Russian monitor Edinorog

Edinorog after the late 1870s
History
Russian Empire
NameEdinorog (Единорог)
NamesakeUnicorn
Ordered23 March 1863[Note 1]
BuilderGaleryni Island Shipyard, Saint Petersburg
Cost1,141,800 rubles
Laid down1 December 1863
Launched2 June 1864
In service27 July 1865
Out of service6 July 1900
Renamed
  • Blokshiv No. 4, 10 July 1912
  • Blokshiv No. 2, 1 January 1932
  • BSh-2, 16 May 1949
ReclassifiedAs coastal defense ship, 13 February 1892
Stricken17 August 1900
FateConverted into a mine storage hulk, 1912
General characteristics
Class and typeUragan-class monitor
Displacement1,500–1,600 long tons (1,524–1,626 t)
Length201 ft (61.3 m)
Beam46 ft (14.0 m)
Draft10.16–10.84 ft (3.1–3.3 m)
Installed power
Propulsion1 shaft, 1 × 2-cylinder horizontal direct-acting steam engine
Speed5.75 knots (10.65 km/h; 6.62 mph)
Range1,440 nmi (2,670 km; 1,660 mi) at 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph)
Complement96–110
Armament
  • 1865: 2 × 9 in (229 mm) smoothbore guns
  • 1868: 2 × 10.75 in (273 mm) smoothbore guns
  • 1873: 2 × 9 in (229 mm) rifled guns
Armor

Edinorog (Russian: Единорог) was one of 10 Uragan-class monitors built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the mid-1860s. The design was based on the American Passaic-class monitor, but was modified to suit Russian engines, guns and construction techniques. Spending her entire career with the Baltic Fleet, the ship was only active when the Gulf of Finland was not frozen, but very little is known about her service. She was struck from the Navy List in 1900, converted into a storage hulk for mines in 1912 and renamed Blokshiv No. 4. The ship survived World War II and was stricken in 1957, although her ultimate fate is unknown.
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