imperial russian navy

A monitor built for the Imperial Russian Navy in 1873. Considered to be one of the worst warships ever built, it played a small role in the Russo-Turkish War and remained in service untill 1903. It was sold for scrap a decade later.

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Hello all, I was doing some reach on the Russian cruiser Novik laid down in 1900 and I found some interesting information regarding some alternate proposals. Apparently the German shipbuilder Howaldtswerke AG proposed a 30 knot capable cruiser design in 1898! As far as I am aware, Novik was a...

Hello All, I am looking for any information or leads people might have on Vickers' Dreadnought battleship Design No. 318 as nearly accepted by the Russian Naval Ministry in late 1907. I am particularly looking for information regarding the designed ships' dimensions, arrangement, and any...

Here are some uncompleted Imperial Russian warship projects I found on navypedia, any technical drawings, evidence of not being real, further info, or art of these would be greatly appreciated Gogland destroyers https://www.navypedia.org/ships/russia/ru_dd_gogland.htm Tenedos destroyers...

These projects date back to the beginning of the 20th century when many warship experiences and design concepts were developed. Neither proved to be viable. There is little information about these projects and in one case it is only possible to speculate on certain specifications. The first...

"Next in the starry procession came the officers, at their head the Generals and Admirals, all with the watchword: Obedience. The Emperor devises an ideal battleship, impregnably iron-clad, rapid, and armed with torpedo-tubes, which would take the place of the torpedo-boats.... The construction...

Hello all, I'm searching infos regarding real (albeit conceptual only) battleship projects distinguishing themselves for extraordinary caliber of main guns and/or number of main guns and displacement. I'm aware of the following, some yet briefly discussed in other topics: -Tillman maximum...

This thread is effectively a relaunch of the "Fictional Never-Were" thread from Warship Projects 3.0. It covers fictional warships in novels such as: USS John F Kennedy (BCGN-???) (Joe Poyer: North Cape, 1969) First up... John Watson: The Final Act, 2000 Germany Hindenburg Bismark Class...

Hi, we can speak here about Russian aircraft prototypes and project during and pre WW1, the engineers P.A. Shishkov and Sushenkov designed many airplanes,one was a two- seat torpedo carrier pusher biplane seaplane and second was a anther two-seat seaplane, but as I know there is also some...

Thinking that we need a thread for all old (pre-1880s?) projects. Came across HMS Duke of Kent design for a four-deck ship of the line on Reddit. c1809. Never built. Original source http://collections.rmg.co.uk/

Hi, http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft28258.htm

http://www.gwpda.org/naval/irn16bb.htm

Hi everbody I have found some ! Austro-Hungarian "(Hovercraft)" from 1915 It should be a torpedo boat or demolition boat with 1200kg warhead! Here are a few good Websites that describe the system...

The Soviets had a number of stilborn aircraft carrier projects from the 1930's all the way through to the 1990's. One of the most studied was Project-72 dating back to WW-II (1943) I think. Other projects include Project-69A, Project-85 and Project 1123 (Moskova concepts) before getting to the...

Good morning Vietnam. I´ve found this interesting web about WWI. In the following link you can find some interesting russian battleships. www.gwpda.org/naval/irn16bb.htm May the fun be with you...