Koreets class gunboat

Koreets-class Gunboat
Class overview
Name	Koreets-class Gunboat
Operators	Far Eastern Imperial Navy
Built	4
Active	4
General Characteristics
Type	Gunboat
Displacement	860 tons standard 1040 tons full load
Length	68.1 metres (223 ft)
Beam	9 metres (30 ft)
Draught	3.4 metres (11 ft)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Power	2 oil-fired boiler 1,350 ihp (1,010 kW)
Speed	13 kts
Range	2500 nm at 9 kts
Complement	140
Armament	3 × 102mm/40 KO 1909 g gun 4 × 76.2mm/40 KO 1900 g gun 40 mines
Armour	Deck: 25 mm

Development

Colonial gunboat design. Intended to serve on colonial and foreign stations. The design was loosely based on the earlier Khanka class but with some major improvements. Outdated VTE engines were selected as cost-saving meassure and due the fact that these boats did not require high speeds in their intended role.

Ships in class

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launch Date	Entered Service	Fate
Koreets	Tatarskiy sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Imperatorskaya Gavan	October 1915	September 1916	January 1918	Extant in 1920
Kitayets	Tatarskiy sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Imperatorskaya Gavan	October 1915	October 1916	February 1918	Extant in 1920
Mongol	Tatarskiy sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Imperatorskaya Gavan	May 1916	June 1917	January 1919	Extant in 1920
Gavaets	Tatarskiy sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Imperatorskaya Gavan	May 1916	June 1917	January 1919	Extant in 1920

See Also

Ships of Far Eastern Imperial Navy 1920