List of Russian steam frigates

List of Russian paddle and screw frigates, corvettes and clippers from 1836–1892.

The format is: Name, number of guns (rank/real amount), launch year, fate (BU = broken up).

This section contains paddle ships with one opened battery (except Bogatyr) and three or (rarely) two masts.

[1] This type of light seagoing cruisers was invented by Russians.

All of them first belonged to the Baltic Fleet and served in 1856–1900s (decade), some were later transferred to the Siberian Flotilla (based on Nikolayevsk, since 1872 — on Vladivostok, since 1898 — on Port Arthur).

Russian paddle frigate Kamchatka (1841).
Action between Russian steam frigate Vladimir (right) and Turkish steam frigate Pervaz-i Bahri of 5 November 1853
The Alexander Nevsky in New York Harbor , 1863. Detail from an illustration in Harper's Weekly .
The Vityaz‘ somewhere in the Far East
Screw clipper Razboinik (1878) under sail. Drawing by Lieutenant Vasily V. Ignatsius