Uragan-class monitor

	Veschun («Вещун»)
Class overview
Builders	New Admiralty yard; Galerniy Island yard; Carr and MacPherson; Nevsky factory; Cockerill & Co;
Operators	Imperial Russian Navy
Preceded by	USS Monitor
Cost	1,155,000 rubles (average)
Built	1863–1865
In commission	1865–1900
Completed	10
Scrapped	9
General characteristics
Type	Monitor
Displacement	1,500–1,600 long tons (1,500–1,600 t)
Length	201 ft (61.3 m)
Beam	46 ft (14.0 m)
Draft	10.16–10.84 ft (3.1–3.3 m)
Installed power	340–500 ihp (254–373 kW), 2 rectangular Morton boilers
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 2-cylinder horizontal direct-acting steam engine
Speed	5–7.75 knots (9.26–14.35 km/h; 5.75–8.92 mph)
Range	1,440 nmi (2,670 km; 1,660 mi) at 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph)
Complement	96–110
Armament	1864: 2 × 9 in (229 mm) smoothbore guns; 1868: 2 × 15 in (381 mm) smoothbore Rodman guns; 1873: 2 × 9 in (229 mm) rifled guns;
Armor	Hull: 5 in (127 mm); Gun turret: 11 in (279 mm); Funnel base: 6 in (152 mm); Conning tower: 8–11 in (203–279 mm);

The Uragan class (also known as the Bronenosetz class, Russian: броненосец, "armor carrier" or "warship") was a class of monitors built for the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. The ships were built to the plans of the American Passaic-class monitors, a design that was tested on a smaller scale on USS Monitor. A total of 10 ships were constructed at five different shipyards in Saint Petersburg, all entering service in 1865. The ships were among the first ironclad warships in the Russian Navy.

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