List of ironclads of Russia built between 1863 and 1889 for the Imperial Russian Navy.

The initial date corresponds to the launched of the ship and then the decommissioned or end is briefly indicated. Some of these ships managed to provide a minor service in the Soviet Navy before being discarded.

Ironclads

The Pervenets (1863) was the first ironclad of the Imperial Russian Navy, built in a British shipyard.

Broadside armored frigates

Monitors

The Novgorod (1873) is considered one of the strangest ships built in naval history.

Central battery frigate

The Georgii Pobedonosets (1892) was part of a class of three ships of a very unusual design having the main guns on three barbettes grouped in a triangle around a central armored redoubt, two side-by-side forward and one on the centerline aft.

Ironclad turret ship

Barbette ironclads

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