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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