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Name: IZHORA
Type: Tug
Launched: 1861
Completed: 07/1861
Builder: C Mitchell & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 97
Dimensions: 126nrt, 115.2 x 21.0 x 7.6ft
Engines: 1cyl, 60nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle, 11.5knots
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1861 Imperial Russian Navy - Baltic Fleet
1911 Office of the Institutions of Empress Maria
1926 Broken up
Comments: Armed with two small guns & based at St Petersburg
Cost £4600 with delivery from the UK to Kronstadt
26/07/1861: Sailed from the Tyne to Kronstadt
02/08/1861: Arrived at Kronstadt
189x: Armament removed
07/1911: Transferred to Office of the Institutions of Empress Maria
Engine removed & converted into a floating orphanage at St Petersburg
1918: Orphanage closed & hulk abandoned
24/09/1924: Damaged in the Leningrad Flood
1926: Broken up at Leningrad