[1] Sevastopol was considered to be a good sea boat and her total crew numbered 607 officers and enlisted men.

[2] The ship was fitted with a horizontal return-connecting-rod steam engine[1] built by the Izhora Works of Saint Petersburg.

[3] It drove a single two-bladed propeller using steam that was provided by an unknown number of rectangular boilers.

[3] The entire ship's side was protected with wrought-iron armor[2] that extended 5 feet 2 inches (1.6 m) below the waterline.

[6] She served with the Baltic Fleet for her entire career and was reclassified as a training ship on 23 March 1880.