Russian balloon supply ship ( or tender )

[p@lp@tine]

Hello ,
What was the name of the Imperial Russian Navy balloon tender ca.1904 ?
As far as i remember she was able to carry 4 small Cacquot like balloons for scouting an ennemy fleet ?
http://www.afa.org/magazine/gallery/attack_observe/caquot_balloon.asp
Best regards
Ps : I'm looking for it in order to make an alternate history battle of Tsushima !

[John Brown]

Hi P@lp

You might be thinking of the 'Russ'

Sorry about the poor picture.


Hope this helps....John

[Commodore Armiger]

My reference work for the Russian fleet is based on WW1 and does not mention a balloon tender, but there was a seaplane tender built 1903 (but given the date obviously not as a seaplane tender!) with the Baltic fleet named Orlica (or Orlitsa depending on how one transliterates the cyrillic). It was of 3,800 tons and deployed 4 seaplanes.

[p@lp@tine]

Hi P@lp

You might be thinking of the 'Russ'

Sorry about the poor picture.


Hope this helps....John

THAT'S IT !

Thanks a lot

Best Regards

[p@lp@tine]

My reference work for the Russian fleet is based on WW1 and does not mention a balloon tender, but there was a seaplane tender built 1903 (but given the date obviously not as a seaplane tender!) with the Baltic fleet named Orlica (or Orlitsa depending on how one transliterates the cyrillic). It was of 3,800 tons and deployed 4 seaplanes.


Thank's a lot for your reply .
I think it's the " Russ " , but some wargamers seem to use the " Orlitsa " ??????
I found this on the official VMF site
http://rusnavy.com/history/interesting/balticfleet.htm

and this topic
http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/aircraft/27334-russian-seaplane-tender-orlitsa-boris-shtchepotyev-grigorovitch-m-9-s.html

Best regards