Russian ship Khrabryi

Khrabryi's sister ship Imperatritsa Maria under sail, by Alexei Hanzen
History
Russian Empire
NameKhrabryi
BuilderS. I. Chernyavskiy
Laid down1 June 1841
Launched25 June 1847
FateScuttled at the Siege of Sevastopol, 28 August 1855
General characteristics
Class & typeKhrabryi-class ship of the line
Displacement3,890 metric tons (3,830 long tons; 4,290 short tons)
Length196 ft (60 m)
Beam55 ft (17 m)
Draft26 ft 7 in (8.10 m)
Armament
  • 28 × 68-pound Paixhans guns
  • 4 × 36-pound long guns
  • 32 × 36-pound short guns
  • 24 × 24-pound gunnades
  • 2 × 24-pound carronades
  • 6 × 18-pound carronades
  • 2 × 12-pound carronades
  • 2 × 8-pound carronades

Khrabryi was the lead ship of the Khrabryi class of ships of the line built for the Black Sea Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy in the 1840s. She saw limited service during the Crimean War in 1853–1854; storm damage prevented her from participating in the Battle of Sinop, and the Russian fleet thereafter avoided battle with the British and French fleets that intervened on behalf of the Ottoman Empire. Disarmed during the Siege of Sevastopol, she was later scuttled there to block the harbor entrance in 1855.