Abrek 1898
Name | No | Yad No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
ΐαπεκ [Abrek] | Crichton, Abo | 7.1895 | 23.5.1896 | 10.1897 | dispatch vessel 10.1907, board guard ship 9.1908, dispatch vessel 8.1914, survey vessel 12.1918, dispatch vessel 4.1926, hulk 6.1940 |
Displacement normal, t |
535 |
Displacement full, t |
675 |
Length, m |
65.5 |
Breadth, m |
7.75 |
Draught, m |
3.35 max |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 VTE, 4 Normand-Du Temple boilers |
Power, h. p. |
4500 |
Max speed, kts |
21.2 |
Fuel, t |
coal 120 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 2000(12) |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 4 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 1 - 450 TT, 1 x 1 - 450 TT (8) |
Complement |
88 |
Project history: Improved variant of Leytenant Ilyin with better seaworthiness. Rated as torpedo cruiser and dispatch vessel since October, 1907.
Modernizations: 1908: - 2 x 1 - 75/48, 2 x 1 - 47/40, 1 - 450 TT, 1 x 1 - 450 TT; + 4 x 1 - 57/50 Hotchkiss
1921: - 4 x 1 - 57/50, 2 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 1 x 1 - 7.6/94
Naval service: In 1907 Abrek was converted to despatch vessel and transferred to the Board Guard Corps. With beginning of WWI she was again returned to Baltic Fleet; BU in 1948.
Abrek
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