Category: ww1 Russian Navy
Boyarin (1901)
Russian Empire, 1902-1904 Boyarin (“Nobleman”) was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy. She was the only foreign built…
Russian Torpedo Boats 1877-1918
Imperial Russia (1877-1905) – 90 ships Russian Torpedo Boats’s story started well before 1914, to be precise as far back…
WW1 Russian minesweepers
WW1 Soviet Minesweepers, and Minelayers Russian Navy – 900+ minesweepers 1914-19 Introduction: Soviet Mine warfare WWI About early Russian naval…
Bogatyr class cruisers (1900)
Bogatyr class armoured cruisers (1900) Russian Empire 1899-1936: Bogatyr, Oleg, Kagul, Ochakov, Vityaz A new class for Russian Protected Cruisers:…
Pallada class Russian Imperial protected cruisers (1893)
Pallada class cruisers (1899) Imperial Russian Protected Cruisers: Pallada, Diana, Aurora The Pallada-class cruisers (“Diana-type” in Russian) were three protected…
Askold (1900)
Protected Cruiser Askold (1900) Russian Empire 1899-1922 The five-stack Russo-German cruiser Askold in Kronstadt, 1902 As part of the many…
Varyag (1899)
Protected Cruiser Varyag (1899) Russian Empire 1898-1925 The ship with six lives* The Russian cruiser Varyag was a ship that…
Novik class destroyers (1911-1917)
A Long lineage and new standard: Novik (1911) Russian Empire/Soviet Navy 1910-1941 In destroyer history, there are a few landmarks…
Retvizan (1900)
Battleship Retvizan (1900) Russian Empire 1898-1905 Japanese Empire IJN Hizen 1908-1923 Retvizan was a Russian pre-dreadnought battleship built for the…
Peresvet class battleships (1899)
Peresvet class, Russian Imperial Battleships (1893) Peresvet, Pobeda, Oslyabya The Peresvet class were three pre-dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Russian…