The gunboat Opyt (: experience) was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the Imperial Russian Navy. It was built by Carr and MacPherson at the Baltic shipyard in Saint Petersburg.Boats and ships built at the Baltic Factory (1856-2006) English and Russian wrought iron plates 1200 x 1000 mm in size protected the front part of the gunboat.
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Russian Torpedo Gunboats