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IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY (RUSSIA)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

armed merchant cruisers of Russian-Turkish war and later 1877 - 1882

Afrika 1892

more than 1000 BRT

Name

Launched // Comm.

Builder

Displacement, t

Dimensions, m

Speed, kts

Engine, Power hp

Armament

Fate

Россия [Rossiya] (ex-Holsazia), 12.1894- Днестр [Dnestr] 1868 // 7.1878 Caird, Greenock, UK 5185 103.6x12.3 13.5 3127 1-203/19, 2-178/17, 4-152/23, 4-107/17 returned 8.1878, TS 12.1894, cargo ship 2.1909
Москва [Moskva] (ex-Hammonia) 1870 // 7.1878 Caird, Greenock, UK 5000 100.0x10.4 13.9 2500 4-152/23, 4-107/17 returned 8.1878
Петербург [Peterburg], 5.1893- Березань [Berezan'] (ex-Türingia) 1870 // 7.1878 Caird, Greenock, UK 5177 103.2x12.3 13.8 3127 4-152/23, 4-107/17 returned 8.1878, TS 5.1893, depot ship 2.1909
Азия [Aziya] (ex-Columbus) 1874 // 7.1878 Cramp, Philadelphia, USA 2449 82.0x10.7 15.6 1100 2-152/23, 7-107/17 despatch vessel 3.1906, stricken 8.1911
Африка [Afrika] (ex-Saratoga) 1878 // 7.1878 Chester SB, USA 2590 90.2x10.9 12.8 1417 5-152/23, 4-107/17, 2-87/21 TS 3.1906, hulk 1921
Европа [Yevropa] (ex-State of California) 1878 // 7.1878 Cramp, Philadelphia, USA 2690 93.6x11.3 13.5 2000 2-152/23, 7-107/17 sold 7.1885, TS 9.1900, hulk 10.1909

Project history: Merchant vessels mobilized for service as AMC in the time of Russian-Turkish War 1877-1878.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Dnestr

Berezan'

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