Silatch
Silatch briefly as Finnish Ilmarinen | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Russia | |
| Name | Silatch |
| Namesake | Russian for "strong man" |
| Builder | W. Crichton, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Completed | 1910 |
| In service | 1910–1917 |
| Fate | Captured by the Bolsheviks in 1917 |
| Soviet Russia | |
| Name | Silatch |
| In service | 1917–1918 |
| Fate | Captured by Finland in 1918 |
| Finland | |
| Name | Ilmarinen |
| Namesake | Ilmarinen |
| Owner | Finnish Board of Navigation |
| Port of registry | Helsinki, Finland |
| In service | 1918–1922 |
| Fate | Handed over to the Soviet Union in 1922 |
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | Silatch |
| Owner | Sovtorgflot |
| Port of registry | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| In service | 1922–late 1950s |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Icebreaker |
| Tonnage | 541 GRT |
| Displacement | 910 tons |
| Length | 47.0 m (154.2 ft) |
| Beam | 10.1 m (33 ft) |
| Draft | 5.3 m (17 ft) |
| Engine | Triple-expansion steam engine, 1,000 ihp (750 kW) |
| Propulsion | Four-bladed propeller |
| Crew | 32–33 |
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Silatch was a small Imperial Russian and later Soviet steam-powered icebreaker. She was captured by Finland in the aftermath of the Finnish Civil War in 1918 and renamed Ilmarinen until returned to the Soviet Union in 1922. She was decommissioned in the 1950s.