XIX century 

Yermak (sometimes spelled Ermak) was a Russian and Soviet icebreaker, often referred to as the world's first true icebreaker, with a strengthened hull shaped to ride over and crush pack ice.

Yermak was built for the Imperia...

Krasnoye Znamya (Red Banner, ex-Khrabryi) was a Soviet gunboat. The ship had been built in the late 19th century as the Khrabryi (Brave). The ship was the only craft of its class. The Krasnoye Znamya was sunk in the harbour of Lavansaari in the...

USS Vesuvius, the third ship of the United States Navy named for the Italian volcano, was a unique vessel in the Navy inventory which marked a departure from more conventional forms of main battery armament. She is considered a...

The fifth USS Boston, a protected cruiser, was launched 4 December 1884 by John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania, and commissioned 2 May 1887, Captain Francis M. Ramsay in command.

Boston, being...

The second USS Atlanta was a protected cruiser and one of the first steel warships of the "New Navy" of the 1880s.

Dunderberg, which is a Swedish word meaning "thunder(ing) mountain," was an ocean-going ironclad screw frigate of 16 guns. She was designed by Lenthall as a reproduction of CSS Virginia, with two 21-foot screws, slopi...

HMVS Cerberus is a breastwork monitor, a type of turreted warship designed in the 1860s by Edward Reed.Launched in 1868 to defend the Australian colony of Victoria, Cerberus was named after the three-headed mythical dog ...