HMS Orlionoch
Sidor Shibaev (later HMS Orlionoch) in 1903 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Russian Empire | |
| Name | Sidor Shibaev |
| Owner | Dadashov Brothers |
| Port of registry | Baku |
| Builder | Kolomna Locomotive Works |
| Launched | 1888 |
| History | |
| Centrocaspian Dictatorship | |
| Name | Orlenok |
| Fate | Requisitioned by the Royal Navy late 1918 or early 1919 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Orlionoch |
| Fate | Transferred to White army control in August 1919 |
| Caspian Flotilla of the White Movement | |
| Name | Orlenok |
| USSR | |
| Name | Orlenok |
| Fate | Exploded on 24 October 1943 at 21:30, Krosnovodsk |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Seaplane carrier |
| Tonnage | 1,356.15 NRT |
| Displacement | 1,406 long tons (1,429 t) |
| Length | 250 ft 00 in (76.20 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 00 in (10.67 m) |
| Draught | 18 ft 50 in (6.76 m) |
| Speed | 12.5 mph (20.1 km/h) |
| Aircraft carried | 2 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.