At least three ships of the Imperial Russian Navy, and one corvette of the modern Russian Navy, have been named Askold after the semi-legendary rulers of Kiev, Askold and Dir.
– a 46-gun frigate stricken in 1861 and subsequently broken up. – a 17-gun corvette stricken in 1893 and sold for scrap in 1901. – a protected cruiser that participated in the Battle of the Yellow Sea during the Russo-Japanese War. Scrapped in 1922. Russian corvette Askold (2021) – a of the Russian Navy launched in 2021. In 2023 reportedly struck by Ukrainian missiles and significantly damaged.
Civilian ships – a freight steamboat of Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company, etc. (1879–1928, till 1886 freight steamboat named Astrakhan)
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