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IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY (RUSSIA)

TORPEDO SHIPS

SHCHUKA small torpedo boats (1878)

similar Drakon 1900

Names

Ùóêà [Shchuka], 9.1885- ¹163, 1.1886- ¹86, 4.1895- ¹84

Ùåãë¸íîê [Shcheglyonok], 9.1885- ¹161, 1.1886- ¹85, 4.1895- ¹83

ßùåðèöà [Yashcheritsa], 9.1885- ¹165, 1.1886- ¹87, 4.1895- ¹85

Builders

ROPiT, Sevastopol: Shchuka, Shcheglyonok, Yashcheritsa

Completed

1878: Shchuka, Shcheglyonok, Yashcheritsa

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1902: ¹84, ¹85

1905: ¹83

 

Displacement normal, t

24

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

21.8 wl 22.9 pp

Breadth, m

3.05

Draught, m

1.37 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HDA, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

220

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

coal 6

Endurance, nm(kts) 260(10)

Armament

1 x 1 - 381 TT, spar torpedoes

Complement

9

Project history: Very small torpedo boats. Development of Sulin.

Modernizations: 1880s, all: - spar torpedoes; + 1 x 1 - 381 TT

Naval service: No significant events.

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