Russian gunboat ''Sivuch'' (1907)

History
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
8 × 11-pounder guns
Notes: Military foremast, pole mainmasr

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 during the Battle of the Gulf of Riga on 19 August 1915[1][2] by the German battleships Nassau and Posen.

References

  1. ↑ Conway's 1860-1905, p. 201.
  2. ↑ Conway′s 1906-1921, p. 301.

Bibliography

  • Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, eds., Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1860-1905, New York: Mayflower Books, 1979, {{ISBN 0-8317-0302-4}}.
  • Gray, Randal, ed., Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1906-1921, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, {{ISBN 0-87021-907-3}}</ref>
  • (in German) Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens, Band 12. C. Gerold's Sohn in Wien, 1884. (Original from the University of Michigan, digitalized 20 November 2008.)
  • (in German) Guido von Frobel: Militär-Wochenblatt. Band 77, E.S. Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1892.
  • (in German) Oswald Flamm: Schiffbau: Zeitschrift für de Gesamte Industrie auf Schiffbautechnischen und Verwandten Gebieten. Band 6, Berliner Union Verlagsgesellschaft 1904.
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