Laid down at the shipyard of Baltic Works, St. Petersburg, Russia as a low freeboard turret ship 24 November 1866, launched on 3 November 1869, building stopped when the similar in design British HMS Captain sunk, completed as an armoured cruiser in 1878, training ship since?, renamed Ladoga in October 1908, classified as a minelayer in 1909 and sunk when striking a mine laid by the German submarine UC4 on 15 August 1915. Sheathed and coppered. Ship rigged. Displacement 6.136 tons,the sources differs with her dimensions for example 88,40 (between perpendiculars)-93,00 (over all) x 15,15 (over waterline) x 5,97 (fore)-7,19 (aft) x 6,76 (depth in hold) while elsewhere is reported 89,91 x 15,09 x 7,75 metres. Her 12 cylinder engine of 5.290 ihp allowed a speed of 14 knots. Maximum coal bunker capacity 1.000 tons. Her crew numbered 500 men. Iron-built hull wood planked. Hull dived by watertight 8 transverse bulkheads and two longitudinal. The compound made armour belt was 5“-6” thick stretching from 2‘ above and 5’ below the waterline and a 1” thick deck. Her original armament of 4x1-8” guns (in sponsons), 12-6”4-3.4” guns, 12 smaller guns and a Whitehead torpedo launcher and a spar torpedo divice. She also could carry 50 mines with her.
