List of ironclads of Russia

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List of ironclads of Russia built between 1863 and 1889 for the Imperial Russian Navy.

The initial date corresponds to the launched of the ship and then the decommissioned or end is briefly indicated. Some of these ships managed to provide a minor service in the Soviet Navy before being discarded.

Ironclads[]

The Pervenets (1863) was the first ironclad of the Imperial Russian Navy, built in a British shipyard.

Broadside armored frigates[]

Monitors[]

  • Uragan class
    • Uragan (1864) – sold as a barge in 1903 and scrapped in 1918
    • Latnik (1864) – stricken in 1900 and scrapped around 1918
    • Bronenosets (1864) – stricken in 1900 and lost during World War I
    • Veschun (1864) – stricken in 1900 and scrapped around 1918
    • Koldun (1864) – stricken in 1900 and scrapped around 1918
    • Edinorog (1864) – stricken in 1900, final destination unknown
    • Strelets (1864) – stricken in 1900 and converted into a floating workshop in 1955
    • Lava (1864) – stricken in 1900 and scrapped around 1922
    • Tifon (1864) – stricken in 1900 and scrapped after 1922
    • Perun (1864) – stricken in 1900 and scrapped around 1924
The Novgorod (1873) is considered one of the strangest ships built in naval history.

Central battery frigate[]

The Georgii Pobedonosets (1892) was part of a class of three ships of a very unusual design having the main guns on three barbettes grouped in a triangle around a central armored redoubt, two side-by-side forward and one on the centerline aft.

Ironclad turret ship[]

  • Petr Veliky (1872) – stricken in 1959 and subsequently scrapped

Barbette ironclads[]

See also[]

Sources[]

  • Moiseev S. P. Spisok korabley russkogo parovogo i bronenosnogo flota (s 1861 po 1917 god). – Voyenizdat, Moskva, 1948. (List of the Ships of Russian Steam and Armoured Navy (from 1861 to 1917)).
  • Boyevye korabli russkogo flota 8.1914-10.1918 gody: Spravochnik / Ed. by Yu. V. Apalkov. – INTEK, St. Peterburg, 1996. (Warships of the Russian Navy in August 1914 – October 1918).
  • Burov V. N. Otechestvennoye voyennoye korablestroyenoye v tretyem stoletii svoyei istorii. – Sudostroyeniye, St. Peterburg, 1995. (Native Naval Shipbuilding in 3rd century of its history [i.e. in the 20th century])
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