Russian ironclad Kreml

History
Russian Empire
Name	Kreml (Russian: Кремль)
Namesake	Kremlin
Ordered	20 April 1863
Builder	Semiannikov & Poletika, St. Petersburg
Cost	898,000 rubles (hull and machinery only)
Laid down	23 December 1863[Note 1]
Launched	26 August 1865
Commissioned	1866
Reclassified	Coast defense ironclad, 13 February 1892
Stricken	12 October 1905
Fate	Sold for scrap, 8 September 1908
General characteristics (as completed)
Class and type	Pervenets-class broadside ironclad
Displacement	3,664 long tons (3,723 t)
Length	221 ft (67.4 m) (o/a)
Beam	53 ft (16.2 m)
Draft	15 ft (4.6 m) (mean)
Installed power	913 ihp (681 kW) 4 rectangular fire-tube boilers
Propulsion	1 shaft 1 horizontal trunk steam engine
Speed	8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Range	2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km; 2,300 mi)
Complement	430 officers and crewmen
Armament	17 × 7.72-inch (196 mm) 60-pounder smoothbore guns
Armor	Belt: 4.5 in (114 mm) Deck: 1.14 in (29 mm) Bulkheads: 4.5 in (114 mm)

The Russian ironclad Kreml (Russian: Кремль) was the third and last Pervenets-class broadside ironclad built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the mid-1860s. She joined the Baltic Fleet upon completion and accidentally sank a Russian frigate in 1869. The ship was assigned to the Gunnery Training Detachment in 1870 and was frequently rearmed. Kreml sank in shallow water after a storm in 1885; she was refloated and returned to service. The ship was placed in reserve in 1904 and disarmed the following year before being sold for scrap in 1908.
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