Russian gunboat Opyt (1861)
 The Opyt depicted in a 2006 drawing
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| 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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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.
Notes[edit]
- ^ Boats and ships built at the Baltic Factory (1856-2006) Archived 2011-11-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
References[edit]
- G. Smirnov, V. Smirnov (1984). БРОНЯ, БАШНИ И ТАРА. Моделист-Конструктор (in Russian) (1). Moscow: 31–32. Archived from the original on 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- Russian Torpedo Gunboats