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Prut

Prut

Scuttled

Imperial Russian Navy

TypeAuxiliary
WarFirst World War
Main guns8 x 47 mm guns

Minelayer, scuttled by her crew off Sevastopol during the Black Sea raid to stop her mines exploding.

Imperial Russian minelayer Prut. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 8 x 47 mm guns
  • 2 x 37 mm guns
  • 3 machine guns
  • 900 mines
Launched3 November 1879
Commissioned24 June 1895
Displacement5,459 tons
Length109.7 m (359 ft 11 in)
Speed13.5 knots (25 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement68 (6 officers)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

3 November 1879

29 October 1914