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	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[]

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

External links[]

• Мореходная канонерская лодка "Сивуч" (Russian)