List of ironclads of Russia

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

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

Central battery frigate

Ironclad turret ship

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

Barbette ironclads

See also

Sources

  • Moiseyev, S. P. (1948). Список кораблей русского парового и броненосного флота (с 1861 по 1917 год) [List of Ships of the Russian Steam and Armoured Fleet, 1861–1917] (in Russian). Moscow: Voyenizdat.
  • Apal'kov, Yu. V., ed. (1996). Боевые корабли Русского флота 8.1914-10.1917 гг: Справочник [Warships of the Russian Navy, August 1914 – October 1918: Directory] (in Russian). St. Peterburg: Intek.
  • Burov, V. N. (1995). Отечественное военное кораблестроение в третьем столетии своей истории [Domestic Military Shipbuilding in the Third Century of Its History] (in Russian). St. Peterburg: Sudostroyeniye.