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Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
Кинжал [Kinzhal] Копьё [Kopyo], 9.1934 - БК-103 [BK-103], 4.1937 - №93 [No93], 2.1944 - БК-93 [BK-93] Палаш [Palash] Пика [Pika], 9.1934 - БК-104 [BK-104], 4.1937 - №94 [No94], 2.1944 - БК-94 [BK-94] Пистолет [Pistolet] Пуля [Pulya] Рапира [Rapira] Сабля [Sablya] Шашка [Shashka] Штык [Shtyk]	Putilov Yd, St. Petersburg: Kinzhal, Kopyo, Palash, Pika, Pistolet, Pulya, Rapira, Sablya, Shashka, Shtyk	1910: Kinzhal, Kopyo, Palash, Pika, Pistolet, Pulya, Rapira, Sablya, Shashka, Shtyk	Kinzhal (captured by Germany 1.5.1918), Palash (4/1918), Pistolet (4/1918), Pulya (4/1918), Rapira (captured by Germany 1.5.1918), Sablya (captured by Germany 1.5.1918), Shashka (4/1918), Shtyk (captured by Germany 1.5.1918)	none	1954: BK-93, 94

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	23.5
Displacement full, t	25
Length, m	22.2
Breadth, m	3.12
Draught, m	0.51
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 gasoline engines
Power, h. p.	200
Max speed, kts	14.5
Fuel, t	gasoline 1.7
Endurance, nm(kts)	240(11)
Armour, mm	belt: 8, deck: 8, CT: 8
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/14 obr.1909g mountain gun, 1 x 1 - 7.6/94
Complement	12

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Project history

First-ever armoured motor gunboats. Intended for Amur flotilla. Deck house, sides and deck were protected by bulletproof 7.9mm nickel-steel armour. Armament consisted from mod. 1904 76mm mountain gun.

Ship protection

Bullet-proof protection.

Modernizations

1916, Kinzhal, Palash, Pistolet, Pulya, Rapira, Sablya, Shashka, Shtyk: - 1 x 1 - 76/16; + 1 x 1 - 47/43 Hotchkiss

Naval service

Boats served on Baltic were abandoned by spring 1918 in Finland in damaged condition, fate of Black Sea boats is unknown.  Far-Eastern boats were in 1918 captured by Japanese, but in 1920-1925 returned and repaired.