December 1920

[chris.p]

This is part of one of my Gt Uncles files to The Commander in chief Mediterrainean Fleet Dated 13 December 1920, some of the ship names have been difficult to read due to the typing? I thought some of you would find some of the infomation interesting?
Infomation regarding Vessels in Soviet Black Sea Ports.
Men of war under construction but with no prospect of being ready for service in the near future.
Ivan Groly Nicolaieff 35% completed
Imperatritsa Marie Savastopol upside down in dock
Evstafi Engines blown up
Ivan Slatoust "
Pantelaimon "
Yri Svaititelia "
Rastislav Sonk in shallow water in Kertch Straits off Enikale
Simop? Savastopol Engines Blown Up
Dremadisat Apostolo Savestopol
Cruisers
Pamiat Merkurie Engines Blown Up
Light Crusers
Admeral Nakhimo Oddesa to be moved to Nicolieff
" Lasaref Nicolaieff 35% completed
" Koraileff "
" Istomin "
Destroyers
Sunte? Has been salved by Bolsheviks of Cape Fontane proposed to tow her to Nicolaeff
Larfu Nicolaeff 35% completed
Lavkes "
Balatri Sevastopol only Hull Stripped
Submarines
AG24 Nicolaieff ready in 5 months beying assembled in the branch of
the Baltic works
AG 23 Holland type Assembled at Nicolaieff now reported at Odessia
2 Subs of
Market Type Reported to have been brought from the Volga Kaspian to
Novorossisk.
Nera Nicolaieff ready in 5 months

[chris.p]

Continued
Armed Ships
Ingul Sevastopol left in dry dock by Wrangles forces. Guns removed
Ready in one month
Alma? Sevastopol Brauched in southerd Creek near Dockyard 1 120mm
and 1 75mm gun Ready in 3 months.
Bule Breached 2 miles east of Ak-machet 3 75mm ready 1 month
Alexai at Odessa 4 130mm guns 1 AA gun Fitted with rails for mine
laying speed 12 knots will have 6 M.L.S.
Two large steamers
of 412 type were originall intended by Russian Government for landing troops and specially constructed for purpose armed with 2 130 mm guns
one Ripidfor class Funnel aft 1 120mm gun at Nicolaieff
Dedushka Kirolov 2 47mm guns at Odessa
Kharkov 2 75mm guns at Kerson
Gun Boats
Privesa Presented by Turkish Nationalists to soviet government now in Noforssisk
Paddle Sweepers
Orel Odessa Kabotaz harbour armed with machine guns
Silach
Sofia

[Antoine]

I would like to correct some names to make clearer what ships is meant in the document.

- Ivan Groly Nicolaieff 35% completed
Dreadnought "Imperator Nikolay I" ("Ivan Grozny" was her motto before beginning of the construction);

- Ivan Slatoust "
Ioann Zlatoust;

- Pantelaimon "
Panteleimon (ex-Knyaz Potemkin-Tavrichesky);

- Yri Svaititelia "
Tri Svyatitelya;

- Rastislav Sonk in shallow water in Kertch Straits off Enikale
Rostislav;

- Simop? Savastopol Engines Blown Up
Sinop;

- Dremadisat Apostolo Savestopol
Dvenadtsat Apostolov;


- Admeral Nakhimo Oddesa to be moved to Nicolieff
Admiral Nakhimov;

- " Lasaref Nicolaieff 35% completed
Lazarev;

- " Koraileff "
Kornilov;

- Sunte? Has been salved by Bolsheviks of Cape Fontane proposed to tow her to Nicolaeff
Zante;

Larfu Nicolaeff 35% completed
Korfu;

Lavkes "
Levkas;

- Balatri Sevastopol only Hull Stripped
Bystry;

- Market Type Reported to have been brought from the Volga Kaspian to
Novorossisk.
Makrel (Kasatka) class);

- Nera Nicolaieff ready in 5 months
Nerpa.

[chris.p]

A big thank you fot that Antione.
Chris