Russian gunboat Opyt (1861)

This article is about the ship. For the typographical error, see Typographical error.

Career
Builder:	Carr and MacPherson, St. Petersburg
Laid down:	1861
Launched:	September 27, 1861
Fate:	stricken 1906
General characteristics
Type:	Gunboat
Displacement:	270 t (270 long tons)
Length:	37.7 m (124 ft)
Beam:	6.8 m (22 ft)
Draft:	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Installed power:	147 kW (197 hp)
Speed:	8.5 knots (15.7 km/h)
Complement:	90 officers and men
Armament:	1 × 196 mm (7.7 in) smoothbore gun
Armor:	Iron 114 mm (4.5 in) on 305 mm (12.0 in) teak lining

The gunboat Opyt (Russian: Опыт: experience) was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the Imperial Russian Navy. It was built by Carr and MacPherson at the Baltic shipyard in Saint Petersburg.^[1] English and Russian wrought iron plates 1200 x 1000 mm in size protected the front part of the gunboat.

Notes

1. ^ Boats and ships built at the Baltic Factory (1856-2006) (Russian)

References

• G. Smirnov, V. Smirnov (1984). "БРОНЯ, БАШНИ И ТАРА" (in (Russian)). Моделист-Конструктор (Moscow) (1): 31–32. http://mkmagazin.almanacwhf.ru/mor_col/mc_bo/mc_bo_06.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-10. 
• Russian Torpedo Gunboats