 Admiral Lazarev at anchor in the Neva River, Saint Petersburg
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| History | |
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 Russian Empire | |
| Name | Admiral Lazarev |
| Namesake | Mikhail Lazarev |
| Ordered | 24 May 1865[Note 1] |
| Builder | Carr and MacPherson, Saint Petersburg |
| Cost | 1,289,300 rubles |
| Laid down | 29 May 1867 |
| Launched | 21 September 1867 |
| In service | 1872 |
| Reclassified | As coastal-defense ship, 13 February 1892 |
| Stricken | 14 August 1907 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, sank under tow, October 1912 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Monitor |
| Displacement | 3,820–3,881 long tons (3,881–3,943 t) |
| Length | 262 ft (79.9 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 43 ft (13.1 m) |
| Draft | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Range | 1,200–1,500 nmi (2,200–2,800 km; 1,400–1,700 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Complement | 269–74 officers and crewmen |
| Armament | 3 × twin 9-inch (229 mm) rifled muzzle-loading guns |
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The Russian monitor Admiral Lazarev was the name ship of her class of monitors built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the late 1860s. She was assigned to the Baltic Fleet upon completion and remained there for her entire career. Aside from one accidental collision in 1871, her service was uneventful. The ship was reclassified as coast-defense ironclad in 1892 and often served as a training ship. There was an unsuccessful proposal to convert her into an aircraft carrier in 1910. Admiral Lazarev was stricken from the Navy List in 1907 and sold for scrap in 1912. She sank while under tow to Germany later that year.
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