Russian gunboat Korietz
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History | |
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Russian Empire | |
Name | Korietz |
Builder | Bergsund Mekaniska, Stockholm, Sweden |
Laid down | December 1885 |
Launched | August 7, 1886 |
Commissioned | 1888 |
Decommissioned | 1904 |
Fate | Blown up after the Battle of Chemulpo Bay |
General characteristics | |
Type | Gunboat |
Displacement | 1,334 long tons (1,355 t) |
Length | 66.3 m (218 ft) |
Beam | 10.7 m (35 ft) |
Draught | 3.5 m (11 ft) |
Propulsion | Sails, horizontal one shaft double expansion steam engine |
Speed | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
Range | 2,850 nmi (5,280 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h) |
Complement | 12 officers and 162 sailors |
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Korietz (Russian: Кореец, Koreyets; literally meaning "Korean man") was a gunboat in the Russian Imperial Navy. She was the lead vessel in a class of eight ships in her class (including the Mandzhur served also on the Pacific, Donets, Zaporozhets, Kubanets, Terets, Uralets and Chernomorets on the Black Sea.) The etymology of the names of this class of ships was: Korietz is a Russian word for "Korean man", Mandzhur - "Manchuria man", Donets - "Don Cossack" (literally "Cossack from Don"), Kubanets - "Kuban Cossack" ("Kuban man"), Terets - "Terek Cossack" ("Terek man"), Uralets - "Ural Cossack" ("Ural man"), Chernomorets - "Black Sea Cossack" ("Black Sea man") and Zaporozhets - "Zaporozhian Cossack".