:::: Naval Vessels - RUSSIA/U.S.S.R. - NAVAL TUGS
RUS x 2 - NAVAL TUGS
Code - N7710
£1.35
Class - 2
Date - 1902
Description - RUS x 2 N7710
Russian sea going tug completed 1902.
Displacement 600 tons
Dimensions 56m x 9.1m x 4.2 m
Speed 13 knots
Served with Russian 3rd Pacific squadron,
with the similiar SVIR (12 knots). Rus was
sunk after Tsushima, but Svir survived to be
taken over by the British, Japanese and
Chinese before being disposed of in 1947.
