Russian ship of the line Tsesarevich (1857)

History
Russian Empire
NameTsesarevich (Russian: Цесаревич)
NamesakeTsesarevich
BuilderNikolaev Admiralty shipyard, Nikolaev
Laid down3 August 1853[Note 1]
Launched29 October 1857
Commissioned12 October 1858
In service1860
Stricken26 January 1874
General characteristics
Type135-gun, steam-powered ship of the line
Displacement5,563 long tons (5,652 t)
Tons burthen3,821 bm
Length241 ft 6 in (73.6 m) (p/p)
Beam60 ft (18.3 m)
Draft25 ft 9 in (7.8 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Armament
  • 35 × 60-pounder smoothbore guns
  • 12 × long 36-pounder guns
  • 36 × short 36-pounder guns
  • 34 × 36-pounder gunnades
  • 18 × 36-pounder howitzers

Tsesarevich (Russian: Цесаревич) was a wooden-hulled, steam-powered, first-rate ship of the line built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the mid-1850s. Intended to serve with the Black Sea Fleet, she was transferred to the Baltic Fleet before her engine was installed in accordance with the terms of the Treaty of Paris that ended the Crimean War. Built of unseasoned oak, Tsesarevich saw little service, before she was stricken from the Navy Directory in 1874.
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