.jpg) Sketch of Vitse-admiral Popov in The Graphic, 30 November 1878
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| Class overview | |
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| Preceded by | Novgorod |
| Built | 1872–1876 |
| In service | 1876–1903 |
| Completed | 1 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| History | |
 Russian Empire | |
| Name | Vitse-admiral Popov |
| Namesake | Vice Admiral Andrei Alexandrovich Popov |
| Builder | Nikolaev Admiralty Shipyard, Nikolaev |
| Cost | 3,260,000 rubles (excluding armament) |
| Laid down | 8 September 1874[Note 1] |
| Launched | 7 October 1875 |
| Completed | 1876 |
| Decommissioned | 2 May 1903 |
| Reclassified | As a coast-defense ironclad, 13 February 1892 |
| Stricken | 3 July 1903 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, December 1911 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Monitor |
| Displacement | 3,600 long tons (3,658 t) |
| Length | 126 ft 10 in (38.7 m) |
| Beam | 117 ft 8 in (35.9 m) |
| Draft | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
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| Propulsion | 6 shafts, 8 compound-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) |
| Range | 540 nautical miles (1,000 km; 620 mi) at full speed |
| Complement | 19 officers and 187 crewmen |
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Vitse-admiral Popov was a monitor built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the 1870s. It was one of the most unusual warships ever constructed, and still survives in popular naval lore as one of the worst warships ever built. The hull was circular to reduce draught while allowing the ship to carry much more armour and a heavier armament than other ships of the same size. Vitse-admiral Popov played a minor role in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 and was reclassified as a coast-defence ironclad in 1892. The ship was decommissioned in 1903 and sold for scrap in 1911.
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