Russian gunboat Korietz

Russian gunboat Korietz
History
Russian Empire
Name:	Korietz
Builder:	Bergsund Mekaniksa, , Sweden
Laid down:	December 1885
Launched:	August 7, 1886
Commissioned:	1888
Decommissioned:	1904
Fate:	Blown up after the Battle of Chemulpo Bay
General characteristics
Class and type:	gunboat
Displacement:	1,334 long tons (1,355 t)
Length:	66.3 m (218 ft)
Beam:	10.7 m (35 ft)
Draught:	3.5 m (11 ft)
Propulsion:	Sails, horizontal one shaft double expansion steam engine
Speed:	13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Range:	2,850 nmi (5,280 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h)
Complement:	12 officers and 162 sailors
Armament:	2 х 203 mm (8.0 in), 1 х 152 mm (6.0 in) 4 х 9 pdrs 4 × 37 mm (1.5 in) 1 × 64 mm (2.5 in) 1х 381 mm (15.0 in) torpedo tube

Korietz (Russian: Кореец, Koreyets; literally meaning "Korean person") was a gunboat in Russian Imperial Navy. She was the lead vessel in a class of nine ships in her class (including the Mandzhur and Khivinets served on the Baltic, Donets, Zaporozhets, Kubanets, Terets, Uralets and Chernomorets on the Black Sea.) The etymology of the names of this class of ships was: Korietz is a Russian word for "Korean man", Mandzhur - "Manchuria man", Khivinets - "Khiva man", Donets - "Don Cossack" (literally "Cossack from Don"), Kubanets - "Kuban Cossack" ("Kuban man"), Terets - "Terek Cossack" ("Terek man"), Uralets - "Ural Cossack" ("Ural man"), Chernomorets - "Black Sea man" and Zaporozhets - "Zaporozhian Cossack".

Korietz was laid down in , Sweden at the Bergsund Mekaniksa shipyards in December 1885, launched on August 7, 1886, and commissioned in 1888.

Assigned to service with the Russian Pacific Fleet in 1895, she was a frequent visitor to ports in Korea, Japan and northern China. During the Boxer Rebellion, she participated in the Eight-Nation Alliance attack on Taku Forts in June 1900. During this battle, she was hit six times by shells fired by the Chinese defenders, and suffered nine crewmen killed and 20 wounded.