List of Russian Scientists - Naval Engineers

Naval Engineers

• Rostislav Alexeyev, designer of high-speed Raketa hydrofoils and ekranoplans, including the Caspian Sea Monster
• Anatoly Alexandrov, inventor of degaussing, developer of naval nuclear reactors (including one for the first nuclear icebreaker)
• Mikhail Britnev, designer of the first metal-hull icebreaker Pilot
• Stefan Drzewiecki, inventor of electric-powered submarine and midget submarine, designed the first serial submarine, developed the blade element theory
• Boris Jacobi, inventor of electric boat, developer of modern naval mining
• Konstantin Khrenov, inventor of underwater welding
• Alexei Krylov, inventor of gyroscopic damping of ships, author of the insubmersibility theory
• Fyodor Litke, explorer, inventor of recording tide measurer
• Stepan Makarov, Admiral, war hero, oceanographer, inventor of torpedo boat tender, builder of the first polar icebreaker, author of the insubmersibility theory
• Victor Makeev, developer of the first intercontinental submarine-launched ballistic missile
• Ludvig Nobel, designer of the modern oil tanker
• Peter the Great, monarch and craftsman, inventor of yacht club and sounding line with separating plummet, founder of the Russian Navy
• Pavel Schilling, inventor of electric naval mine
• Igor Spassky, designer of the Sea Launch platform and over 200 nuclear submarines, including the world's largest submarines (Typhoon class)
• Vladimir Yourkevitch, designer of SS Normandie, developer of modern ship hull design