Name: | ILIA MUROMETS or ILYA MUROMETS |
Type: | Ice Breaker |
Launched: | 25/11/1915 |
Completed: | 12/1915 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 994 |
Dimensions: | 1664grt, 672nrt, 200.1 x 50.5 x 18.1ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (21.5, 35.5 & 58 x 36ins), 721nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
12/1915 | Government of Russia |
04/1922 | French Navy; renamed POLLUX |
03/07/1940 | British Royal Navy |
05/07/1946 | French Navy |
1951 | Renamed TELEMAQUE |
1964 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1917: Armed with 4 x 1 x 100mm cannons and 2 x 1 x 37mm AA guns |
29/12/1920: Interned at Bizerta pending sale in 1922 | |
1927: Rebuilt as a minelayer with capacity for 236 mines | |
1940: Seized by UK & used as a radar training ship | |
1951: Hulked | |
22/07/1963: Deleted from Navy list | |
1964: Broken up at Lorient |
Above photo as POLLUX is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as POLLUX is courtesy of Jean Labayle-Couhat