Finnish torpedo boat S2

History
Russian Empire
Name
  • Gagara (Гагара) (1901–1902)
  • Prozorlivy (Прозорливый) (1902–1918)
Ordered1898
Launched26 June 1899
CommissionedSeptember 1901
FateTaken over by Finland in 1918
Finland
NameS2
Commissioned1918
FateLost in a storm on 4 October 1925
General characteristics
Class & typeSokol-class torpedo boat
Displacement290 tons
Length57.9 m (190 ft)
Beam5.6 m (18 ft)
Draft1.7 m (5.6 ft)
Propulsiontwo steam engines, four Yarrow boilers, 3,800 hp
Speed27 knots (50 km/h)
Range550 nautical miles (1,020 km) at 15 knots
Complement53 (52 in Russian service)
Armament
  • 1901–1912:
  • 1 × 75 mm/50
  • 3 × 47 mm
  • 2 × 381 mm torpedo tubes
  • 1912–1925:
  • 2 × 75 mm/50
  • 2 × MG's
  • 2 × 456 mm torpedo tubes
  • 14–18 mines

S2 (ex-Prozorlivy and ex-Gagara in Russian service) was a Finnish Sokol-class torpedo boat that had been seized from the Russians after the Finnish Civil War 1918. She sank during a fierce storm on 4 October 1925, taking with her the whole crew of 53.

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