THE ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION. 
THE RUSSIAN IRON-CLAD FLEET.* 
We have already given our readers during last year some details of our 
iron-clad lleet.t Having a design to refresh the memory and complete our 
general information, we present a sketch of the said fleets 
List of Vessels composing the Iron-clad Meet , 
No. 
Description. 
Name, 
No. of. 
guns. 
Horse¬ 
power. 
1 
Frioffl.te . 
“ Sebastopol ” . 
28 
800 
2 
n 
“ Petropavlosk” (Peter and Paul) 
24 
800 
3 
TTlnnfin rr T?n tterv . 
“ Perveniec ” (First born) . 
16 
300 
4 
// 
u 
“ Ne tron mene ” (Touch mo not) 
17 
450 
5 
« Kreml ” (Kremlin) . 
14 
360 
6 
Boat with 2 
Turrets. 
« Smerch ” (Waterspout)*. 
2 
206 
7 
it M 
i 
H 
“Koldun” (Wizard) . 
2 
190 
8 
U 14 
i 
U 
“ Wieshchun ” (Monitor) . 
2 
190 
9 
u H 
i 
H 
“Uragan” (Hurricane) . 
2 
190 
10 
II o 
i 
H 
“Tifon” (Typhoon). 
2 
190 
11 
Ji it 
i 
il 
“ Iedinorog ” (Unicorn) . 
2 
190 
12 
n n 
i 
n 
“Strelec” (Sharpshooter). 
2 
190 
13 
u n 
i 
n 
“ Bronienositz ” (Armour-bearer) 
2 
190 
14 
n it 
i 
a 
“ Latnik ” (Man in armour). 
2 
190 
15 
// // 
i 
n 
“ Perun ” (Thunderbolt). 
2 
190 
16 
a h 
i 
a 
“ Lava ” (Lava ”) . 
2 
190 
Consequently, our iron-clad fleet is composed of 16 boats having 121 
guns of immense calibre and upwards of 4800 horse power. 
Wooden Vessels . Iron-plated , 
The iron-plated frigates, "Sebastopol” and " Petropavlosk,” 1st class 
boats, built of timber, were transformed before completion into iron-clads. 
1. The construction of the "Sebastopol” was commenced at Cronstadt, 
on the 7th September, 1860 ; she was put on the stocks on the 16th March, 
1861, and on the 16th October, 1863, was taken from the North Petrovski 
Dock into the South Dock, where the iron plating was commenced, and was 
completed by the end of July, 1864. Finally, she was launched on the 12th 
August, and on the 8th October left the port to prove her machinery. 
* For the information contained in this paper the Committee are indebted to LieuL-Colonel de 
Novitzky, Military Attache to the Russian Embassy. 
+ “ Military Magazine,” No. 6, 1864. 
X “ Naval Magazine,” No. X, 1864. 
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