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Name: MATUSHKA also seen as MATCHISKA
Type: Paddle Tug
Launched: 1857
Completed: 10/1857
Builder: Andrew Leslie & Co
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 14
Dimensions: 220grt, 116.0 x 22.0 x 8.0ft
Engines: 60nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: n/a
History:
12/10/1857 Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Co, Odessa
26/02/1877 Russian Imperial Navy - Black sea fleet
18/12/1879 Russian Imperial Army
1891 Russian Stean Navigation & Trading Co, Odessa
No later history known
Comments: Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Co known as ROPiT
1877: Armed with 2 x 4pdr guns
1880: Used as an unarmed tug of Sevastopol coastal fortress
1894: Still in service