Russian monitor Strelets

Strelets after the late 1870s
History
Russian Empire
Name	Strelets (Стрелец)
Namesake	Musketeer
Ordered	23 March 1863[Note 1]
Builder	Galernyi Island Shipyard, Saint Petersburg
Cost	1,141,800 rubles
Laid down	1 December 1863
Launched	2 June 1864
In service	1865
Out of service	6 July 1900
Renamed	Plavmasterskaia No. 1, 1901
Reclassified	As coastal defense ship, 13 February 1892
Stricken	17 August 1900
Fate	Converted into a floating workshop, 1901, extant at St. Petersburg, Russia as of 2015
General characteristics
Class and type	Uragan-class monitor
Displacement	1,500–1,600 long tons (1,524–1,626 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 boilers
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 × 2-cylinder direct-acting steam engine
Speed	6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph)
Range	1,440 nmi (2,670 km; 1,660 mi) at 6 knots (11 km/h; 6.9 mph)
Complement	96–110
Armament	1865: 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 in (203 mm)

Strelets (Russian: Стрелец) is an Uragan-class monitor built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the mid-1860s. The design was based on the American Passaic-class monitor, but was modified to suit Russian engines, guns and construction techniques. Spending her entire career with the Baltic Fleet, the ship was only active when the Gulf of Finland was not frozen, but very little is known about her service. She was struck from the Navy List in 1900, converted into a floating workshop the following year and renamed Plavmasterskaia No. 1. The ship served as such through 1955. The ship was identified as still afloat in St. Petersburg, Russia in 2015, and attempts are being made by the Foundation for Historic Boats and the Russian Central Military History Museum to restore her.
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