GEORGII POBEDONOSETS (Russia)

[D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen]

Built in 1891-’93 by Sevastopol Shipyard for the Imperial Russian Navy.
Battleship, Displacement:11.209 tons, Loa:103,40m. (339’ 4”) B:21m. (68’ 11”) draft:8,50m. (27’ 11”) 2-3 cyl. vertical triple expansion steam engines:9843 ihp. (7340 kW.) 2 shafts, 16½ kn., complement:642, armament:3x2-12”(305 mm.) 7x1-6” (152 mm.) 10x1-37 mm., 7x1-14” T.T., 65 mines.
The GEORGII POBEDONOSETS (Russian: Георгий Победоносец for Saint George the Victorious) was the fourth and final ship of the ‘Ekaterina II’ class. She was, however, only a half-sister to the others as her armor scheme was different and she was built much later than the earlier ships. She participated in the pursuit of the mutinous battleship POTEMKIN in June 1905, but her crew mutinied themselves. However, loyal crew members regained control of the ship the next day and they ran her aground when POTEMKIN threatened to fire on her if she left Odessa harbor. She was relegated to second-line duties in 1908. She fired on the GOEBEN during her bombardment of Sevastopol in 1914, but spent most of the war serving as a headquarters ship in Sevastopol. She was captured by both sides during the Russian Civil War, but ended up being towed to Bizerte by the fleeing White Russians, where she was eventually scrapped between 1930 and 1936.
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