Built in 1916, the SS Komarov was one of a number of moderate sized freighters constructed in the Ugolny shipyards during WW1. They were spartan vessels with little creature comforts designed solely for the function they were designed to serve. After the war, many were modified by their crews and by the Sieran National Line…
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Following on from the construction of the Ravenstvo and Svoboda, Artemy Shagin set to work on the design of a new generation ocean liner incorporating as much new technology as could be included as well as taking into consideration experience from the design, building and now service phases of the previous liners. The result was…
Read moreOcean Liners Ravenstvo & Svoboda
With Sieran gaining its independence in 1905, one of the first avenues seen by the new Government as a way to promote the nation abroad was through the construction and launch of two liners to serve the Anadyr-Anchorage-Vancouver route in Summer and Anadyr-Anchorage-San Francisco route in Winter. Sieran lacked skilled draughtsman in the construction of…
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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…
Read moreProtected Cruiser Zhemchug
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…
Read moreVelikaya Class Cruiser
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…
Read moreCoastal Defense Ship Admiral Ushakov
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…
Read moreThe Navy
The Sieranian Republic Navy came about as a result of the acquisition of former Imperial Russian Navy vessels after the Revolution and the gaining of Sieran’s independence in October of 1905. The vessels that formed the embryonic SRN were for the most part obsolescent vessels that had been lucky in surviving the slaughter of Tsushima….
Read moreNaval Strength in the North/West Pacific Region 1939
The following is a list based on research I have undertaken in an effort to determine what vessels were available historically within the region at this time. Some liberties have been taken in the interests of the AU, primarily the French and Italian presence in the region however I endeavoured to keep the IJN and…
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