russian monitor russian class monitor built imperial_russian_navy design based american class monitor modified suit russian engines guns construction techniques spending entire career ship active frozen little known service struck navy list converted storage hulk mines renamed ship soviets finland soviets later scrapped description extensively modified russians retain single twin gun turret low original class design feet long overall beam feet draft feet displaced long tons crew numbered officers enlisted men numbered officers crewmen ship fitted cylinder horizontal direct acting steam engine built drove single propeller steam provided rectangular boilers specific information output ship engine survived ranged indicated horsepower ships class sea trials june reached maximum speed knots mph ship carried maximum long tons coal gave theoretical endurance nmi speed designed armed pair inch muzzle loading guns purchased krupp germany rifled russia project seriously delayed ship completed krupp guns lacked penetration power necessary deal ironclads replaced license built inch muzzle loading guns replaced originally intended inch rifled guns wrought iron armor class monitors inch plates class ships ship entirely covered layers armor plates plates extended inches waterline gun turret protected layers armor layers armor curved plates layers thick protected base funnel height feet deck unlike predecessors built deck armor save weight modified addition inch armor plates completion unknown fitted manufactured placed storage construction career construction ship began june new admiralty shipyard saint_petersburg laid december launched entered service cost total double contract cost ship assigned baltic fleet completion sister ships port visit stockholm sweden july august command general admiral grand duke completed armored ring inches thick inches tall fitted base turret prevent splinters later armored outward curving fitted turret protect crewmen later added probably 1870s upper portion turret gun ports turret mounted light gun probably inch gun defense torpedo boats fourth gun mounted platform aft funnel hurricane deck built funnel turret probably 1870s little known ship career laid winter reclassified coast defense ironclad february turned port disposal july stricken august converted storage hulk renamed october year abandoned soviets forced withdraw finland april according terms treaty brest later returned ship subsequently broken finland
Russian monitor Tifon