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Veshchun

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Броненосец [Bronenosets]			Carr & McFerson, St. Petersburg	17.6.1863	24.3.1864	6.2.1865	stricken 8.1900
Ураган [Uragan]			New Admiralty, St. Petersburg	8.7.1863	27.5.1864	25.5.1865	stricken 8.1900
Тифон [Tifon]			New Admiralty, St. Petersburg	8.7.1863	26.6.1864	25.6.1865	stricken 8.1900
Вещун [Veshchun]			Cockerill, Hoboken, Belgium // Gutuyev Is, St. Petersburg	9.11.1863	8.5.1864	3.7.1865	stricken 8.1900
Колдун [Koldun]			Cockerill, Hoboken, Belgium // Gutuyev Is, St. Petersburg	9.11.1863	8.5.1864	3.7.1865	stricken 8.1900
Латник [Latnik]			Carr & McFerson, St. Petersburg	17.6.1863	22.3.1864	21.7.1865	stricken 8.1900
Единорог [Yedinorog]			Galerny Is, St. Petersburg	13.6.1863	2.6.1864	27.7.1865	stricken 8.1900
Стрелец [Strelets]			Galerny Is, St. Petersburg	13.6.1863	2.6.1864	28.7.1865	stricken 8.1900
Лава [Lava]			Semyannikov & Poletika, St. Petersburg	28.6.1863	8.6.1864	1.9.1865	stricken 8.1900
Перун [Perun]			Semyannikov & Poletika, St. Petersburg	27.6.1863	10.7.1864	1.9.1865	stricken 8.1900

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1565
Displacement full, t
Length, m	61.3
Breadth, m	14.0
Draught, m	3.48 - 3.84 max
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 HDA, 2 rectangular boilers
Power, h. p.	340 - 530
Max speed, kts	6.5 - 8
Fuel, t	coal 100
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	wrought iron; side: 229 - 76, turret: 254, pilot house: 203 Perun: wrought iron; side: 229 - 76, turret: 254, deck: 25, pilot house: 203
Armament	1 x 2 - 229/14 Krupp SB Yedinorog: 1 x 2 - 273/12 Krupp SB
Complement	111

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Project history

Low freeboard, single turret monitors of United States type. The two built at Seraing were sent to Russia in sections and assembled. The hull form seems to have been very similar to that of the US Passaic class and the above displacement is in this case much too low and should be about 2000t.

Ship protection

The side armour extended to 1.1m below water and was 127mm increased to 229mm forward and reduced to 76mm at the lower edge. The funnel base had 203mm, and there was a protecting ring 0.4m high and 127mm thick round the base of the turret. There was no double bottom and only Perun had a 25mm armour deck, the absence of which was a serious weakness in the others. All armour was built up from 25mm plates.

Modernizations

1878, all were armed with 1 x 2 - 229/19 obr. 1877

1890s, all: + 2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss

Naval service

No significant events.