List of Russian Fleet hospital ships

This article is a list of Russian Fleet hospital ships inactive, active, and historical. The purpose of a hospital ship is to provide a floating medical treatment facility, historically redundant warships were used in this role, though in modern navies, ships may be purpose-built for the role.

Great Northern War (1700–1721)

• Perl
• Sankt Peterburg, frigate, 1712
• Straford
• Svyatoy Nikolai, 1715-1717

Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743)

• Novaya Nadezhda
• Riga
• Slava Rossii

Seven Years' War (1756–1763)

• Shlisselburg
• Svyatoy Nikolai
• Uriil (Arhangel Uriil)
• Urtriya

Russo-Turkish War (1768–74)

• Merkuriy
• Nansi
• Nordshteyn
• Panteleymon
• Providenciya

Russo-Swedish War (1788–90)

• Chayka
• Gus'
• Kholmogory
• Turukhtan

Crimean War (1853–1856)

• Chesma, frigate
• Kagul, frigate
• Mariya, ship of the line
• Midiya, frigate
• Rostislav, ship of the line
• Yagudiil, frigate

Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

• Imperatritsa Mariya
• Imperator Aleksandr

Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901)

• Tsaritsa

Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)

• Angara
• Kazan
• Kostroma
• Mongolia
• Orel

World War I

Baltic Sea Fleet

Ship Name	Vessel Dimensions	Displacement	Service Life
Aura
Ariadna
Diana
Imperator Nikolai II (Tovarishch)
Joulan
Lava
Lakhta
Mercuriy
Mitava
Nikolaev (Narodovolets)
Nautilus
Okean (Komsomolets)
Pallada
Riga (Transbalt)
Rus'	Length 144.78 metres (475.0 ft). Width 17.53 metres (57.5 ft). Depth 11.2 metres (37 ft).	8,595 GRT	Launched in 1908, served as a passenger liner before World War I. Survived the war, later being sold to the Japanese.

Black Sea Fleet

Ship Name	Vessel Dimensions	Displacement	Service life
Equateur
Imperator Petr Velikiy
Portugal	Length 140.2 metres (460 ft). Width 14 metres (46 ft).	7,720 metric tons (7,600 long tons; 8,510 short tons)	Built in 1886. Brought into Russian service in 1914, sunk by U-boat in 1916.
Vpered		859 GRT	Built in 1898. Brought into service in 1914, sunk by U-boat in 1916.

See also

• Hospital ship
• List of hospital ships sunk in World War I

References

• Зуев Г. И. Госпитальные суда Российского флота в русско-японской войне 1904—1905 гг // Судостроение. — 1996. — N2-3. — С. 60–62.
• Никитин Е.А. Госпитальные суда. — Санкт-Петербург, Судостроение, 1992.
• Никитин Е.А. Суда медицинского назначения. — Москва, Воениздат, 1996.
• Lakhta
• Elberfeld 1889 Tyne Built Ships
• Pallada
• Sinking of Portugal branded as piracy
• Le Portugal