List of Russian paddle and

screw frigate Steam frigates (including screw frigates) and the smaller steam corvettes, steam sloops, steam gunboats and steam schooners, were steam-powered warships that were not meant to stand in the line of battle. There were some exceptions like for exa ...

s, corvettes and clippers from 1836–1892. The format is: Name, number of guns (rank/real amount), launch year, fate (BU = broken up). This list includes only non-armoured vessels.

Paddle frigates

This section contains paddle ships with one opened battery (except ''Bogatyr'') and three or (rarely) two masts. Therefore, they ought to be classified as paddle corvettes or paddle brigs, but all of them (except ''Amerika'') were officially classified as ' (), which means "steamer-frigate."

Paddle frigates of the Baltic Fleet (1836–1870)

*''Bogatyr‘'' 28 \ «Богатырь» (1836) - BU 1857 *''

Kamchatka The Kamchatka Peninsula (russian: полуостров Камчатка, Poluostrov Kamchatka, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and west ...

'' 18 \ «Камчатка» (1840, New York) - Decommissioned 1866 Russian frigate Kamchatka (1841)

*''Hercules'' 22 \ «Геркулес» (1831) - Until 1843 classified as steamboat, reconstruct and reclassified as paddle frigate in 1843, BU 1854 *''Otvazhny'' 4 \ «Отважный» (1843) - Decommissioned 1861 *''Smely'' 14 \ «Смелый» (1844) - BU 1860 *''Khrabry'' 4 \ «Храбрый» (1844) - BU 1856 *''Grozyaschy'' 4 \ «Грозящий» (1844) - Hulked 1863, decommissioned 1866 *'' Ryurik'' 4 \ «Рюрик» (1851,

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

Lehti, 2006) - 1. Finnish naval equipage, voyaged to the

Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ...

1858–1859, decommissioned 1870 *''Gremyaschii'' 4 \ «Гремящий» (1851) - Wrecked 1862 *''Olaf'' 18 \ «Олаф» (1852),

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...

- 2. Finnish naval equipage, voyaged to the

1856–1859, decommissioned 1892 *''Khrabry'' 8 \ «Храбрый» (1858) - Decommissioned 1881 *''Smely'' 8 \ «Смелый» (1858) - Decommissioned 1880 *''Solombala'' 8 \ «Соломбала» (1859) - Until 1862 belonged to

White Sea The White Sea (russian: Белое море, ''Béloye móre''; Karelian and fi, Vienanmeri, lit. Dvina Sea; yrk, Сэрако ямʼ, ''Serako yam'') is a southern inlet of the Barents Sea located on the northwest coast of Russia. It is s ...

Flotilla, decommissioned 1875 *''Ryurik'' 3 \ «Рюрик» (1870) - Decommissioned 1890

Paddle frigates of the Black Sea Fleet (1843–1848)

*''Khersones'' 4 \ «Херсонес» (1843, British-built for Russia) - Scuttled in

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

in 1855, when Russian troops abandoned the city *''Bessarabia'' 6 \ «Бессарабия» (1843, British-built for Russia) - Scuttled in

in 1855, when Russian troops abandoned the city *''Krym'' 4 \ «Крым» (1843, British-built for Russia) - Scuttled in

in 1855, when Russian troops abandoned the city *''Odessa'' 4 \ «Одесса» (1843, British-built for Russia) - Scuttled in

in 1855, when Russian troops abandoned the city *''Gromonosets'' 6 \ «Громоносец» (1843, British-built for Russia) - Flagship of Vice-Admiral

Vladimir Kornilov Vice Admiral Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov (; 13 February 1806 – 17 October 1854) was a Russian naval officer who took part in the Crimean War and is known for his battle against the Pervaz-ı Bahrî in what is considered the first battle ...

during the

Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the ...

. Scuttled in

in 1855, when Russian troops abandoned the city *
Vladimir
' 14 \ «Владимир» (1848,

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

) - Won the first action between steamships in the world when it captured the Turkish steam frigate '' Pervaz-i Bahri'' (1853). Scuttled in

in 1855, when Russian troops abandoned the city

Paddle corvette of the Siberian Flotilla

The only one ship of this type served here. *''Amerika'' 8 \ «Америка» (1857, New York) (classified as steam corvette\пароходокорвет) - Consisted of Japanese diplomatic mission of Vice-Admiral Count

Yevfimy Putyatin Yevfimiy Vasilyevich Putyatin (russian: Евфи́мий Васи́льевич Путя́тин; November 8, 1803 – October 16, 1883), also known as was an admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy. His diplomatic mission to Japan r ...

, flagship of Count

Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky Count Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Amursky (also spelled as Nikolai Nikolaevich Muraviev-Amurskiy; russian: link=no, Никола́й Никола́евич Муравьёв-Аму́рский; – ) was a Russian general, statesman and diplomat, ...

in 1859, took part of

Vladivostok Vladivostok ( rus, Владивосто́к, a=Владивосток.ogg, p=vɫədʲɪvɐˈstok) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city is located around the Golden Horn Bay on the Sea of Japan, c ...

's foundation (1859), decommissioned 1883

Screw frigates

All of them belonged to the Baltic Fleet in 1848–1892. *''Arkhimed'' 48/13 \ «Архимед» (1848) - First Russian screw ship, wrecked 1850 *''Polkan'' 44 \ «Полкан» (1853) - The only Russian screw warship at the beginning of the

, served at the

1856–1859, scuttled to protect

Kronstadt Kronstadt (russian: Кроншта́дт, Kronshtadt ), also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt or Kronštádt (from german: link=no, Krone for " crown" and ''Stadt'' for "city") is a Russian port city in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city ...

harbour 1863, steam engine reused in ''Variag'' (1862). *''Askold'' \ «Аскольд» (ex-''Maria'' \ «Мария» - renamed on slip) 46 (1854) - Served at the

Northern Pacific Northern Pacific may refer to: * Northern Pacific Airways, an upcoming airline * Northern Pacific Field Hockey Conference, an NCAA Division I conference * Northern Pacific Hockey League, an American Tier III junior ice hockey league * Northern Pac ...

1857–1860 consisting of Japanese diplomatic mission of Vice-Admiral Count

, BU 1861

''Ilya Muromets''-class (2 units)

*''Ilya Muromets'' 53 \ «Илья Муромец» (1856) - Voyaged to the

1859–1860, scuttled to protect

harbour 1863 *''Gromoboi'' 53 \ «Громобой» (1857,

) - Voyaged to the

1858–1859 & 1860–1861, training ship 1864, decommissioned 1872 * ''General Admiral'' 70/64 \ «Генерал-адмирал» (1858, New York) - Strongest Russian open-sea warship in 1858–1869, served at the

in 1860–1861 and 1863–1867, BU 1870 *''Svetlana'' \ «Светлана» (1858,

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...

) - Served at the

in 1859–1860 and at the

1860–1862, visited Brazil 1867–1868, voyaged to USA and Japan 1871–1873, voyaged Mediterranean Sea 1875–1877, training ship 1878, decommissioned 1892 *''Oslyabya'' 45/35 \ «Ослябя» (1860) - Served at the

in 1861–1863 and in 1864, visited U.S.A. with Vice-Admiral Stepan Lesovsky's diplomatic mission 1863–1864, armed with 8-inch rifled guns 1866, decommissioned 1874 *''Oleg'' 57 \ «Олег» (1860) - Served at the

in 1860–1861 and in 1863–1865, sank over collision 1869 *''Peresvet'' 51 \ «Пересвет» (1860) - Visited U.S.A. with Vice-Admiral Stepan Lesovsky's diplomatic mission 1863–1864, served at the

1865–1866, decommissioned 1874

''Dmitry Donskoy''-class (2 units)

*''Dmitry Donskoy'' 50 \ «Дмитрий Донской» (1861) - Visited Brazil 1867–1868, decommissioned 1872 * ''Alexander Nevsky'' 50 \ «Александр Невский» (1861) - Flagship of Vice-Admiral Stepan Lesovsky during the diplomatic mission at U.S.A. 1863–1864, served at the

1867–1868, wrecked at

Skagerrak The Skagerrak (, , ) is a strait running between the Jutland peninsula of Denmark, the southeast coast of Norway and the west coast of Sweden, connecting the North Sea and the Kattegat sea area through the Danish Straits to the Baltic Sea. T ...

1868

Screw corvettes

Screw corvettes of the Baltic Fleet (1856–1892)

''Boyarin''-class (14 units in all, 8 at the Baltic Sea)

Displacement 885 tons. *''Boyarin'' 11 \ «Боярин» (1856) - First steamship, that circumnavigated the world 1857–1860 (consisting of squadron), rearmed by rifled guns 1871, converted to sail training ship 1870-th, decommissionrd 1893 *''Novik'' 11 \ «Новик» (1856) - Served at

1857–1860 & 1861–1863, visited San Francisco (U.S.A.) consisting of Rear Admiral Andrey Popov's diplomatic mission 1863, wrecked near

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1863 *''Medved‘'' 11 \ «Медведь» (1856) - Served at

1858–1860, laid up 1862, decommissioned 1863 *''Posadnik'' 11 \ «Посадник» (1856) - Served at

1859–1862, decommissioned 1871 *''Griden‘'' 11 \ «Гридень» (1856) - Served at

1858–1862, decommissioned 1883 *''Voyevoda'' 11 \ «Воевода» (1856) - Served at

1857–1860, rearmed by rifled guns 1876, decommissioned 1887 *''Vol'' 11 \ «Вол» (1856) - Laid up 1866, decommissioned and hulked as floating barracks 1867 *''

Rynda Rynda (russian: Рында) were bodyguards of Russian grand princes and tsars in the 16–17th centuries. History and appearance The term ''rynda'' first appears in around 1380 and are mentioned to have been present at the Battle of Kulikovo, ...

'' 11 \ «Рында» (1856) - Served at

1858–1860 & 1861–1864, visited San Francisco (U.S.A.) consisting of Rear Admiral Andrey Popov's diplomatic mission 1863–1864, decommissioned 1871

''Bayan'' and ''Kalevala''

*''Bayan'' 18 \ «Баян» (1857,

) - Served at

1858–1860 and

1874–1878, rearmed by rifled guns 1873, decommissioned 1889 *''Kalevala'' 19 \ «Калевала» (1858,

) - Served at

1860–1864, flagship of Rear Admiral Andrey Popov's diplomatic mission at San Francisco (U.S.A.) 1863–1864, decommissioned 1872

''Bogatyr''-class (4 units)

*''Bogatyr'' 18 \ «Богатырь» (1860) - Served at

and visited San Francisco (U.S.A.) consisting of Rear Admiral Andrey Popov's diplomatic mission 1863–1864, rearmed by rifled guns 1870, served at

1876–1877, hulked 1888, BU 1900 *''Varyag'' 18/17 \ «Варяг» (1862, Oulu) - Visited U.S.A. with Vice-Admiral Stepan Lesovsky's diplomatic mission 1863–1864, served at

until 1867, rearmed by rifled guns 1870, training ship late 1870s, decommissioned 1886 *''Vityaz'' 18/17 \ «Витязь» (1862, Pori) - Visited U.S.A. with Vice-Admiral Stepan Lesovsky's diplomatic mission 1863–1864, served at

1864 and

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contin ...

1870–1874, rearmed by rifled guns 1871, renamed ''Skobelev'' \ «Скобелев» 1882, training ship 1892, hulked 1895 *''Askold'' 18/17 \ «Аскольд» (1863) - Served at

1864–1867 & 1872–1876, at

1868–1869 and

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

1876–1878, rearmed by rifled guns 1872, training ships early 1880s, decommissioned 1883

Late training ships for naval cadets

*''Moryak'' 10 \ «Моряк» (1892) - Decommissioned 1907 *''Voin'' 9 \ «Воин» (1893) - Renamed ''Trefolev'' \ «Трефолев» 1923, converted to mother-ship 1929, BU after 1945 *''Verny'' 11 \ «Верный» (1895) - Renamed ''Petrosovet'' \ «Петросовет 1922, ''Leningradsovet'' \ «Ленинградсовет» 1924, converted to mother-ship 1941, returned to training ships in 1944, to mother-ships in 1948, BU in 1950th

Screw corvettes of the Black Sea Flotilla (1856–1865)

''Boyarin''-class (last 6 units)

*''Udav'' 9/11 \ «Удав» (1856) - Transferred from

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...

, decommissioned 1869 *''Rys‘'' 9/11 \ «Рысь» (1856) - Transferred from

, decommissioned 1866 *''Zubr'' 9/11 \ «Зубр» (1856) - Transferred from

, decommissioned 1869 *''Volk'' 9/11 \ «Волк» (1856) - Transferred from

, decommissioned 1866 *''Vepr‘'' 9/11 \ «Вепрь» (1856) - Transferred from

, decommissioned 1866 *''Buivol'' 9/11 \ «Буйвол» (1856) - Transferred from

, decommissioned 1866

''Voin''

*''Voin'' 20/4 \ «Воин» (1859) - Classified as steam transport 1859–1871, rearmed by rifled guns by 1877, decommissioned 1891

''Sokol''-class (3 units)

*''Sokol'' 9/11 \ «Сокол» (1859) - Belonged to the Baltic Fleet 1861–1863, served at

1863–1864, rearmed by rifled guns 1877, decommissioned 1893 *''Yastreb'' 9 \ «Ястреб» (1860) - Rearmed by rifled guns in late 1860s, decommissioned 1871 *''Krechet'' 9 \ «Кречет» (1860) - Rearmed by rifled guns in late 1860s, decommissioned 1871

''Pamyat Merkuriya''-class (2 units)

*''Pamyat Merkuriya'' 11 \ «Память Меркурия» (1865) - Rearmed by rifled guns by 1875, decommissioned 1893 *''Lvitsa'' 11 \ «Львица» (1865) - Rearmed by rifled guns by 1875, decommissioned 1893

Screw clippers

This type of light seagoing cruisers was invented by Russians. All of them first belonged to the Baltic Fleet and served in 1856–1900s (decade), some were later transferred to the Siberian Flotilla (based on Nikolayevsk, since 1872 — on

, since 1898 — on Port Arthur).

''Razboinik''-class (6 units)

Displacement 615 tons. *''Razboinik'' 6/3 \ «Разбойник» (1856) - First of the world clipper-of-war, served at

1857–c.1861, decommissioned 1867 *''Strelok'' 6/3 \ «Стрелок» (1856) - Served at

1858–1862, decommissioned 1878 *''Dzhigit'' 6/3 \ «Джигит» (1856) - Served at

1857–1861, decommissioned 1867, sunk as target 1869, found by divers 2002 *''Oprichnik'' 6/3 \ «Опричник» (1856) - Served at

1858–1861, lost in

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by t ...

1861 *''Nayezdnik'' 6/3 \ «Наездник» (1856) - Served at

1859–c.1861, decommissioned 1867, sunk as target 1869 *''Plastun'' 6/3 \ «Пластун» (1856) - Served at

1857–1860, sunk by ammunition explosion 1860 (73 men lost)

''Gaidamak''

*''Gaidamak'' 7 \ «Гайдамак» (1860, British-built for Russia) - Served at

1860–1864 and 1875–1877, visited San Francisco (U.S.A.) consisting of Rear Admiral Andrey Popov's diplomatic mission 1863–1864, rearmed by rifled guns 1871, decommissioned 1886

''Abrek''-class (2 units)

*''Abrek'' 5 \ «Абрек» (1860, Pori) - Served at

1860–1864 &1871–1877 and 1880s, visited San Francisco (U.S.A.) consisting of Rear Admiral Andrey Popov's diplomatic mission 1863–1864, decommissioned and hulked 1892 *''Vsadnik'' 5 \ «Всадник» (1860, Pori) - Transferred to Siberian Flotilla 1862, served at

1868–1871 &1873–1877, rearmed by rifled guns 1868, decommissioned 1881

''Almaz''-class (4 units)

*''Almaz'' 7 \ «Алмаз» (1861) - Visited U.S.A. with Vice-Admiral Stepan Lesovsky's diplomatic mission 1863–1864, rearmed by rifled guns 1871, decommissioned 1881 *''Zhemchug'' 7 \ «Жемчуг» (1861) - Rearmed rifled guns 1871, rearmed torpedo tubes and converted to training ship, decommissioned 1892 *''Izumrud'' 7 \ «Изумруд» (1862) - Circumnavigated in 1865–1867 & 1870–1873, rearmed by rifled guns 1871, decommissioned 1886 *''Yakhont'' 7 \ «Яхонт» (1862) - Served at

late 1860s, rearmed by rifled guns 1871, decommissioned 1881
Razboynik

''Kreiser''-class (8 units)

The "swan song" of outgoing-era sailing fleet: *''Kreiser'' 7 \ «Крейсер» (1875) - 2nd naval equipage. Served at

1876–1877 & 1891 and

1879–1880, 1885–1886, 1889-1891 & 1894–1899, reclassified to Cruiser of 2nd rank 1892, training ship 1906, hulked 1911, BU 1924 *''Dzhigit'' 7 \ «Джигит» (1876) - 5th naval equipage. Served at

1878,

188 & 1884 and

1879–1881, 1885–1886, 1890–1891 and since 1903, reclassified to Cruiser of 2nd rank 1892, and

Barents Sea The Barents Sea ( , also ; no, Barentshavet, ; russian: Баренцево море, Barentsevo More) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian territo ...

1895, transferred to Siberian Flotilla 1903, scuttled at Port Arthur 1904 *''Razboinik'' 7 \ «Разбойник» (1878) - 2nd (late 18th) naval equipage. Served at

1880-1881, 1884–1889, 1893–95 & since 1899, Cruiser of 2nd rank 1892, transferred to Siberian Flotilla 1902, scuttled at Port Arthur 1904 *''Nayezdnik'' 7 \ «Наездник» (1878) - 3rd naval equipage. Served at

in 1880-1881, 1883-1884 & 1887-1888, at

1882, and at

1893, Cruiser of 2nd Rank 1892, decommissioned 1902 *''Strelok'' 7 \ «Стрелок» (1879) - 2nd naval equipage (since 1883 Guards naval equipage). Served at

1880–1882 and

1884–1888, Cruiser of 2nd Rank 1892, training ship 1899, decommissioned 1907, BU after 1916 *''Plastun'' 7 \ «Пластун» (1879) - 5th naval equipage. Served at

1880–1882, and

1884–1885, Cruiser of 2nd Rank 1892, decommissioned 1907 *''Vestnik'' 7 \ «Вестник» (1880) - 5th (late 9th) naval equipage. Served at

1881–1882, at

1896-1898, and

1894-1895, Cruiser of 2nd Rank 1892, decommissioned 1906 *''Oprichnik'' 6 \ «Опричник» (1880) - 4th naval equipage. Served at

1884-1886, and

1881, Cruiser of 2nd Rank 1892, training ship 1897, decommissioned 1907

References

Footnotes

Bibliography

* John Tredrea and Eduard Sozaev. ''Russian Warships in the Age of Sail, 1696-1860: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates''. Seaforth Publishing, 2010. . * Feodosy Fyodorovich Veselago ''Список русских военных судов с 1668 по 1860 год'' (''List of Russian naval ships from 1668 to 1860'') - Tipographia Morskogo Vedomstva, Saint Petersburg, 1872. * S. P. Moiseyev. ''Список кораблей русского парового и броненосного флота (с 1861 по 1917 г.)'' (''List of Russian Ships of Steam and Armoured Navy (from 1861 to 1917)'') - Voyenizdat, Moscow, 1948. * V. T. Scherbatsky. ''Архангельский винтовые клипера'' // Sudostroyeniye" 1984, № 6. (Arkhangelsk Screw Clippers) *
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