HMS Orlionoch

Sidor Shibaev (later HMS Orlionoch) in 1903
History
Russian Empire
NameSidor Shibaev
OwnerDadashov Brothers
Port of registryBaku
BuilderKolomna Locomotive Works
Launched1888
History
Centrocaspian Dictatorship
NameOrlenok
FateRequisitioned by the Royal Navy late 1918 or early 1919
United Kingdom
NameOrlionoch
FateTransferred to White army control in August 1919
Caspian Flotilla of the White Movement
NameOrlenok
USSR
NameOrlenok
FateExploded on 24 October 1943 at 21:30, Krosnovodsk
General characteristics
Class & typeSeaplane carrier
Tonnage1,356.15 NRT
Displacement1,406 long tons (1,429 t)
Length250 ft 00 in (76.20 m)
Beam35 ft 00 in (10.67 m)
Draught18 ft 50 in (6.76 m)
Speed12.5 mph (20.1 km/h)
Aircraft carried2 Short Type 184

HMS Orlionoch was a Russian tanker which was seized by the British Royal Navy and used as seaplane tender in 1919 alongside HMS Aladar Youssanoff.