Admiral Spiridov-class monitor

Admiral Chichagov at anchor
Class overview
NameAdmiral Spiridov
BuildersSemiannikov & Poletika Shipyard, Saint Petersburg
Operators Imperial Russian Navy
Preceded byAdmiral Lazarev class
Succeeded byRussian ironclad Petr Veliky
Cost1,177,500 Rubles[1]
Built1866–1869
Completed2
Scrapped2
General characteristics (as built)
TypeMonitor
Displacement3,505–3,587 long tons (3,561–3,645 t)
Length254 ft (77.4 m) (waterline)
Beam43 ft (13.1 m)
Draft21 ft (6.4 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Range1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement280 officers and crewmen
Armament
Armor

The Admiral Spiridov class were a pair of monitors built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the late 1860s. The sister ships were assigned to the Baltic Fleet upon completion and remained there for their entire careers. Aside from several accidental collisions and one grounding, their careers were uneventful. They were reclassified as coast-defense ironclads in 1892 before they became training ships in 1900. The Admiral Spiridovs were stricken from the Navy List in 1907; one ship became a stationary target and the other a coal-storage barge. Their ultimate fates are unknown.

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