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Although classified officially rated as a "tshkan", meaningdispatchboator aviso, the class were essentially small protected cruisers.
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She carried out patrol duties, served as adispatchboat, and transported passengers.
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She also served as adispatchboatand training ship.
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At 11:25, she received her operations orders viadispatchboat, and 20 minutes later proceeded to her fire support station off the volcanic sand beaches.
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Dispatch boats were employed when other means of transmitting a message was not possible or safe or as quick.
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Earlier they were also known as dispatch boats, but the service was also provided by privateers during time of war, and on occasion chartered private yachts.
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