Russian monitor Edinorog

Edinorog after the late 1870s
History
Russian Empire
Name	Edinorog (Единорог)
Namesake	Unicorn
Ordered	23 March 1863[Note 1]
Builder	Galeryni Island Shipyard, Saint Petersburg
Cost	1,141,800 rubles
Laid down	1 December 1863
Launched	2 June 1864
In service	27 July 1865
Out of service	6 July 1900
Renamed	Blokshiv No. 4, 10 July 1912 Blokshiv No. 2, 1 January 1932 BSh-2, 16 May 1949
Reclassified	As coastal defense ship, 13 February 1892
Stricken	17 August 1900
Fate	Converted into a mine storage hulk, 1912
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 rectangular boilers
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 × 2-cylinder horizontal direct-acting steam engine
Speed	5.75 knots (10.65 km/h; 6.62 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 × 10.75 in (273 mm) smoothbore 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)

Edinorog (Russian: Единорог) was one of 10 Uragan-class monitors 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 storage hulk for mines in 1912 and renamed Blokshiv No. 4. The ship survived World War II and was stricken in 1957, although her ultimate fate is unknown.
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