RUSALKA coast defence turret ships (1869)

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Charodeyka

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Русалка [Rusalka]			Galerny Is, St. Petersburg	26.1.1865	12.9.1867	1869	foundered 19.9.1893
Чародейка [Charodeyka]			Galerny Is, St. Petersburg	26.1.1895	12.9.1867	1869	stricken 4.1907

Displacement normal, t	2100
Displacement full, t
Length, m	62.9 wl
Breadth, m	12.8
Draught, m	3.84 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 HDA, 2 rectangular boilers
Power, h. p.	875
Max speed, kts	8.5
Fuel, t	coal 250
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	wrought iron; side: 114, turrets: 152, deck: 25
Armament	2 x 2 - 229/14 obr. 1867, 4 x 1 - 87/17 4pdr obr. 1867
Complement	178

Rusalka 1892

Charodeyka

Low freeboard turret ships with the hull completely armoured above water. They were rigged with two pole masts. Development of the Smerch.

The hull above water was completely armoured and there was a 25mm deck.

1890s, both: - 2 x 2 - 229/14; + 2 x 2 - 229/19 obr. 1877, 5 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss

Rusalka was lost with all hands 19.9.1893 during a gale in Gulf of Finland en route from Revel to Helsingfors.