Petropavlosk
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:04 pm
Built for the Russian Navy in 1894, by Galemii Is. Laid down May 1892. Launched 9th November 1894. Completed 1899. Displacement 11.354 tons. Length 369' wi. Beam 70'. draught 25'6" designed mean. Twelve 16-cyl boilers. 2 screws. VTE 1I.250ihp. Speed 16.5 knots. Coal capacity 700/1500 tons Armour: Heavy nickel. Belt 16"-5". Turrets 14"--10". secondary turrets 5" Control Tower 8". Armament; Four 12"/40 (2x2) Twelve 6" (4x2) Twelve 3pdr. Twentyeight 1pdr guns. Six 18" TT, 2 above waterline, 4 submerged. 60 mines. Complement 632.
The flagship of Admiral Makaroff. Blown up on 13th April 1904 after striking a mine (the first big ship to be sunk by a mine) which happened at the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war 1904/05 near Port Arthur. The explosion detonated 18 mines in her magazine, she broke in two and sank within 2 minutes. There were no survivors.
This class were flush deck ships with appreciable tumblehome. The 12 guns were in French-type turrets (gun axis height 12 '12") 6" turrets were amidships on either beam with the other 6" between them, but on the main deck. Other ships in this class were POLTAVA (scrapped in 1923) and SEVASTOPOL (scuttled in 1905) All three ships were in Port Arthur at the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war.
Source: Conways All the Worlds Fighting Ships. Vol 1.
By Piet Snijers Log Book June 1998.
Russia 1996 SG6613.
The flagship of Admiral Makaroff. Blown up on 13th April 1904 after striking a mine (the first big ship to be sunk by a mine) which happened at the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war 1904/05 near Port Arthur. The explosion detonated 18 mines in her magazine, she broke in two and sank within 2 minutes. There were no survivors.
This class were flush deck ships with appreciable tumblehome. The 12 guns were in French-type turrets (gun axis height 12 '12") 6" turrets were amidships on either beam with the other 6" between them, but on the main deck. Other ships in this class were POLTAVA (scrapped in 1923) and SEVASTOPOL (scuttled in 1905) All three ships were in Port Arthur at the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war.
Source: Conways All the Worlds Fighting Ships. Vol 1.
By Piet Snijers Log Book June 1998.
Russia 1996 SG6613.