Vitiaz-class cruiser

	Rynda
Class overview
Operators	Imperial Russian Navy
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Admiral Kornilov
Built	1883–1887
In commission	1886–1914
Completed	2
Lost	1
Scrapped	1
General characteristics
Type	Protected cruiser
Displacement	3,537 long tons (3,594 t)
Length	260 ft 6 in (79.4 m)
Beam	45 ft (13.7 m)
Draft	19 ft 11 in (6.1 m)
Installed power	approximately 3,000 ihp (2,200 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 Compound steam engine, 10 cylindrical water-tube boilers
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	330 officers and crewmen
Armament	10 × 1 - 6-inch (152 mm)/28 guns; 4 × 1 - 3.4-inch (86 mm) guns; 8 × 1 - 37-millimeter (1.5 in)/23 guns; 3 × 15-inch (381 mm) submerged torpedo tubes ;
Armor	Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm)

Last updated December 13, 2025

The Vitiaz-class ships were a pair of partially protected cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the mid-1880s.

Footnotes

References

Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "Russia". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905 . New York: Mayflower Books. pp. 170–217. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
Watts, Anthony J. (1990). The Imperial Russian Navy. London: Arms and Armour. ISBN 0-85368-912-1.

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v t e Vitiaz-class cruisers
Vitiaz Rynda / Osvoboditel
Preceded by: None Followed by: Admiral Kornilov
List of cruisers of the Imperial Navy

Cruisers of the Imperial Russian Navy
Armored cruisers	General-Admiral Minin ^S Vladimir Monomakh ^S Dmitrii Donskoi ^S Admiral Nakhimov ^S Pamiat Azova ^S Rurik ^S Rossia ^S Gromoboi ^S Bayan Rurik ^S
Protected and Light cruisers	Vitiaz Admiral Kornilov ^S Svetlana ^S Pallada Varyag ^S Askold ^S Bogatyr Novik ^S Boyarin ^S Izumrud Muraviev Amurski Svetlana Admiral Nakhimov
Unprotected cruisers	Pamiat Merkuria ^S Almaz ^S
S Single ship of class
List of cruisers of the Russian Navy

v t e Russian naval ship classes of the Russo-Japanese War
Pre-dreadnought battleships	Imperator Aleksandr II Navarin ^S Sissoi Veliky ^S Petropavlovsk Peresvet Retvizan ^S Tsesarevich ^S Borodino
Coastal defense ships	Admiral Ushakov
Armored cruisers	Vladimir Monomakh ^S Dmitrii Donskoi ^S Admiral Nakhimov ^S Rurik ^S Rossia ^S Gromoboi ^S Bayan
Protected cruisers	Svetlana ^S Pallada Varyag ^S Askold ^S Bogatyr Novik ^S Boyarin ^S Izumrud
Unprotected cruisers	Almaz ^S
Armed merchant cruisers	Terek ^S Ural ^S Kuban ^S Don ^S Dnepr ^S Rion ^S
Torpedo boats	Sokol Leitenant Burakov ^S Kit Forel Som ^S Buinyi Groznyi Pernov
Submarines	Delfin ^S Som Kasatka Osetr
Gunboats	Sivuch
S Single ship of class

Class overview

Rynda


Operators	Imperial Russian Navy
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Admiral Kornilov
Built	1883–1887
In commission	1886–1914
Completed	2
Lost	1
Scrapped	1


General characteristics
Type	Protected cruiser
Displacement	3,537 long tons (3,594 t)
Length	260 ft 6 in (79.4 m)
Beam	45 ft (13.7 m)
Draft	19 ft 11 in (6.1 m)
Installed power	approximately 3,000 ihp (2,200 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 Compound steam engine, 10 cylindrical water-tube boilers
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	330 officers and crewmen
Armament	10 × 1 - 6-inch (152 mm)/28 guns 4 × 1 - 3.4-inch (86 mm) guns 8 × 1 - 37-millimeter (1.5 in)/23 guns 3 × 15-inch (381 mm) submerged torpedo tubes
Armor	Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm)