 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sinop yakatumidzwa mushure mekukunda kweRussia muHondo yeSinopmuna 1853. Yakanga yakavakwa neRussian Steam Navigation Company RoPIT paSevastopol. Yakagadzwa mukupera kwaJune 1883, yakatangwa musi wa1 June 1887, uye yakapedzwa muna 1889. Sinop akavamba miedzo yake pakati pa1889 uye akava netsaona yebhaira gore rakatevera iro rakauraya vasere ndokupisa zvikuru vamwe gumi. Michina yake yakagadziridzwa pakati pa1899 naMay 1904 ne20 itsva Belleville mvura-tube boilers, asi ngarava yakatambura kuputika kweboiler muna 1903 iyo yakasiya vafambisi vengarava vanomwe vakapiswa zvakaipisisa. Zvirongwa zvokuvakwazve kwakakomba zvakaitwa kuti zviitwe apo iye akanga akabatanidzwa nokuda kwemabhodhoro anotsiviwa. Yakanga ichibatanidza kucheka pasi nechikamu chimwe chete uye kutsiva zvombo zvayo nemapurisa maviri ane pfuti mbiri dzakashongedzerwa ne12-inch 40-caliber pfuti uye gumi 6-inch 45-caliber pfuti pakati pemapurisa mune imwe nhare yakashongedzwa yakashandisa Krupp armor. Zvisinei, izvi zvakabvumikisa kuva zvinodhura zvikuru uye zvakabviswa. 