HMS Orlionoch
Sidor Shibaev (later HMS Orlionoch) in 1903
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History | |
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Russian Empire | |
Name | Sidor Shibaev |
Owner | Dadashov Brothers |
Port of registry | Baku |
Builder | Kolomna Locomotive Works |
Launched | 1888 |
History | |
Centrocaspian Dictatorship | |
Name | Orlenok |
Fate | Requisitioned by the Royal Navy late 1918 or early 1919[1] |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Orlionoch |
Fate | Transferred to White army control in August 1919[1] |
Caspian Flotilla of the White Movement | |
Name | Orlenok |
USSR | |
Name | Orlenok |
Fate | Exploded on Krosnovodsk |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Seaplane carrier[1] |
Tonnage | 1,356.15 NRT |
Displacement | 1,406 long tons (1,429 t)[1] |
Length | 250 ft 00 in (76.20 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 00 in (10.67 m) |
Draught | 18 ft 50 in (6.76 m) |
Speed | 12.5 mph (20.1 km/h) |
Aircraft carried | 2 Short Type 184[1] |
HMS Orlionoch was a Russian tanker which was seized by the British Royal Navy and used as seaplane tender in 1919[1] alongside HMS Aladar Youssanoff.
History
She was originally known as the Sidor Shibaev, named after Sidor Martinevich Shibaev - a pioneer of oil industry from an established
It was seized by Soviet Navy later in 1920 and became part of its Caspian Flotilla as a cargo ship. The ship met is end on 24 October 1943 at 21:30 on port of Krasnovodsk when it stood at the berth of the port at the stern of the motor ship Osetin was unloading cans of gunpowder (280 tons) into wagons. As a result of the fire and explosion of gunpowder and the collision with Osetin, the ship’s hull was broken and deformed, the deck mechanisms and engine were destroyed, the masts were burnt, and all the holds were filled with water. 3 people were killed, 7 people were injured as result of the incident.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "HMS Orlionoch (1919)". Wings Palette. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ Русский торговый флот - Список судов к 1 января 1899 г [Russian merchant fleet - List of ships by January 1, 1899] (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Russian Empire Ministry of Finance, Department of Trade and Manufacture. 1899. pp. 64–65.
- ^ Русский торговый флот - Список судов к 1 января 1913 г [Russian merchant fleet - List of ships by January 1, 1913] (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Russian Empire Ministry of Finance, Department of Trade and Manufacture. 1913. pp. 92–93.
- ^ "Суда Министерства Морского флота, погибшие в период Великой Отечественной войны 1941-1945 гг" [Vessels of the Ministry of the Navy that perished during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945]. militera.lib.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 9 January 2024.