RKL 1905 g Udil class river gunboat

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RKL 1905 g Udil-class Gunboat
Class overview
Name RKL 1905 g Udil-class Gunboat
Operators Far Eastern Imperial Navy
Built 5
Active 5
General Characteristics
Type Gunboat
Displacement 195 tons standard
Length 54.8 metres (180 ft)
Beam 8.2 metres (27 ft)
Draught 0.8 metres (2.6 ft)
Propulsion 2 shafts, 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Power
  • 2 oil-fired boiler
  • 4,800 ihp (3,600 kW)
Speed 10 kts
Range 600 nm at 8 kts
Complement 40
Armament
  • 2 × 120mm/45 KO 1892 g gun
  • 4 × machine gun


Development

After the defeat in the Far Eastern - Japanese war, the border rivers of Yalu and Tumen in Far Eastern - Korean border became strategically more important. Thus it was decided to emphasis the defence with introducting series of river gunboats. These were modelled after foreign counterparts.

Ships in class

Name Builder Laid down Launch Date Entered Service Fate
Udil Khabarovskiy sudostroitelnyy zavod, Khabarovsk October 1905 September 1906 May 1907 Extant in 1920
Bolon Khabarovskiy sudostroitelnyy zavod, Khabarovsk October 1905 September 1906 May 1907 Extant in 1920
Kizi Khabarovskiy sudostroitelnyy zavod, Khabarovsk October 1905 September 1906 May 1907 Extant in 1920
Kadi Khabarovskiy sudostroitelnyy zavod, Khabarovsk November 1905 October 1906 June 1907 Extant in 1920
Evoron Khabarovskiy sudostroitelnyy zavod, Khabarovsk November 1905 October 1906 June 1907 Extant in 1920


See Also

Ships of Far Eastern Imperial Navy 1920