Charodeika-class monitor

Charodeika at anchor; her two turrets are painted white
Class overview
Operators	Russian Navy
Preceded by	Smerch
Succeeded by	Admiral Lazarev class
Cost	762,000 roubles
Built	1866–69
Completed	2
Lost	1
Scrapped	1
General characteristics (as completed)
Type	Monitor
Displacement	2,100 long tons (2,134 t)
Length	206 ft (62.8 m) (waterline)
Beam	42 ft (12.8 m)
Draft	12 ft 7 in (3.8 m)
Installed power	875 ihp (652 kW) 2 rectangular boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 Horizonal direct-action steam engines
Speed	8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement	172 officers and crewmen
Armament	2 × 9-inch (229 mm) Smoothbore guns 2 × 15-inch (381 mm) Rodman guns
Armor	Belt: 3.25–4.5 in (83–114 mm) Gun turrets: 5.5 in (140 mm) Conning tower: 4.5 in (114 mm) Deck: 1 in (25 mm)

The Charodeika class was a pair of monitors built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the late 1860s.

Name	Builder	Ordered	Laid down	Launched	Entered service
Charodeika	Admiralty Shipyard, St. Petersburg	26 January 1865	6 June 1866	12 September 1867	1869
Rusalka

Bibliography

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