SS Baikal
The icebreaking steamer Baikal in action on Lake Baikal. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Russia | |
| Name | SS Baikal |
| Owner | Part of the Trans-Siberian Railroad |
| Ordered | 11 January [O.S. 30 December] 1896 |
| Builder | Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England |
| Cost | £79,890 |
| Yard number | 647 |
| Laid down | Spring 1896 |
| Launched | 29 June 1899 |
| Completed | 29 June [O.S. 17 June] 1899 |
| In service | 1900 |
| Fate | Damaged by artillery fire in 1918 and scuttled, later dismantled |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Train ferry/icebreaker |
| Tonnage | 800 GRT |
| Displacement | 4,200 long tons (4,267 t) |
| Length | 88.4 m (290 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 17.4 m (57 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Installed power | 3 × reciprocating steam engines, 3,750 hp (2,796 kW) |
| Propulsion | Two aft wing propellers and one bow propeller |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
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SS Baikal was an ice-breaking train ferry that linked the eastern and western portions of the Trans-Siberian Railroad across Lake Baikal.