Russian battleship Petropavlovsk (1897)
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| Image:Battleship Petropavlosk.jpg Petropavlosk | |
| Career | Image:Naval Ensign of Russia.svg |
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| Builder: | Galerniy Yard, Saint Petersburg Russia |
| Laid down: | January, 1893 |
| Launched: | 1 November, 1894 |
| Completed: | 1897 |
| Commissioned: | 1897 |
| Fate: | Sunk by mine off Port Arthur, 13 April 1904 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 11,354 tons |
| Length: | 112.5 m |
| Beam: | 21.3 m |
| Draft: | 8.6 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft triple expansion steam engines, 14 coal fired cylindrical boilers, 10600 hp |
| Speed: | 16.8 knots |
| Range: | 3,790 nm, 1,310 tons coal |
| Complement: | 662 |
| Armament: | 4 × 12 inch guns, (2 × 2) 12 × 6 inch guns (4 × 2, 4 × 1) 10 × 47 mm guns 28 × 37 mm guns 6 torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | Harvey armour Belt 8-12 inch Turrets 10 inch Secondary turrets 5 inch Conning tower 9 inch Deck 3 inch |
The Petropavlovsk (Петропавловск) was the lead ship of the Petropavlovsk class of battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy.
[edit] Service Life
In 1901, with tensions between Russia and Japan rising, the Petropavlovsk was assigned to the East Asia Squadron (later to become the First Pacific Squadron) of which she become the flagship.
At the beginning of Russo-Japanese war, in March and early April of 1904, she was involved in actions against the Japanese under the newly arrived Admiral Stepan Makarov. On April 13, 1904 the Petropavlovsk struck a mine off Port Arthur and went down with a large number of her crew including Admiral Makarov and famous Russian battle painter Vassily Vereshchagin. Among people on board the battleship who survived the sinking was Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich, cousin of Emperor Nicholas II.
[edit] References
- Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, 1979
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