ww1 Russian Navy

Gangut class battleships (1911)

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Gangut Class Battleships Russia (1911) – Petropavovsk, Sevastopol, Poltava A long Development These ships were the first Russian Dreadnoughts. They were ordered by Tsar Nicholas II in person, and this despite a very agitated Duma (the revolt of 1905 was still fresh and these new ships were considered as a new expensive madness). The navy … Read more

WW1 Russian Submarines

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WW1 Russian Submarines About 8 classes, approx. 60 boats 1903-1916 A long gestation, started in 1853: The story of submarines with Russia started quite early, right at the time of the Crimean in 1853, by that time “submarine warfare” Podvodnaia Voina was already an idea, but the term and the start of a doctrine was … Read more

General Admiral class armoured cruisers (1875)

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General Admiral class armoured cruisers (1875) General-Admiral, Gerzog Edinburgski The first armoured cruisers ? This pair of Russian Imperial ships are considered by John Francis Beeler (p. 222, British Naval Policy in the Gladstone-Disraeli Era, Stanford U 1997) to be the world’s first armoured cruisers. At that time, the Baltic has been pacified and now … Read more

Cruiser Minin (1866)

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Cruiser Minin (1866) Russia, 1866 The oldest cruiser worldwide ? The Minin (Минин) was still in service in 1914. By that time, she was 48 years old, and by the time the war ended, get passed half a century. Yet she was not a museum ship, but fully active the whole time for the Russian … Read more

Rossiya class cruisers (1896)

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Rossiya class cruisers (1896) Russia (1896) Armoured Cruisers – Rossiya, Gromoboi The Giant Russian Cruisers Back in the 1890s the fast-growing Russian Empire and its global ambition worried the British naval staff much more than the threat posed by a then still small German Navy. The Russian Navy in 1893 ordered for the pacific squadron … Read more

Evstafi class battleships (1910)

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Evstafi class battleships (1910) Russia (1910) – Battleships – Evstafi, Ioann Zlatoust Genesis: 1905′ cruel lessons The total defeat suffered by the Pacific fleet, then the entire baltic fleet in the hands of the Japanese in 1905 not only durably harmed the regime’s authority outside but weakened it inside as shown by the Potemkine mutiny … Read more

Sissoi Veliky class battleships (1896)

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Sissoi Veliky class battleships (1896) Russia (1896) Battleships Rostislav, Sissoi Veliky Both battleships were very similar, in fact they were near-sister ships, built at New Admiralty and Nicolaiev yards. They were relatively small, and only differed in armament (see later), that’s why they are seen together here. Rostislav with the black sea fleet Sissoi Veliky … Read more

Petr Velikiy

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Petr Velikiy Russian Ironclad (1877) The ironclad babochka: The Petr Velikiy (Peter the Great) was undoubtedly the oldest Russian battleship in service in 1914, the babochka (“Grandma”) of the Russian navy. This battleship knew several lives. It was in its day the very first Russian battleship with turrets and steam alone, a fashion launched by … Read more