Russian monitor Charodeika

Charodeika at anchor
History
Russian Empire
NameCharodeika
NamesakeSorceress
Ordered26 January 1865[Note 1]
BuilderAdmiralty Shipyard, St. Petersburg
Laid down6 June 1866
Launched12 September 1867
In service1869
ReclassifiedAs a coast-defense ironclad, 13 February 1892
Stricken7 April 1907
FateScrapped 1911–12
General characteristics (as completed)
Class and typeCharodeika-class monitor
Displacement2,100 long tons (2,134 t)
Length206 ft (62.8 m) (waterline)
Beam42 ft (12.8 m)
Draft12 ft 7 in (3.8 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 Horizontal direct-action steam engines
Speed8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement172 officers and crewmen
Armament
Armor

The Russian monitor Charodeika was the lead ship of her class of monitors built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the 1860s. She served for her entire career with the Baltic Fleet, mostly as a training ship. She was decommissioned in 1907, but was not broken up until 1911–12.
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