Russian ironclad Ne Tron Menia
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 Russian Empire
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| Name: | Ne Tron Menia (Russian: Не тронь меня) |
| Operator: | Imperial Russian Navy |
| Ordered: | 31 March 1862 |
| Builder: | Charles Mitchell Shipyard, St. Petersburg |
| Cost: | 923,500 rubles |
| Laid down: | 1 December 1863 |
| Launched: | 23 June 1864 |
| Commissioned: | 18 July 1865 |
| Reclassified: | Coast defense ironclad, 13 February 1892 |
| Struck: | 11 October 1905 |
| Fate: | Sold for use as a barge, 8 September 1908 |
 Soviet Union
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| Acquired: | After Russian Civil War |
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| General characteristics (as completed) | |
| Class and type: | Pervenets-class broadside ironclad |
| Displacement: | 3,340 long tons (3,390 t) |
| Length: | 220 ft (67.1 m) |
| Beam: | 53 ft (16.2 m) |
| Draft: | 14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) |
| Installed power: | 1,200 ihp (890 kW) |
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| Speed: | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Complement: | 459 officers and crewmen |
| Armament: | 17 × 8-inch (203 mm) rifled guns |
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The Russian ironclad Ne Tron Menia (Russian: Не тронь меня) was the second of the three Pervenets-class broadside ironclads built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the mid-1860s. She joined the Baltic Fleet upon completion and never left Russian waters. Beginning in 1870 the ship was assigned to the Gunnery Training Detachment and was frequently rearmed. Ne Tron Menia was placed in reserve and hulked a decade later. In 1905 the ship was disarmed and she was sold in 1908. After the end of the Russian Civil War, she was acquired by the Soviets before being sold to a factory in 1925. The ship was sunk in the Siege of Leningrad during World War II and was scrapped after she was salvaged in 1950.
The Pervenents-class ironclads were designed as Coastal defence ships to protect the approaches to Saint Petersburg and were referred to as "self-propelled armored floating batteries". As such, a heavy armament and protection were the most important factors in their design. Ne Tron Menia means Touch Me Not and refers to the Biblical verse, John 20:17.
Ne Tron Menia was 220 feet (67.1 m) long overall, with a beam of 53 feet (16.2 m) and a designed draft of 14 feet 6 inches (4.4 m). She displaced 3,340 long tons (3,390 t) and her iron hull had a pronounced tumblehome. She was fitted with large rams at bow and stern; the stern ram also serving to protect her rudder and propeller. The ship did not steer well and had "an unpredictable habit of suddenly lurching to one side or another", probably as a result of poor water flow to the rudder. Ne Tron Menia required six men to man her wheel and her total crew numbered 459 officers and enlisted men.
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