List of Russian Fleet hospital ships

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This article is a list of Russian Fleet hospital ships inactive, active, and historical. The purpose of a hospital ship is to provide a floating medical treatment facility, historically redundant warships were used in this role, though in modern navies, ships may be purpose-built for the role.

## Great Northern War (1700–1721)

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* Perl
* Sankt Peterburg, frigate, 1712
* Straford
* Svyatoy Nikolai, 1715-1717

## Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743)

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* Novaya Nadezhda
* Riga
* Slava Rossii

## Seven Years' War (1756–1763)

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* Shlisselburg
* Svyatoy Nikolai
* Uriil (Arhangel Uriil)
* Urtriya

## Russo-Turkish War (1768–74)

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* Merkuriy
* Nansi
* Nordshteyn
* Panteleymon
* Providenciya

## Russo-Swedish War (1788–90)

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* Chayka
* Gus'
* Kholmogory
* Turukhtan

## Crimean War (1853–1856)

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* Chesma, frigate
* Kagul, frigate
* Mariya, ship of the line
* Midiya, frigate
* Rostislav, ship of the line
* Yagudiil, frigate

## Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

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* Imperatritsa Mariya
* Imperator Aleksandr

## Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901)

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* Tsaritsa

## Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)

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* Angara
* Kazan
* Kostroma
* Mongolia
* Orel

## World War I

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### Baltic Sea Fleet

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Ship Name | Vessel Dimensions | Displacement | Service Life

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Aura |  |  |
Ariadna |  |  |
Diana |  |  |
Imperator Nikolai II (Tovarishch) |  |  |
Joulan |  |  |
Lava |  |  |
Lakhta |  |  |
Mercuriy |  |  |
Mitava |  |  |
Nikolaev (Narodovolets) |  |  |
Nautilus |  |  |
Okean (Komsomolets) |  |  |
Pallada |  |  |
Riga (Transbalt) |  |  |
Rus' | Length 144.78 metres (475.0 ft). Width 17.53 metres (57.5 ft). Depth 11.2 metres (37 ft). | 8,595 GRT | Launched in 1908, served as a passenger liner before World War I. Survived the war, later being sold to the Japanese.

### Black Sea Fleet

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Ship Name | Vessel Dimensions | Displacement | Service life

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Equateur |  |  |
Imperator Petr Velikiy |  |  |
Portugal | Length 140.2 metres (460 ft). Width 14 metres (46 ft). | 7,720 metric tons (7,600 long tons; 8,510 short tons) | Built in 1886. Brought into Russian service in 1914, sunk by U-boat in 1916.
Vpered |  | 859 GRT | Built in 1898. Brought into service in 1914, sunk by U-boat in 1916.

## See also

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* Hospital ship
* List of hospital ships sunk in World War I

## References

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* Зуев Г. И. Госпитальные суда Российского флота в русско-японской войне 1904—1905 гг // Судостроение. — 1996. — N2-3. — С. 60–62.
* Никитин Е.А. Госпитальные суда. — Санкт-Петербург, Судостроение, 1992.
* Никитин Е.А. Суда медицинского назначения. — Москва, Воениздат, 1996.
* Lakhta
* Elberfeld 1889 Tyne Built Ships
* Pallada
* Sinking of Portugal branded as piracy
* Le Portugal