Uragan-class monitor

Veschun («Вещун»)
Class overview
Builders
Operators Imperial Russian Navy
Preceded byUSS Monitor
Cost1,155,000 rubles (average)
Built1863–1865
In commission1865–1900
Completed10
Scrapped9
General characteristics
TypeMonitor
Displacement1,500–1,600 long tons (1,500–1,600 t)
Length201 ft (61.3 m)
Beam46 ft (14.0 m)
Draft10.16–10.84 ft (3.1–3.3 m)
Installed power340–500 ihp (254–373 kW), 2 rectangular Morton boilers
Propulsion1 shaft, 1 2-cylinder horizontal direct-acting steam engine
Speed5–7.75 knots (9.26–14.35 km/h; 5.75–8.92 mph)
Range1,440 nmi (2,670 km; 1,660 mi) at 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph)
Complement96–110[1]
Armament
  • 1864: 2 × 9 in (229 mm) smoothbore guns
  • 1868: 2 × 15 in (381 mm) smoothbore Rodman guns
  • 1873: 2 × 9 in (229 mm) rifled guns[1][2]
Armor
Comparison of the turrets of the Passaic / Uragan class (left) and the later Canonicus class (right). The 15-inch Rodman guns for the Uragan class were produced at the Aleksandrovsk gun factory in Petrozavodsk.
229 mm naval gun M1867 in Suomenlinna.

The Uragan class (also known as the Bronenosetz class, Russian: броненосец, "armor carrier" or "warship"[3]) was a class of monitors built for the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy.[1][2][4][5] The ships were built to the plans of the American Passaic-class monitors,[2][5][6][7] a design that was tested on a smaller scale on USS Monitor.[4] A total of 10 ships were constructed at five different shipyards in Saint Petersburg, all entering service in 1865. The ships were among the first ironclad warships in the Russian Navy.[5][8]

  1. ^ a b c Gribovsky, 1996
  2. ^ a b c Lysenok, 1985
  3. ^ "Ship Class RUS Bronenosetz". Naval History via Flix. Retrieved 2009-02-18.
  4. ^ a b Smirnov, 1983
  5. ^ a b c Smirnov, 1984
  6. ^ Konstantin George (July 1978). "The U.S.-Russian Entente That Saved The Union". Campaigner Magazine. 11 (5). Retrieved 2009-02-18.
  7. ^ "Edinorog 1864". Archivio Navi da guerra (in Italian). Retrieved 2009-02-18.
  8. ^ Eklof, 1994