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Abo

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Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
Або [Abo] (ex-№8 [No8]), 4.1895- №108 [No108], 1.1910- Илим [Ilim] Виндава [Vindava] (ex-№9 [No9), 4.1895- №109 [No109] Либава [Libava] (ex-№10 [No10]), 4.1895- №110 [No110]	Schichau, Elbing, Germany: Abo, Vindava, Libava	1886: Abo, Vindava, Libava	none	none	1909: No109, 110 2/1925: Ilim

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	76
Displacement full, t
Length, m	38.5
Breadth, m	4.52
Draught, m	1.90
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VC, 1 locomotive boiler
Power, h. p.	640
Max speed, kts	19.3 - 20
Fuel, t	coal 18
Endurance, nm(kts)	1000(10)
Armament	4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 2 - 381 TT (bow, 6)
Complement	21

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Project history

Boats had three masts, fore and aft CTs and two rudders.

Modernizations

1909, Ilim: - 2 x 5 - 37/17, 2 - 381 TT; + 2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss

Naval service

No108 was reclassified as harbour craft in October 1909 but returned to battle order as dispatch vessel in May 1915. She was reclassified as gunboat in February 1919, again as dispatch vessel in November and as guard ship in February 1923.