BKL 1909 g Amurets class river monitor

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BKL 1909 g Amurets-class River Monitor
Class overview
Name BKL 1909 g Amurets-class River Monitor
Operators Far Eastern Imperial Navy
Built 8
Active 8
General Characteristics
Type River Monitor
Displacement
  • 946 tons standard
  • 1100 tons full load
Length 73.8 metres (242 ft)
Beam 12.8 metres (42 ft)
Draught [convert: invalid number]
Propulsion 2 shafts, 4 diesel engines
Power 1,000 ihp (750 kW)
Speed 14 kts
Range 600 nm at 8 kts
Complement 117
Armament
  • 3 × 2 152mm/45 KO 1908 g gun
  • 7 × machine gun
Armour
  • Belt: 114 mm
  • Turrets: 114 mm
  • Conning tower: 50 mm


    • Development

    To follow-on the Udil class river gunboats, 8 heavy river monitors were ordered in 1909. These monitors were most powerfull riverine warships in the whole world. Flat and wide hull with 3 twin gun turrets in the centerline. In layout they be reminiscent of dreadnought battleships and were often called "river-dreadnoughts".

    Ships in class

    Name Builder Laid down Launch Date Entered Service Fate
    Amurets Khabarovskiy sudostroitelnyy zavod, Khabarovsk July 1909 June 1910 August 1911 Extant in 1920
    Ussuriets Khabarovskiy sudostroitelnyy zavod, Khabarovsk July 1909 June 1910 August 1911 Extant in 1920
    Buryat Khabarovskiy sudostroitelnyy zavod, Khabarovsk July 1909 June 1910 September 1911 Extant in 1920
    Sungariets Khabarovskiy sudostroitelnyy zavod, Khabarovsk July 1909 June 1910 September 1911 Extant in 1920
    Gilyak Khabarovskiy sudostroitelnyy zavod, Khabarovsk July 1909 June 1910 September 1911 Extant in 1920
    Oirat Khabarovskiy sudostroitelnyy zavod, Khabarovsk July 1909 June 1910 October 1911 Extant in 1920
    Dzhungar Khabarovskiy sudostroitelnyy zavod, Khabarovsk July 1909 June 1910 October 1911 Extant in 1920
    Mandzhur Khabarovskiy sudostroitelnyy zavod, Khabarovsk July 1909 June 1910 October 1911 Extant in 1920


    See Also

    Ships of Far Eastern Imperial Navy 1920

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