russian ironclad russian ironclad russian iron armored frigate built imperial_russian_navy 1860s russian armored ship leave european waters cruised pacific_ocean ship participate russo turkish war remained baltic_sea cruiser pacific assigned rest career mainly served training ship refit probably scrapped design description originally classified armored corvette redesignated armored frigate november laid central battery ironclad armament concentrated amidships ship fitted ram crew numbered approximately officers enlisted men feet inches long waterline beam feet draft feet inches ship designed displace long tons displaced long tons built increase long tons fitted double considered steady gun platform good sea boat propulsion ship simple horizontal direct acting steam engine driving single bladed propeller steam provided cylindrical boilers engine produced indicated horsepower sea trials gave ship maximum speed knots mph carried maximum long tons coal gave economical range nautical miles ship rigged masts maximum sail area square feet reduce drag sail funnel retractable propeller hoisted hull armament armed inch breech loading guns attempt provide fire sides hull upper deck level cut away battery providing better coverage traditional broadside layout left considerable area gun bear solid shot caliber gun weighed approximately pounds gun weighed pounds gun muzzle velocity credited nominal ability penetrate inches wrought iron armor muzzle credit ship torpedoes towed torpedoes mentioned wright armour figures armor protection vary sources agree complete waterline belt wrought iron total height feet feet waterline belt quoted millimeters thick guns protected section millimeter armor feet long information armored transverse bulkheads available armor backed inches teak service laid november mitchell shipyard saint_petersburg changed launched september sources differ ship entered service russian armored ship deploy pacific returned remained baltic_sea russo turkish war ensuing war scare great_britain ship cruise pacific served flagship fleet maneuvers reviewed russia ship extensively refitted following year received new boilers propeller fixed place retractable funnel replaced fixed funnels rearmed refit sources differ light guns fitted inch guns replaced new powerful caliber inch guns likely long tons model muzzle velocity inch caliber guns fitted possibly chase guns wright agree pounder guns quick firing guns unspecified size added mention quick says millimeter guns fitted ship reclassified cruiser 1st rank light armament modified millimeter hotchkiss guns pounders addition millimeter hotchkiss guns water inch torpedo tubes added time refit served training ship formally reclassified school ship march reclassified armament reduced single inch gun pounders millimeter millimeter hotchkiss guns ship october renamed struck navy list april probably scrapped shortly afterward elderly monitor lava renamed day
Russian ironclad Kniaz Pozharsky