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Thursday 23 May 2019

Russian naval strength in the Black Sea according to the Dutch newspaper Sumatra Post dated 10 February 1927

An item reported that the Soviet Union finally supplied the details about her Black Sea Fleet as requested by the League of Nations commission dealing with the straits in Constantinople. This fleet consisted of 1-22.600 tons battle cruiser, 1-7.143 tons cruiser, 1-6.409 tons cruiser, 4-357 tons submarines, 1-642 tons submarine, 3-1.745 tons torpedo boats [I suppose destroyers], 1-300 tons torpedo boat, 3-1.200 tons gunboats, nine minesweepers and several smaller vessels. There was no information available dealing with the ships lying in ordinary or the air force.