Poti 1883
Poti 1892
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Names |
Поти <Poti>, 4/1895- №258 <No258>, 10/1916- №10 <No10>, 5/1919- Охотник <Okhotnik> |
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Builders |
Augustin Normand, Le Havre, France |
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Completed |
1883: Poti |
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Losses |
none |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
10/1923: Okhotnik |
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Displacement normal, t |
63 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
38.0 |
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Breadth, m |
3.05 |
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Draught, m |
2.03 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
VC, 1 locomotive boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
575 |
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Max speed, kts |
18.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 11 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 670(11.5) |
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Armament |
2 x 5 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 - 381 TT (bow) |
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Complement |
18 |
Ship project history: Very successful ship of early Normand type.
Modernizations: 1909: - 2 x 5 - 37/20, 2 - 381 TT; + 2 x 1 - 37/23 Hotchkiss, 1 x 1 - 7.6/94
1916: - 1 x 1 - 7.6/94; + 1 x 1 - 47/43 Hotchkiss, 1 x 1 - 381 TT
Naval service: Poti was reclassified as harbour craft in January, 1908 but returned to battle order as dispatch vessel in October, 1916. She was laid up in March, 1918, captured by Germans 1/5/1918, next time by British-French troops 24/11/1918 and transferred them to White Army in April 1919. Later she was abandoned in November, 1920 and commissioned by Red Fleet as dispatch vessel in December.
Poti
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