Russian ironclad Kreml
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The Russian ironclad Kreml (Russian: Кремль) was the third and last Pervenets-class broadside ironclad built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the mid-1860s. She joined the Baltic Fleet upon completion and accidentally sank a Russian frigate in 1869. The ship was assigned to the Gunnery Training Detachment in 1870 and was frequently rearmed. Kreml sank in shallow water after a storm in 1885; she was refloated and returned to service. The ship was placed in reserve in 1904 and disarmed the following year before being sold for scrap in 1908.
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Russian Empire | |
Name | Kreml (Russian: Кремль) |
Namesake | Kremlin |
Ordered | 20 April 1863 |
Builder | Semiannikov & Poletika, St. Petersburg |
Cost | 898,000 rubles (hull and machinery only) |
Laid down | 23 December 1863[Note 1] |
Launched | 26 August 1865 |
Commissioned | 1866 |
Reclassified | Coast defense ironclad, 13 February 1892 |
Stricken | 12 October 1905 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 8 September 1908 |
General characteristics (as completed) | |
Class and type | Pervenets-class broadside ironclad |
Displacement | 3,664 long tons (3,723 t) |
Length | 221 ft (67.4 m) (o/a) |
Beam | 53 ft (16.2 m) |
Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) (mean) |
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Speed | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
Range | 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) |
Complement | 430 officers and crewmen |
Armament | 17 × 7.72-inch (196 mm) 60-pounder smoothbore guns |
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