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Sivuch (Russian - Сивуч; "sealion") was a Gilyak-class gunboat of the Imperial Russian Navy. During World War I, she was sunk in the Gulf of Riga at the Battle of the Gulf of Riga on 19 August 1915[1][2] by the German battleships Nassau and Posen.
History | |
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Russian Empire | |
Name | Sivuch |
Namesake | Sealion |
Builder | Nevski |
Laid down | 1905 |
Launched | 1 August 1907 |
Completed | 1908 |
Fate | Sunk 19 August 1915 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gilyak-class gunboat |
Displacement | 875 long tons (889 t) |
Length | 218 ft 2 in (66.5 m) (overall) |
Beam | 36 ft 6 in (11.1 m) |
Draught | 7 ft 11 in (2.4 m) maximum |
Propulsion | 4 Belleville boilers, 2-shaft VTE, 900 ihp (671 KW), 130 tons coal maximum |
Speed | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 140 |
Armament | :2 × 4.7in/45 guns
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Notes | Military foremast, pole mainmasr |
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