NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Пищаль [Pishchal']			Votkinsk Yard	8.1865	14.6.1866	1872	stricken 6.1900
Секира [Sekira]			Votkinsk Yard	8.1865	14.6.1866	1872	stricken 11.1899

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Pishchal': 346 Sekira: 328
Displacement full, t
Length, m	37.0 pp 40.8 oa
Breadth, m	7.67
Draught, m	2.18 max
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 HDA, 1 boiler
Power, h. p.	Pishchal': 172 Sekira: 121
Max speed, kts	6.5 - 8
Fuel, t	oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 196/12 SBML, 4 x 1 - 87/17 4pdr obr. 1867
Complement	48

Project history

Iron-hulled gunboats for service in the Caspian Sea where oil fuel was available.

Modernizations

1872, both: - 4 x 1 - 87/17; + 2 x 1 - 149/22 Krupp; re-engined also

1873, both: were armed with 1 x 1 - 152/23 obr. 1867, 2 x 1 - 107/17 9pdr obr. 1867, 2 x 1 - 87/17 4pdr obr. 1867

1878, both: - 2 x 1 - 107/17

1890, Sekira: - 2 x 1 - 87/17

1898, Pishchal': - 1 x 1 - 152/23; + 4 x 1 - 87/17 4pdr obr. 1867

1898, Sekira: - 1 x 1 - 152/23; + 1 x 1 - 87/21 4pdr obr. 1877

Naval service

No significant events.