BKL 1909 g Amurets class river monitor

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	1.4 metres (4.6 ft)
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