Charodeika class monitor


Charodeika at anchor; her two turrets are painted white
Class overview
Operators:  Russian Navy
Preceded by: Smerch
Succeeded by: Admiral Lazarev class
Built: 1866–69
Completed: 2
Lost: 1
Scrapped: 1
General characteristics
Type: Monitor
Displacement: 1,881 long tons (1,911 t)
Length: 210 ft (64.0 m)
Beam: 42 ft (12.8 m)
Draft: 12 ft 5 in (3.8 m)
Installed power: 786 ihp (586 kW)
Propulsion: 2 shafts, 2 Horizonal direct-action steam engines
2 rectangular boilers
Speed: 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement: 172 officers and crewmen
Armament: 2 × 2 - 9-inch (229 mm) Smoothbore guns
Armor: Belt: 3.5–4.5 in (89–114 mm)
Gun turrets: 4.5–6 in (114–152 mm)
Conning tower: 4.5 in (114 mm)

The Charodeika class was a pair of monitors built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the late 1860s.

Pennant
number
Name Hull builder Ordered Laid down Launched Accepted
into service
Commissioned Estimated
Charodeika

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