Soviet gunboat Krasnoye Znamya

History
The Imperial Russian gunboat Khrabryy.
Russian Empire
Name	Krasnoye Znamya
Laid down	27 December 1894
Launched	21 November 1895
Acquired	by the Soviet Union on 30 December 1922
Commissioned	1897
History
Soviet Union
Commissioned	September 17, 1944
Decommissioned	1960
Fate	Sunk on November 18, 1942, raised on November 13, 1943
General characteristics
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)
Range	600 nautical miles (1,100 km) at 14 knots 1,050 nautical miles (1,940 km) at 7 knots
Complement	165–201
Armament	5× 130 mm/55 B7 Pattern 1913 1× 40 mm 2× 75 mm 50 mines

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.

The sinking of Krasnoye Znamya

During World War I Khrabryy participated in the battles in the Baltic Sea. It was lightly damaged during the Battle of Moon Sound in 1917. On December 31, 1922, the ship was renamed to Krasnoye Znamya.

After the Moscow Peace Treaty of 1940 between Finland and the Soviet Union, the island of Lavansaari had been handed over to the Soviets. During the Continuation War the island was a Soviet naval base and housed a radar station. On November 18, 1942, the three Finnish motor torpedo boats Syöksy, Vinha and Vihuri, as well as a minelaying KM-boat made an assault on the harbour of Lavansaari. Syöksy managed to hit the Krasnoye Znamya with one torpedo. She was sunk in her moorings.^[1] Commanding officer of Syöksy, lieutenant commander Jouko Pirhonen was awarded the Mannerheim Cross for the successful attack.

The Krasnoye Znamya was salvaged on November 13, 1943, and recommissioned on September 17, 1944. She was finally decommissioned in 1960.

References

^ Attacken mot Lövskärs hamn (The Attack on the harbour of Lavansaari, in Swedish) Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in November 1942

Shipwrecks

2 Nov: Empire Antelope, Empire Leopard, Gifu Maru
3 Nov: East Indian Ro-65
4 Nov: Hobbema, U-132
5 Nov: U-408
6 Nov: Chulmleigh, City of Cairo, Dekabrist
7 Nov: Donbass, Eveleen, Ha-11, USS Majaba
8 Nov: Actéon, Albatros, Amphitrite, Argonaute, Brestois, Boulonnais, Fougueux, Frondeur, HMS Hartland, La Psyché, La Surprise, Milan, Oréade, Primauguet, Tornade, Tramontane, HMS Walney, West Humhaw
9 Nov: Ariane, HMS Cromer, Danaé, Diane, USS Leedstown, Typhon
10 Nov: HMS Broke, I-15, HMS Ibis, Jean Bart, HMS Martin, Méduse
11 Nov: Hōkoku Maru, USS Joseph Hewes, Sidi Ferruch, HMS Unbeaten, Viceroy of India
12 Nov: USS Edward Rutledge, USS Erie, Hokkai Maru, USS Hugh L. Scott, USS Tasker H. Bliss, HMS Tynwald, U-272, U-660
13 Nov: Akatsuki, USS Atlanta, USS Barton, USS Cushing, Isaac Sweers, USS Juneau, Kinugasa, USS Laffey, Le Conquérant, USS Monssen, U-411, Yūdachi
14 Nov: Hiei, Scillin, Narkunda, U-595, U-605
15 Nov: HMS Algerine, HMS Avenger, Ayanami, USS Benham, Kirishima, Le Tonnant, USS Preston, U-98, U-259, USS Walke
16 Nov: Irish Pine, U-173
17 Nov: U-331
18 Nov: Krasnoye Znamya, Tower Grange
19 Nov: USS YP-26
20 Nov: Prins Harald, Pierce Butler
21 Nov: U-517
22 Nov: Sokrushitelny
23 Nov: Benlomond
24 Nov: Hayashio
25 Nov: HMS Utmost
27 Nov: Achéron, Aigle, Algérie, Aurore, Bordelais, Caïman, Casque, Cassard, Colbert, Commandant Teste, Diamant, D'Iberville, Dunkerque, Dupleix, Eurydice, Foch, Foudroyant, Fresnel, Galatée, Gerfaut, Guépard, Henri Poincaré, Jean de Vienne, Kersaint, L'Adroit, La Galissonnière, Lansquenet, L'Espoir, L'Indomptable, Lion, Lynx, Mameluk, Marseillaise, Mogador, Naïade, Panthère, Pascal, Provence, Sirène, Siroco, Strasbourg, Tartu, Thétis, Tigre, Trombe, Valmy, Vauban, Vauquelin, Vautour, Vengeur, Vénus, Verdun
28 Nov: Empire Cromwell, HMS Ithuriel, Nova Scotia, Thomas T. Tucker
29 Nov: Dunedin Star
30 Nov: USS Northampton, HMCS Quinte, Takanami, Thor, Uckermark
Unknown date: Sibylle, Saint Edmond, U-184