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IMPERIAL BORDER GUARD CORPS / IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY (RUSSIA)

BORDER GUARD SHIPS

GAGARA custom cruisers (1873)

Names

Гагара [Gagara]

Копчик [Kopchik]

Кречет [Krechet]

Ласточка [Lastochka]

Лебедь [Lebed']

Нырок [Nyrok]

Чайка [Chayka]

Builders

UK: Gagata, Kopchik, Krechet, Lastochka, Lebed', Nyrok, Chayka

Completed

1873: Gagara, Kopchik, Krechet, Lastochka, Lebed', Nyrok, Chayka

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1893: Kopchik, Chayka

1902-1904: Gagara, Krechet, Lastochka, Lebed', Nyrok

 

Displacement normal, t

35

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

21.3

Breadth, m

4.00

Draught, m

1.40

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VC

Power, h. p.

45

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 87/17 4pdr obr. 1867

Complement

13

   

Project history: Custom 'cruisers' for Baltic.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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