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The main armament of the ship in the
Estonian Navy consisted of two 75 mm caliber guns, each with a barrel length of 50 calibers (L/50) – one located at the bow and the other mounted on the edge of the aft superstructure. The armament was supplemented by two 7.62 mm machine guns and an anti-aircraft
409:– the most raised by any national collection effort up to that point. However, this amount was about 60 times less than the needed contribution for the construction. It was then decided that the submarines would be financed from the state budget. In March 1935, the military leader, General
500:. The exact date of the ship's seizure is unclear. Hartmut Ehlers states that the official inclusion took place on October 20, after the actual occupation, while Jarosław Malinowski and Oskar Myszor indicate October 29 as the date of actual takeover, considering the order
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The ship was ordered from the
Tallinna Sadamatehased shipyard in the same year and launched in the summer of 1939. Originally, it was intended to serve in the Estonian Border Guard as a patrol vessel and also to be used as a presidential yacht for the
417:. As raising the new, lower amount of 300,000 kroons also proved difficult, some military personnel suggested ordering an unarmed vessel. Instead, it was decided to proceed with another round of the campaign, which ultimately concluded on 5 July 1937.
665:. The version that the ship was beached on the Caucasian coast and served as a restaurant is largely dismissed. After regaining independence, Estonia made several attempts to locate its presidential yacht, but these efforts were unsuccessful.
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There are various theories about the ship's fate. According to one of the former
Estonian crew members, it was scrapped in 1976. Other sources state that it was scrapped in 1978, but there is disagreement about whether this occurred in
691:) and 7.34 m in width. Its standard draft was 2.4 m. The full displacement was 540 tons, while the design or standard displacement was 500 tons. Around the 20th meter from the bow, there was a deck break. The
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during foreign visits. Due to the threat of war, it was taken over by the navy, either during construction or after being launched and equipped. The ship was commissioned in the spring of 1940 under the name
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fitted into this break was intended for the president and other official guests. Its standard was higher compared to the other compartments, featuring large windows instead of
542:. It departed from Tallinn on the night of August 27/28 as part of the 2nd squadron escorting the evacuation of troops. On the way, it assisted the survivors of the
571:, where it was rearmed – instead of two 75 mm guns, three 45 mm guns were installed. The ship remained in the base until the end of the war, changing its name to
534:. When the Germans started their attack on Tallinn, the decision was made to evacuate the city. Besides the already accommodated members of the Military Council,
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Estonian government sought funds to build two submarines. About half of the required sum was obtained from the sale of two old destroyers,
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from August 18/19 as the official one. Like other former
Estonian ships, the vessel temporarily retained its name, written in Cyrillic (Пиккер). In the
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405:. To secure the remaining funds, the Submarine Fund was established on 31 May 1933. By the end of 1934, it had collected 53,000
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and the accompanying submarines were attacked by enemy aircraft, but none of the dropped bombs hit the target. It reached the
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state that the ship was ordered in
January 1939, which would have given the Tallinn shipyard very little time to build it.
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for Soviet leaders. In 1961, it was transferred as a research vessel to
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and other ships of the Estonian Navy in Tallinn Harbor (1940)
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took on board several important communist notables of the
413:, decided to continue the fundraising for a much cheaper
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was a ship measuring 58 m in length (57 m at the design
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from 1940 to 1946, after which it was assigned to the
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with funds from a public collection. It served in the
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1171:(in Russian). Moscow: Eksmo. pp. 186–187.
360:during World War II. The ship operated in the
928:, p. 66) list this name as hypothetical.
8:
1351:World War II naval ships of the Soviet Union
1272:Malinowski, Jarosław; Myszor, Oskar (2010).
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644:(Московский университет), it was used for
524:German aggression against the Soviet Union
1078:(in Estonian). 2014-04-16. Archived from
672:currently holds a pre-war metal model of
579:(Луга) on 15 March 1943, and possibly to
1274:""Zaginiony" flagowiec estońskiej floty"
609:was assigned as an escort for the yacht
218:standard: 500 t (1,100,000 lb)
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652:. It was decommissioned in 1972.
465:, for which it was to serve as a
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231:58 m (190 ft 3 in)
1331:(in Polish). Moscow: Wojenizdat.
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308:2 x 75 mm L/50 guns (until 1941)
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32:at the Estonian Maritime Museum
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898:Bartelski & Morozow (2014)
575:(Киев) on 2 December 1941, to
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1245:Kostricenko, Witalij (2003).
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1129:Malinowski & Myszor (2010
993:Malinowski & Myszor (2010
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490:was taken over by the Soviet
1253:(in Russian). Archived from
518:Soviet evacuation of Tallinn
1247:"Судьба президентской яхты"
1095:Mitologia estońska i liwska
473:Service in the Soviet Union
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1093:Zubiński, Tadeusz (2011).
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456:Allveelaevastiku divisjoni
1309:(143). Warsaw: Magnum X.
1165:Platonov, Andreĭ (2005).
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1284:(100). Tarnowskie Góry.
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749:Date of name assignment
670:Estonian Maritime Museum
642:Moskowskij Uniwiersitiet
629:, who sailed on it from
340:of original design from
314:2 x 7.62 mm machine guns
189:scrapped in 1978 or 1976
165:(Московский университет)
163:Moskowskij Uniwiersitiet
877:Moscow State University
870:Московский университет
638:Moscow State University
526:began on 22 June 1941,
374:Moscow State University
194:General characteristics
16:Former Estonian gunboat
1303:Morze, statki i okręty
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72:Tallinna Sadamatehased
494:and classified as an
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454:was assigned to the
1251:fleet.sebastopol.ua
705:was powered by two
583:(Ильмень) in 1944.
123:, Пиккер and others
1328:Балтийцы сражаются
1220:lomsh8146.narod.ru
736:List of ship names
446:, named after the
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317:1 x anti-aircraft
292:processing systems
28:Model of the ship
1323:Tributs, Vladimir
1178:978-5-9533-4953-6
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1104:978-83-62661-11-4
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354:Soviet Navy
352:and in the
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281:Soviet Navy
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1226:2024-07-13
1076:www.mil.ee
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561:Kronstadt
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1325:(1985).
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484:Red Army
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77:Launched
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488:Pikker
452:Pikker
444:Pikker
430:Pikker
407:kroons
392:Lennuk
333:Pikker
228:Length
150:
121:Pikker
63:Pikker
30:Pikker
885:Notes
873:1961
857:Rioni
850:Рион
833:1944
805:Луга
785:Киев
780:Kijew
767:1940
715:knots
650:Yalta
581:Ilmen
573:Kijew
547:Minsk
502:00208
497:aviso
461:Kalev
401:, to
370:yacht
296:radar
259:Speed
236:Draft
207:yacht
1311:ISSN
1286:ISSN
1173:ISBN
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1040:ISSN
845:Rion
816:Luga
812:Luga
800:Luga
792:Kyiv
668:The
607:Rion
601:Rion
577:Luga
403:Peru
395:and
186:Fate
181:1972
173:1961
159:Name
139:1961
117:Name
88:1940
80:1939
59:Name
1307:3/4
814:or
448:god
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