Charodeika-class monitor
 Charodeika at anchor; her two turrets are painted white
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators |  Russian Navy |
| Preceded by | Charodeika class |
| Succeeded by | Admiral Lazarev class |
| Built | 1866–69 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Monitor |
| Displacement | 1,881 long tons (1,911 t) |
| Length | 210 feet (64.0 m) |
| Beam | 42 feet (12.8 m) |
| Draft | 12 feet 5 inches (3.8 m) |
| Installed power | 786 indicated horsepower (586 kW) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 shafts, 2 Horizonal direct-action steam engines 2 rectangular boilers |
| Speed | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Complement | 172 officers and crewmen |
| Armament | 2 × 2 - 9-inch (229 mm) Smoothbore guns |
| Armor | list error: <br /> list (help) Belt: 3.5–4.5 in (89–114 mm) Gun turrets: 4.5–6 in (114–152 mm) Conning tower: 4.5 in (114 mm) |
The Charodeika class was a pair of monitors built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the late 1860s.
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References
- Robert Gardiner, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- "Russian Monitors and Coast Defense Ships". Warship International. IX (3). Toledo, OH: Naval Records Club: 304–305. 1972.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
- Watts, Anthony J. (1990). The Imperial Russian Navy. London: Arms and Armour. ISBN 0-85368-912-1.
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