Sivuch on the Liao He, 1904.
Sivuch (Russian - Сивуч; literally, sealion) was a Beaver-class gunboat of the Imperial Russian Navy. She entered service in 1884 and was powered by sail and steam propeller. She took an active part in mapping the northern Pacific and nearby seas as well as periodicially being stationed in Chinese and Korean ports and protecting seal rookeries, principally from American poachers. She took part in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion and was sunk in the Battle of the Gulf of Riga in August 1915 by the German ships Nassau and Posen.
Bibliography[]
- (German) Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens, Band 12. C. Gerold's Sohn in Wien, 1884. (Original from the University of Michigan, digitalized 20 November 2008.)
- (German) Guido von Frobel: Militär-Wochenblatt. Band 77, E.S. Mittler & Sohn. Berlin 1892.
- (German) Oswald Flamm: Schiffbau: Zeitschrift für de Gesamte Industrie auf Schiffbautechnischen und Verwandten Gebieten. Band 6, Berliner Union Verlagsgesellschaft 1904.
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