Here are some useful statistics relating to the fleet and weapons of the Imperial navy.  The first section details the number of ships to survive the Russo-Japanese war and their fleet assignments.  The sections that follow detail both gun and torpedo capabilities.  More statistics will follow as we obtain them and place them here for you to see.

• Ships by Class
• Russian Naval Guns
• Torpedo Types

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Navy of the Early 20th Century

Imperial Russian Ships by Class
(Statistics as of 1907)

Accurate statistics for the Imperial Russian fleet are a little difficult for us to obtain at this time, but more will be added as better reference materials come available to us.  Here are the most reliable statistics we have been able to compile from our sources.

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Russian Naval Guns

The guns listed below were the most common found on Russian naval vessels of the period.  All of these guns were rifled breechloaders that used a nitro-cellulose propellant.  They usually fired capped armor piercing shells or steel pointed conventional shells.  Many of the smaller guns used single piece brass cartridge shells rather than the two part shells of the larger cannon.

Russian Torpedo Types

The torpedoes in the Russian arsenal were out-of-date by most nations' standards.  They consisted largely of Whitehead torpedoes (manufactured both in Russia and abroad).  All models of torpedoes listed below were equipped with gyros.