Background So here we have the Chioggia Class, named after the Battle of Chioggia in 1380 between the Republic of Venice and the Republic of Genoa. The outcome of the battle was a Venetian victory which saw the Geonese vessels never again venture into the Adriatic sea. The two ships I opted to draw differ…
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Ships of the class; – SRN Kolyma (in commission) – SRN Omolon (in commission) – SRN Bolshoy Anyui (in commission) – SRN Maly Anyui (in commission) After the First World War, Sieran experienced an economic boom with the increased yields across the nations many mines. With this expansion was an explosion of trade routes carrying…
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The Protected Cruiser Zhemchug was laid down at the Nevsky Shipyards in Petrograd, Russia on 1 June 1902 and was launched on 14 August 1903, in the presence of Tsar Nicholas II. Construction was plagued by delays, including flooding in November, and an ice storm in December. However, with the start of the Russo-Japanese War…
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Ships of the class; – SRN Velikaya (in commission) – SRN Vtoraya (in commission) Initially known as the Improved Tanyurer class, the Velikayas were modified designs based on trials experience with the Tanyurer that predated them by a year. The keel for Velikaya had in fact been laid down as another Tanyurer before construction was…
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Ships of the class; – SRN Tanyurer (in commission) – SRN Belaya (in commission) – SRN Velikaya (cancelled before construction began, became lead ship of the later Velikaya class) The Tanyurer class of cruisers were the first wholly designed and constructed cruisers for the SRN and were easily identified by their tall masts and four…
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Probably one of the few historical vessels operated by the SRN, the SRN Admiral Ushakov is the ship of the same name of the former Imperial Russian Navy.Built by New Admiralty Shipyards, Saint Petersburg and launched on the 1st of November 1893, she was a member of a class of coastal defence ships. Admiral Ushakov…
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