Rusalka 1892
| 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 |
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Displacement normal, t |
2100 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
62.9 wl |
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Breadth, m |
12.8 |
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Draught, m |
3.84 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 HDA, 2 rectangular boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
875 |
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Max speed, kts |
8.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 250 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armour, mm |
wrought iron; side: 114, turrets: 152, deck: 25 |
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Armament |
2 x 2 - 229/14 obr. 1867, 4 x 1 - 87/17 4pdr obr. 1867 |
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Complement |
178 |
Project history: Low freeboard turret ships with the hull completely armoured above water. They were rigged with two pole masts. Development of the Smerch.
Ship protection: The hull above water was completely armoured and there was a 25mm deck.
Modernizations: 1890s, both: - 2 x 2 - 229/14; + 2 x 2 - 229/19 obr. 1877, 5 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss
Naval service: Rusalka was lost with all hands 19.9.1893 during a gale in Gulf of Finland en route from Revel to Helsingfors.
Charodeyka
© Ivan Gogin, 2014