Apostol Piotr

Apostol Piotr on Lake Onega
History
Russia
Name	Apostol Piotr
Laid down	1906
Launched	1906
Out of service	April 26, 1915
Russia
Name	TSzcz No. 18
Launched	July 9, 1915
Finland
Name	Peeter
Launched	1918
Out of service	April 19, 1920
Estonia
Name	Suurop
Launched	May 13, 1920
Out of service	August 18, 1940
Soviet Union
Name	Suurop
Launched	August 18, 1940
Out of service	August 11, 1941
General characteristics
Class and type	passenger ship, cargo ship, minesweeper, minelayer
Displacement	1906: 499 t (1,100,000 lb) 1937: 600 t (1,300,000 lb)
Length	1906: 57.9 m (190 ft 0 in) 1937: 60.1 m (197 ft 2 in)
Draft	1906: 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) 1937: 1.8–2.35 m (5 ft 11 in – 7 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	steam boiler compound steam engine with a power of 750 hp side paddle wheels
Speed	1906: 13.5 kn (15.5 mph; 25.0 km/h) 1937: 12.5 kn (14.4 mph; 23.2 km/h)
Range	1,000 nautical miles at 8 knots
Complement	1915: 51 people 1937: 39 people (at peace), 50 people (at war)
Armament	1915: 1 × 47 mm, 1 × km 1937: 1 × 40 mm, 175 mines of the 1908 model

Apostol Piotr was a passenger-cargo ship, a side-paddle steamer built for a Russian shipping company. During World War I, it was requisitioned for the needs of the Imperial Russian Navy and converted into a minesweeper. In 1918, it was handed over by the Bolsheviks to the Red Finns, captured by the Whites, and sold to Estonia. In the Estonian Navy, it was named Suurop. Along with the other Estonian vessels, it was taken over by the Soviet Union in 1940. It sank on a mine on 11 August 1941.