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) Perl Sankt Peterburg, frigate, 1712 Straford Svyatoy Nikolai, 1715-1717
Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743) Novaya Nadezhda Riga Slava Rossii
Seven Years' War (1756–1763) Shlisselburg Svyatoy Nikolai Uriil (Arhangel Uriil) Urtriya
Russo-Turkish War (1768–74) Merkuriy Nansi Nordshteyn Panteleymon Providenciya
Russo-Swedish War (1788–90) Chayka Gus' Kholmogory Turukhtan
Crimean War (1853–1856) Chesma, frigate Kagul, frigate Mariya, ship of the line Midiya, frigate Rostislav, ship of the line Yagudiil, frigate
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Imperatritsa Mariya Imperator Aleksandr
Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) Tsaritsa
Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) Angara Kazan Kostroma Mongolia Orel
World War I Baltic Sea Fleet Ship Name Vessel Dimensions Displacement Service Life Aura Ariadna Diana Imperator Nikolai II (Tovarishch) Joulan Lava Lakhta Mercuriy Mitava Nikolaev (Narodovolets) Nautilus Okean (Komsomolets) Pallada Riga (Transbalt) Rus' Length . Width . Depth . 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 Ship Name Vessel Dimensions Displacement Service life Equateur Imperator Petr Velikiy Portugal Length . Width . 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 Hospital ship List of hospital ships sunk in World War I
References 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