Russian corvette Vityaz
Russian corvette Vityaz | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Russia | |
| Name | Vityaz (1862–1882) |
| Namesake | Slavic folk character, Mikhail Skobelev |
| Laid down | August 23, 1861 |
| Launched | July 24, 1862 |
| Decommissioned | 1895 |
| Renamed | Skobelev (1882–1892) |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1895 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Bogatyr-class steam corvette |
| Displacement | 2,156 tons |
| Length | 66.3 m (217 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion | Steam engines, sails |
| Speed | 11–12 knots (20–22 km/h; 13–14 mph) |
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Vityaz (Russian: Витязь, translit. Vityaz) was a steam corvette of the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. Later renamed Skobelev, Vityaz spent much of its career as an oceanographic research vessel, completing two circumnavigations of the world in this capacity.