied naval forces remained in the Baltic well into 1920.
The final act of the Baltic Fleet was the Kronstadt Revolt
7-17 March 1921 when the Petrograd government
suppressed the uprising by the sailors who until then had
been amongst the most loyal supporters of the new regime.
LIST OF THE MAIN SHIPS
AND SUBMARINES 1918-1922
Dreadnoughts
|
Gangut
|
retained for Soviet Navy
6.25-Oktyabrsykaya Revolutsiya |
Petropavlovsk |
retained
for Soviet Navy 3.21-Marat |
Poltava
|
1919-paid
off because of damage-retained as
hulk |
Sevastopol
|
retained for Soviet Navy
3.21-Parizhsaya Kommuna |
|
Pre-dreadnoughts
|
Grazhdanin |
5.17-hulked,
1924-bu Germany |
Andrei
Pervozvanny |
18.8.19
damaged by British CMB, Kronstadt
9.20-paid off & bu 1925 |
Respublika |
9.18-laid up at Kronstadt, bu 11.23 |
|
Armoured Cruisers
|
Rossiya
Gromoboi
Admiral Makarov
Bayan
Rurik |
.18-laid up, bu Germany 1922
.18-laid up, bu Bremen 1922
.18-laid up, bu Stettin 1922
.18-laid up, bu Stettin 1922
2.18-hulked, bu 1923 |
|
Protected
Cruisers
|
Aurora
Diana
Bogatyr
Orel |
p/o
18, re-commissioned 1923
p/o 17, bu Bremen 1922
p/o 18, bu Bremen 1922
17.6.19 sunk by British CMB.4 at Kronstadt |
|
Large
Destroyers |
|
Novik |
Fleet
flagship, .18-Yakov Sverdlov |
|
11
DF [ex 1DF]-
|
Pobeditel
Zabijka
Orfei |
.18-reserve,
12.22-Voldarski
.18-reserve, 12.22-Uritsky
dbr 9.17 & p/o, bu 1931 |
|
12
DF [ex 2DF]-
|
Letun
Desna
Azard
Samsun |
dbr/po
7.11.16, bu 1927
.18-reserve, 12.22-Engels
12.22-Zinoviev
.18-reserve, 12.22-Stalin |
|
13
DF-
|
Avtroil |
27.12.19-captured by British
1.20-Estonia-Lennuck |
Izyaslav |
12.22-Karl Marx |
|
14
DF
|
Kapitan
Izlmetev |
12.22-Lenin |
Gavril |
21.10.19-mined
in Gulf of Finland |
Lt.
Ilin |
7.19-Garibaldi, 12.22-Trotsky,
2.28-Voikov |
Konstantin |
21.10.19-mined in Gulf of Finland |
|
New-
|
Svoboda
|
21.10.19-mined
in Gulf of Finland |
Kap.
Miklucha-Makla |
26.12.18-captured by British,
12.18-Spartak, 1.19-Estonia-Wambola |
|
Incomplete
|
Kapitan
Kern |
10.27-Karl Liebknecht |
Kapitan
Belli |
10.27-Rykov
|
Pryamyslav
|
10.27-Kalinin |
|
Destroyers |
4
DF- |
General
Kondarenko |
bu 1924 |
Sibirsky
Stryelok |
2.26-Konstructor,
bu 1957 |
Porgranichnik
|
bu
1924 |
|
5
DF-
|
Amuretz
|
1918-Oenga, 12.22-Zhelesniakov, bu 1950 |
Gaidamak
|
1918-tg
ship, bu 1927 |
Vsadnik
|
1919
Onega to Volga/Caspian |
Ussurietz
|
1919
Onega to Volga/Caspian |
Emir
Bukarski |
1919
to Volga/Caspian as Yakov Sverdlov |
Moskvityanin |
1919
to Volga/Caspian |
Finn |
1919
to Volga/Caspian as Karl Leibknecht |
|
6
DF-
|
Ukraina
|
1920
to Caspian |
Voiskovoi |
1920
to Caspian |
Turkmenetz
Stavropolski |
1920 to Caspian |
Strashny |
bu
1924 |
Steregushchy |
bu
1924 |
Donskoi
Kazak |
bu
1924 |
Zabailkaletz |
bu
1924 |
|
Torpedo
Boats |
7 DF- |
Zhemchuzhv
|
1920-M/s,
bu 1930 |
Ing.
Mech. Dmitriev |
1920-M/s,
2.25-Roshal II, bu 1929 |
Boevoi |
p/o 1918, bu 1924 |
Burny |
1918-p/o,
bu 1924 |
Vnimatelny |
1920-M/s,
bu 5.24 |
Martinov |
1920-M/s,
bu 1940 |
Artemov |
1920-M/s,
bu 1947 |
|
8
DF- |
Iskunsy |
p/o
1918, bu 1.24 |
Kryepky |
1920-Frontier
Guardship, 12.22-Roshal,
bu 12.24 |
Legky |
p/o
1918, bu 10.20 |
Lovky |
1920-Frontier
Guardship, bu 5.22 |
Lickoi |
1920-Frontier
Guardship, bu 5.22 |
Myetky |
1920-Frontier
Guardship, bu 5.22 |
Molodetsky |
p/o
1918, bu 1923 |
Moshchenny |
p/o 1918, bu 11.24 |
|
9
DF-
|
Gromyashchy |
p/o
1918, bu 1922 |
Vidny |
p/o
1918, bu 1922 |
Sliny |
p/o
1918, bu 1925 |
Storozhevioi |
1918-to
Caspian |
Razyashchy |
p/o
1918, bu 8.22 |
Rastoropny |
1918-to
Caspian |
Dyelny |
1918-to Caspian |
Dostoiny |
1918-to
Caspian |
Dyeyatelny |
1918-to
Caspian |
|
Torpedo
Boats/Minesweepers |
10
DF- |
Prytky |
1918-to
Caspian |
Prochny |
1918-to
Caspian |
Podvizhny |
4.18-Finland
as S.1, -returned 1922
|
Posluchny |
4.18-Finland
as S.3, -returned 1922 |
Prozorlivy |
4.18-Finland
as S.2, -lost 1925 |
Porazhayushchy |
bu
8.23 |
Retivy |
1918-to
Caspian |
Ryezny |
4.18-Finland
as S.5 -1926 |
Ryany |
4.18-Finland
as S.4 -1922 |
|
Submarines |
1
SMF- |
Vepr |
hulked
2.22 |
Volk |
3.23-Batrak |
Tur
|
1.23-Tovarishch |
|
2
SMF- |
Tigr
|
12.22-Kommunar
|
Pantera
|
12.22-Kommisar
|
Rys
|
12.22-Bolshevik
|
|
3
SMF- |
Zmeya
|
1.23-Protelariy |
Yaguar
|
12.22-Krasnoflotets
|
|
4
SMF- |
AG.11
|
scuttled at Hango 3.4.18 |
AG.12
|
scuttled
at Hango 3.4.18 |
AG.15
|
scuttled at Hango 3.4.18 |
AG.16
|
scuttled
at Hango 3.4.18 |
|
5
SMF- |
Edinorog
|
damaged-lost
25.2.18 on tow from Reval to Hango |
|
6
SMF- |
Makrel
|
1918
to Caspian |
Okun
|
1918-to
Caspian |
Keta
|
sunk
Petrograd 1922 |
Kasatka
|
1918-to
Caspian |
Minoga
|
11.18
to Caspian |
|
Paid
off- |
Schuka
|
scuttled
at Reval 25.2.18 |
Beluga
|
scuttled
at Reval 25.2.18 |
Peskar
|
scuttled
at Reval 25.2.18 |
Sterlyad
|
scuttled
at Reval 25.2.18 |
Alligator
|
scuttled
at Reval 25.2.18 |
Draken
|
scuttled at Reval 25.2.18 |
Kaiman
|
scuttled
at Reval 25.2.18 |
Korkodil |
scuttled at Reval 25.2.18 |
|
Building-
|
Ersch
|
2.18
towed from Reval to Petrograd,
1.23-Rabochi |
Ugor
|
2.18-towed
from Reval to Petrogard, sunk at Petrograd
27.3.20 |
Forel
|
2.18-towed
from Reval to Petrograd,
bu 5.22 |
Yaz
|
2.18-towed
from Reval to Petrograd,
bu 5.22 |
|
Seaplane
carrier [paid off?] |
Orlitsa
|
1919-converted
back to merchant ship |
|
SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN
THE BALTIC FLEET
Ships
Scuttled, Transferred to Finland, or Lost |
Scuttled,
Hango 3.4.1918
Submarines-
AG.11
AG.12
AG.15
AG.16
To Finnish
forces
Torpedo boats
Podviznhy
Posluchny
Prozorlivy
Ryezny
Ryany |
Scuttled,
Reval, 25.2.18
Submarines-
Schuka
Beluga
Peskar
Sterlyad
Alligator
Draken
Kaiman
Krokodil
Lost en route
from Reval
Edinorog |
Losses
during civil war
Protected cruiser
Oleg. 17.6.19
Destroyers
Kap. Miklucha-Makla, 26.12.18
Gavril
Konstantin
Svoboda, all three 21.10.19
Avtroil, 27.12.19 |
Ships
Paid off, Transferred to Caspian Sea, or
Remained Active |
Paid
off 1918-1919
Battleships
Gangut
Sevastopol
Poltava
Grazhdanin
Respublika
Armoured
cruisers
Rossiya
Gromoboi
Admiral Makarov
Bayan
Rurik
Protected
cruisers
Aurora
Diana
Bogatyr
Destroyers
Pobeditil
Zabijka
Orfei
Letun
Desna
Samsun
Izyaslav
Gaidamak
Torpedo Boats
Boevoi
Iskunsy
Legky
Molodetsky
Moshchenny
Gromyashchy
Vidny
Sliny
Razyashchy
Submarine
Keta |
Transfers
to Caspian etc
Destroyers
Amuretz
Vsadnik
Ussurietz
Emir Bukarski
Moskvityanin
Finn
Ukraina
Voskovoi
Turkmenetz Stavropolski
Torpedo boats
Storozhevoi
Rastoropny
Dyelny
Dostoiny
Dyeyatelny
Submarines
Makrel
Okun
Kasatka
Minoga |
Active
Ships
Battleships
Petropavlovsk
Andrei Pervozvanny
Cruiser
Oleg
Destroyers
Novik
Azard
Gavril
Kap. Izlmetev
Lt. Ilin/Garibaldi
General Kondarenko
Sibirsky-Stryelok
Porgranichnik
Strashny
Steregushchy
Donskoi Kazak
Zabailkaeletz
Submarines
Vepr
Volk
Tur
Tigr
Pantera
Rys
Zmeya
Yaguar |
RUSSIAN FLEETS AND
WARSHIPS 1918-1922
(continued)
8.
BLACK SEA FLEET
The Black Sea Fleet remained relatively intact as an
organisation until the spring of 1918. Its disintegration
began with the arrival of German forces in the Ukraine
intent on enforcing the terms of the Brest-Litovsk Treaty
which put the Black Sea Fleet, and its bases, under German
control. The German advance was accompanied by an
attempt to create a Ukrainian Navy at Odessa in April
1918, and then at Sevastopol. This force was under
effective German control between May 1918 and November
1918.
Bolshevik attempts to thwart this resulted in the first of
a series of scuttlings on 18th June 1918. The German
efforts to create some sort of effective naval force out
of the Black Sea Fleet ended with the Armistice in
November 1918.
When Turkey capitulated, the British and French sent naval
forces to secure the Bosphorus from which some ships
steamed to Sevastopol to take control of the warships
there - now abandoned by the Germans. The
Allies retained control of the ships until their
withdrawal in April 1919 when the largely immobilised
ships were destroyed to prevent them falling into
Bolshevik hands.
During this period, the more effective ships were
gradually handed over to the anti-Bolshevik forces - the
Whites - who formally established there fleet in
January1919 at Novorossiysk. The White Fleet moved
to Sevastopol in July 1919. It took over all the remaining
ships from the Allies in September 1919. In December 1919
a White detachment, built around the damaged battleship
'Rostislav' was established in the Sea of
Azov. As the Bolsheviks gained the upper hand
in 1920, the majority of the White fleet left enroute to
exile and internment at Bizerte in the French colony of
Tunisia. All the ships were scrapped in succeeding
years.
Very few ships came into Soviet hands - and the new Soviet
Black Sea Fleet slowly emerged during the 1920's.
LIST OF SHIPS AND
SUBMARINES 1918-1922
Dreadnoughts
|
Svobodnaya
Rossiya |
18.6.18-sunk by Reds at Novorossisk |
Volya |
10.19-General
Alekseyev, 5.18-German, 11.18-Allied,
9.19-White, 10.20-Bizerte |
|
Pre-dreadnoughts
|
Georgi
Pobiedonosets |
4.18-Ukrainian,
5.18-German, 11.18-Allied,
9.19-White, 10.20-Bizerte |
Sinop
[disarmed] |
5.18-German,
11.18-Allied, 19.4.19-engines destroyed |
Tri
Sviatella |
4.18-Ukrainian,
5.18-German, 11.18-Allied,
19.4.19-engines destroyed |
Rostislav |
5.18-German,
11.18-Allied, 9.19-White, to
Azov-beached as 'floating battery'
16.11.20 |
Potemkin-Tavricheski
|
5.18-Borets
za Svobobu, 5.18-German, 11.18-Allied,
19.4.19-engines destroyed |
Evstafi |
4.18-Ukriane, 5.18-German, 11.18-Allied,
19.4.19-engines destroyed |
Ioann
Zlatoust |
4.18-Ukraine,
5.18-German, 11.18-Allied,
19.4.19-engines destroyed |
|
Protected
Cruisers
|
Pamiat
Mercuria |
1919-Soviet |
Kagul |
4.18-Ukraine,
5.18-German, 11.18-Allied,
9.19-White, 10.20-Bizerte |
Prut |
11.18-returned
to Turkey |
|
Large
Destroyers |
|
Bezkopoiny
|
5.18-German,
11.18-Allied, 9.19-White,
10.20-Bizerte |
Derzky
|
5.18-German,
11.18-Allied, 9.19-White,
10.20-Bizerte |
Gnevny
|
5.18-German,
11.18-Allied, 9.19-White,
10.20-Bizerte |
Pronzitelny
|
18.6.18-scuttled
by Reds at Novorossisk |
Bystry |
5.18-German,
11.18-Allied,
6.4.19-scuttled, Raised -Soviet
-Frunze 1927- |
Gromky |
18.6.18-scuttled
by Reds at Novorossisk |
Pospeshny |
4.18-Ukraine,
5.18-German, 11.18-Allied,
9.19-White, 10.20-Bizerte |
Puilky |
4.18-Ukraine,
5.18-German, 11.18-Allied,
9.19-White, 10.20-Bizerte |
Schastlivy
|
5.18-German,
11.18-Allied, 9.19-White, wrecked
24.10.19 |
|
3
DF- |
Fidonisi
|
18.6.18-sunk
by Kerch at Novorossisk |
Gadzhibei |
18.6.18-sunk
by Reds at Novorossisk |
Kaliakyria
|
18.6.18-sunk
by Reds at Novorossisk |
Kerch
|
18.6.18-sunk by Reds at
Tuapse/Novorossisk |
|
Incomplete |
Tserigo |
completed
by Whites, 9.19-White, 10.20-Bizerte |
Korfu |
1925
completed as Petrovski |
Levkas |
1925
completed as Shaumyan |
Zante
|
1925
completed as Nezamozhny |
|
Destroyers |
Lt.
Shestakov |
18.6.18-sunk
by Reds at Tsemes Bay |
Kap.
Lt. Baranov |
18.6.18-sunk by Reds at Novorossisk |
Kapitan
Saken |
4.18-Ukraine,
5.18-German, 11.18-Allies, 9.19-White,
10.20-Bizerte |
|
Torpedo
Boats |
Zavidny |
5.18-German,
11.18- to Soviet,
bu 1923 |
Zavetny |
1.5.18
scuttled at Sevastopol |
Zorky |
5.18-German,
11.18-Allied, 9.19-White,
10.20-Bizerte |
Zvonky |
5.18-German, 11.18-Allied,
9.19-White, 10.20-Bronte |
Zharky |
5.18-German,
11.18-Allied, 9.19-White,
10.20-Bizerte |
Zhivoi |
10.18-White/Azov,
lost 16.11.20 to Bizerte |
Zhutky |
5.18-German,
11.18- to Soviet,
bu 1922 |
Strogi |
Soviet
12.22-Marti, bu 1927 |
Svirepy |
Soviet
12..22-Lt. Schmidt, bu 1927 |
Smetlivy |
18.6.18-sunk by Reds at Novorossisk |
Stremitelny |
18.6.18-sunk by Reds at Novorossisk |
|
Submarines
|
|
AG.21
|
5.18-German,
11.18-Allies, 26.4.19-scuttled |
AG.22-launched
|
9.19-White,
10.20-Bizerte |
AG.23
|
c.9.20-Soviet,
1.23-Nezamoshny |
AG.24
|
c.7.21-Soviet,
1.23-Lunarcharski |
AG.25
|
c.5.22-Soviet, 1.23-Marxist |
AG.26
|
c.11.23-Soviet,
1.23-Kamenev |
|
|
Burvestnik
|
5.18-German,
11.18-Allied, 9.19-White, 10.20-Bizerte
|
Gagara
|
5.18-German,
11.18-Allied, scuttled 26.4.19 |
Utka
|
5.18-German, 11.18-Allied,
9.19-White, 10.20-Bizerte |
Orlan
|
5.18-German,
11.18-Allied, scuttled 26.4.19 |
Lebed
|
incomplete,
scuttled 26.4.19 |
Pelikan
|
incomplete, scuttled
26.4.19 |
|
|
Kashalot
|
4,18-Ukraine,
5.18-German, 11.18-Allied, scuttled
26.4.19 |
Kit
|
4.18-Ukraine,
5.18-German, 11.18-Allied, scuttled
26.4.19 |
Narval
|
4.18-Ukraine,
5.18-German, 11.18-Allied,
scuttled 26.4.19 |
Krab
|
4.18-Ukraine,
5.18-German, 11.18-Allied, scuttled
26.4.19 |
Nerpa
|
Soviet,
1.23-Politruk |
Tyulen
|
4.18-Ukraine, 5.18-German,
11.18-Allied, 9.19-White
10.20-Bizerte |
|
Paid
off-
|
Karas
|
5.18-German, 11.18-Allied,
scuttled 26.4.19 |
Karp
|
5.18-German,
11.18-Allied, scuttled 26.4.19 |
Losos
|
5.18-German,
11.18-Allied, scuttled 26.4.19 |
Sudak
|
5.18-German,
11.18-Allied, scuttled 26.4.19 |
Nalim
|
5.18-German,
11.18-Allied, scuttled 26.4.19 |
Skat
|
5.18-German, 11.18-Allied,
scuttled 26.4.19 |
|
Seaplane
carriers
|
Almaz
|
9.19-White
10.20-Bizerte |
Republikanets
|
1919-scuttled?
|
Aviator
|
1919-scuttled?
|
Rumyanya
|
1918-returned
to Romania |
Regele
Carol I |
1918-returned
to Romania |
Dakia
|
1918-returned
to Romania |
Imperator
Trajan |
1918-returned
to Romania |
|
SUMMARY OF PROGRESSIVE
DISSOLUTION OF BLACK SEA FLEET 1918-1920
Fates
|
Battleships |
Protected
Cruiser |
Seaplane
carrier |
Destroyers |
Submarines |
1.
Scuttled at Novorossisk by Reds
18.6.18 to avoid handover to Germans
at Sevastopol |
Svobodnaya
Rossiya |
- |
- |
Pronzitelny
Gromky
Findonisi
Gadzhbei
Kaliakyria
Kerch [at Tuapse]
Lt. Shestakov
Kap.Lt. Baranov
Smetlivy
Stremitelny |
- |
2.
Under Ukrainian control 4.18, -German
control 5.18, -Allied
control 11.18, -and scuttled at Sevastopol
9.4.19 to avoid following into the hands of the
Bolsheviks |
Sinop
Tri Sviatitella
Rostislav *
Borets za Svobobu
Evstafi
Ioann Zlatoust
* later salved and beached at Kerch as a
floating battery 9.4.19 |
- |
- |
Bystry
**
Zavetny
Zhutky
** later salved and commissioned as Frunze in
Soviet Navy 1927 |
AG.21
Gagara
Lebed
Pelikan
Kashalot
Kit
Narval
Krab
Karas
Karp
Losos
Sudak
Nalim
Skat |
3.
Under German
control 5.18, -Allied
control 11.18, -and taken over by Bolsheviks
[date?] |
- |
Pamyat
Mercuria |
- |
Zavidny
Strogi
Svirepy |
Nerpa |
Under
German
control 5.18, -Allied
control 11.18, -to White
forces 9.19 and to Bizerte 10.20 |
Volya/General
Alekseyev
Georgi Pobiedonosets |
Kagul |
Almaz |
Bezkopoiny
Derzky
Gnevny
Pospeshny
Puilky
Schlastivy
Tserigo
Zorky
Zvonky
Zhivoi -lost 16.11.20 |
Burvestnik
Utka
Tyulen |
5.
Returned to Rumania
1918 |
- |
- |
Rumyanya
Regele Carol I
Dakia
Imperator Trajan [briefly in German hands
5.18-?] |
- |
- |
6.
Fate uncertain |
- |
- |
Republikanets
Aviator |
- |
- |
RUSSIAN FLEETS AND
WARSHIPS 1918-1922
(continued)
9.
VOLGA/CASPIAN
[Bolshevik naval
assets employed against White
forces]
White forces contested control of the Volga river from
August 1918. Then, they fought for control of the
Caspian Sea from spring 1919 until interned by the British
at Baku in May 1920. This force had a few small
vessels to face larger Red forces. The evolution of Red
naval forces can be seen in the various changes of name
given to them:
1917-Military Forces of
the Astrakhan Region
10.18-Astrakhan-Caspian Military Flotilla
7.19- Volga-Caspian Military Flotilla
5.20-Caspian Flotilla
This merged with the Red Fleet of Ajerbaijan in 7.20 to
become Naval Forces of the Caspian Sea.
Destroyers |
Vsadnik |
ex
Baltic 1919, 12.22-Sladkov,
bu 1927 |
Ussurietz |
ex
Baltic 1919, 12.22-Roshal, wrecked 1924/bu
1929 |
Emir
Bukarski |
ex
Baltic 1919, as Yakov Sverdlov,
bu 1925 |
Moskvityanin |
ex Baltic 1919, -lost 21.5.19 |
Finn |
ex
Baltic 1919, as Karl Liebknecht, bu 1925 |
Ukraina |
ex
Baltic 1919, 6.20-Karl Marx, 8.20-unamed,
12.22-Bakinsay-Rabochi |
Voiskovoi
|
ex
Baltic 1919, 6.20-F. Engels,
8.20-unamed, 12.22-Markov |
Turkmenetz
Stavropolski |
ex Baltic 1919, 6.20-Mirza,
8.20-unamed, 12.22-Altvatov |
|
Torpedo
Boats |
Storozhevoi |
ex
Baltic 1918, bu 1925 |
Rastoropny |
ex
Baltic 1918, bu 11.25 |
Dyelny |
ex
Baltic 1918, bu 8.22 |
Dostoiny |
ex
Baltic 1918, bu 11.25 |
Dyeyatelny
|
ex
Baltic 1918, bu 11.25 |
|
Torpedo
Boats/Minesweepers
|
Prytky |
ex
Baltic 1918, bu 8.23 |
Prochny |
ex
Baltic 1918, bu 8.23 |
Retivy |
ex Baltic 1918, bu 1922 |
|
Submarines
|
Makrel |
ex
Baltic 1918, bu 1922 |
Okun |
ex
Baltic 1918, bu 1922 |
Kasatka |
ex
Baltic 1918, bu 1922 |
Minoga |
ex
Baltic 11.18, bu 11.25 |
|
RUSSIAN FLEETS AND
WARSHIPS 1918-1922
(continued)
10.
ARCTIC
Unless stated, ships were under Russian control, then
Allied control from August 1918 until withdrawal in
February and March 1920. Then the ships came under command
of the Naval Forces of the North Sea which was
disbanded in 1.23
Pre-dreadnought |
Tchesma
|
1918-Allied/White?
1920-Soviet, bu 7.24 |
|
Protected
cruisers
|
Varyiag |
refitting
in UK-abandoned and hulked at Liverpool,
bu 1921 |
Askold
|
8.18
taken over by Royal Navy-renamed Glory IV
[laid up in Gareloch], 1921-returned to
Soviets, bu Hamburg 1921 |
|
Torpedo
Boats
|
Kapitan
Yurasovsky |
7.18-Allied,
1920-Soviet, bu 6.24 |
Lt.
Sergeyev |
7.18-Allied,
1920-Soviet, bu 6.24 |
Besstrashny |
3.18-Allied,
1920-Soviet, bu
6.24 |
Bezhummy |
.18-White? 3.20- Soviet,
bu
6.24 |
Vlastny |
2.17-refit UK, .18-White,
1920-Soviet, bu 1921 |
Grozovoi |
2.17-refit, UK .18-White
1920-Soviet bu 1921 |
|
Submarines
|
Sviatoi
Georgi |
.18-Soviet,
5.20-Kommunar,
bu 7.29 |
|
RUSSIAN FLEETS AND
WARSHIPS 1918-1922
(continued)
11.
FAR EAST/VLADIVOSTOK
White forces took control of the naval base and ships at
Vladivostok in July 1918. As Vladivostok was the main base
for Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
1919-1922, the few ships here were under control of the
British, French, American and Japanese forces. When the
White forces abandoned Vladivostok in October 1922, some
ships were scuttled to prevent them falling into Soviet
hands. The survivors were in such poor condition that the
Soviets scrapped them in 1923 rather bring into service in
The Naval Forces of the Far East.
Torpedo
boats
|
Besposhtchadny |
paid
off, bu 5.23 |
Bodry |
scuttled 5.23 |
Boiki |
paid off, bu 1925 |
Bravi |
9.23-Anisimov,
bu 1925 |
Grozny |
paid
off, scuttled 5.23 |
Tverdy |
6.22-Lazo,
bu 5.23 |
Tochny |
11.22-Potapenko,
bu 5.23 |
Trevozhny |
wrecked
10.22 |
Lt.
Maleev |
wrecked
10.22 |
Ing.
Mech. Anastasov |
1920-Japanese,
scuttled 5.23 |
Skory |
bu
5.23 |
Smely |
bu
5.23 |
Serdity |
bu
5.23 |
Statny |
bu 5.23 |
|
12.
ACTIVE SOVIET NAVAL FORCES 1922
[major ships and submarines]
BALTIC FLEET |
BLACK SEA FLEET |
Battleship
Marat
Destroyers
Karl Marks
Lenin
Artem
Engels
Stalin
Uritsky
Volodarski
Submarines
[all recommisioned 12.22]
Kommunar
Bolshevik
Kommissar
Krasnoarmeets
Tovarishch
Krasnoflotets
Protelary |
No
surface ships before 5.23
Submarines
[recommissioned 12.22]
Rabochy
Kommunist |
PACIFIC FLEET |
NORTHERN FLEET |
reformed 4.32 |
reformed 6.33 |
13.
SOURCES
Anthony J. Watt: 'The
Imperial Russian Navy' Arm & Armour Press, 1990
Rene Greger: 'The Russian Fleet, 1914-1917'
Ian Allan 1972
Siegfried Breyer: 'Soviet Warship Development, Vol 1,
1917-1937', Conway 1992
Przemyslaw Budzon, Russian section in 'Conway's All the
World's Warships 1906-1921', Conway 1985
Stephen McLaughlin 'Russian Navy' chapter in 'To
Crown the Waves' [ed, by Vincent O'Hara],
US Naval Institute 2013
Paul G. Halpern 'A Naval History of World War I' , US
Naval Institute, 1994
N. B. Pavlovich: The Fleet in the First World War.
Volume 1-Operations of the Russian Fleet, Moscow 1964
[translated 1979]
also articles in Russian Wikipedia.
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