Name: | OPYT also seen as OPUT |
Type: | Paddle Tug |
Launched: | 1870 |
Completed: | 1870 |
Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 233 |
Dimensions: | 187grt, 130.0 x 23.6 x 2.3 (draft) ft |
Engines: | 2cyl, 60nhp |
Engines by: | |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1870 | Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Co, Sevastopol |
1877 | Russian Imperial Navy - Black Sea fleet |
1879 | Bulgarian Navy |
1887 | Renamed SIMEON VELIKY (SIMEON THE GREAT) |
07/1913 | Sank |
Comments: | 1869: Shipped in parts for assembly at Sevastopol |
1877: Converted into an armed tug | |
1879: Gifted to the Bulgarian Navy for use on the River Danube | |
Converted into a royal yacht with passenger accommodation | |
1883: Converted back into a river tug | |
1899: Converted into a minelayer | |
07/1913: Scuttled by her crew on the River Danube | |
During the Second Balkan War of 1913 | |
1914: Raised and broken up |
Above photo as SIMEON VELIKI is copyright of Bulgarian MOD, Central Photo Archive