Category: ww1 Russian Navy

Bayan class Cruisers (1905) Russia (1899-1905) Bayan, Admiral Makarof, Bayan (ii), Pallada (ii) Bayan and Makaroff in 1914 (Baltic Fleet)…

Poltava class Battleships (1894) Russia (1894) Petropavovsk, Sevastopol, Poltava Before the Petropavlovsk class dreadnoughts, Russia built locally a class of…

Gangut Class Battleships Russia (1911) – Petropavovsk, Sevastopol, Poltava A long Development These ships were the first Russian Dreadnoughts. They…

WW1 Russian Submarines About 8 classes, approx. 60 boats 1903-1916 A long gestation, started in 1853: The story of submarines…

General Admiral class armoured cruisers (1875) General-Admiral, Gerzog Edinburgski The first armoured cruisers ? This pair of Russian Imperial ships…

Cruiser Minin (1866) Russia, 1866 The oldest cruiser worldwide ? The Minin (Минин) was still in service in 1914. By…

Rossiya class cruisers (1896) Russia (1896) Armoured Cruisers – Rossiya, Gromoboi The Giant Russian Cruisers Back in the 1890s the…

Evstafi class battleships (1910) Russia (1910) – Battleships – Evstafi, Ioann Zlatoust Genesis: 1905′ cruel lessons The total defeat suffered…

Sissoi Veliky class battleships (1896) Russia (1896) Battleships Rostislav, Sissoi Veliky Both battleships were very similar, in fact they were…

Petr Velikiy Russian Ironclad (1877) The ironclad babochka: The Petr Velikiy (Peter the Great) was undoubtedly the oldest Russian battleship…