Russian gunboat Opyt (1861)
The gunboat Opyt (Russian: Опыт: experience) was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the Imperial Russian Navy. It was built by Carr and MacPherson at the Baltic shipyard in Saint Petersburg.[1] English and Russian wrought iron plates 1200 x 1000 mm in size protected the front part of the gunboat.
| History | |
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| Builder: | Carr and MacPherson, St. Petersburg |
| Laid down: | 1861 |
| Launched: | September 27, 1861 |
| Fate: | stricken 1906 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Gunboat |
| Displacement: | 270 t (270 long tons) |
| Length: | 37.7 m (124 ft) |
| Beam: | 6.8 m (22 ft) |
| Draft: | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Installed power: | 147 kW (197 hp) |
| Speed: | 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h) |
| Complement: | 90 officers and men |
| Armament: | 1 × 196 mm (7.7 in) smoothbore gun |
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Notes
- Boats and ships built at the Baltic Factory (1856-2006) Archived 2011-11-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
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References
- G. Smirnov, V. Smirnov (1984). БРОНЯ, БАШНИ И ТАРА. Моделист-Конструктор (in Russian). Moscow (1): 31–32. Archived from the original on 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- Russian Torpedo Gunboats
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