List of ironclads of Russia built between 1863 and 1889 for the

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. 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

* ** (1863) – sold in 1908 and discarded in the early 1950s ** (1864) – sold in 1908 and scrapped in the 1950s ** (1867) – sold for scrap in 1908 * (1864) – decommissioned in 1885 and sold for scrap in 1897 * (1865) – decommissioned in 1885 and sold for scrap in 1892

Monitors

* ** (1864) – sold as a barge in 1903 and scrapped in 1918 ** (1864) – stricken in 1900 and scrapped around 1918 ** (1864) – stricken in 1900 and lost during

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** (1864) – stricken in 1900 and scrapped around 1918 ** (1864) – stricken in 1900 and scrapped around 1918 ** (1864) – stricken in 1900, final destination unknown ** (1864) – stricken in 1900 and converted into a floating workshop in 1955 ** (1864) – stricken in 1900 and scrapped around 1922 ** (1864) – stricken in 1900 and scrapped after 1922 ** (1864) – stricken in 1900 and scrapped around 1924 Popovship002-4

* (1864) – stricken and scrapped in 1959 * ** (1867) – stricken in 1907 and scrapped in 1911–12 ** (1867) – sank in the Gulf of Finland in 1893 * ** (1867) – stricken in 1907 and sank in 1912 ** (1867) – stricken in 1909 and scrapped in 1912 * ** (1868) – stricken in 1907 and unknown ending ** (1868) – stricken in 1907 and unknown ending * (1873) – stricken in 1903 and sold for scrap in 1911 * (1875) – stricken in 1903 and sold for scrap in 1911

Central battery frigate

* (1867) – struck from the

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in 1911

Ironclad turret ship

* (1872) – stricken in 1959 and subsequently scrapped

Barbette ironclads

* ** (1886) – stricken in 1907 and sunk as a target in 1912 ** (1886) – stricken in 1907 and scrapped mid-1920s ** (1887) – disabled in 1919 and sold as scrap in 1922 ** (1892) – decommissioned in 1920 and sold as scrap between 1930 and 1936 * ** (1887) – sold for scrapping in 1922 ** {{ship, Russian battleship, Imperator Nikolai I, , 2 (1889) – captured by the Japanese in 1905, during

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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 .e. in the 20th century *

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Ironclads An ironclad is a steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates, constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s. The ironclad was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships to explosive or incendiary shells. Th ...