russian cruiser russian class armoured cruisers built imperial_russian_navy early 1900s ship assigned modified lay mines shortly world war began laid mines provided cover ships laying minefields ship fought inconclusive battles german ships war including participated german invasion islands late damaged decommissioned sold scrap design description feet long overall maximum beam feet draught feet displaced long tons ship crew officers men named honor earlier russian cruiser captured japanese russo japanese war ships named legendary ship vertical triple expansion steam engines designed total indicated horsepower developed indicated horsepower sea trials drove ship maximum speed knots mph steam engines provided belleville boilers carry maximum long tons coal range unknown main armament consisted inch calibre guns single turrets fore aft inch guns mounted casemates sides ship hull anti torpedo boat defense provided millimetre calibre guns mounted casemates hull superstructure guns astern admiral apartments remaining guns located upper deck amidships inch gun casemates pivot mounts gun shields ship submerged millimetre torpedo tubes mounted broadside early ship guns central removed early rest removed early additional inch gun fitted forward mainmast supposed protected gun shield photos confirm addition inch guns added upper deck broadside early fitted anti aircraft guns mounted sides turret ship krupp armour waterline belt millimetres thick machinery spaces reducing millimetres lower edge fore aft reduced millimetres upper belt casemates millimetres thick armour deck millimetres thick central battery single plate consisted millimetre plate millimetre plates gun turrets protected millimetres armour conning tower walls millimetres thick service built saint_petersburg construction began august laid day launching august completed early commissioned july spent entire career world war began assigned shortly start war december modified carry mines laid mines early december group ships mined northern western entrances following month provided cover cruisers laid minefields western baltic_sea near night january sister admiral protected cruisers fought brief inconclusive action light cruiser sms night covering sortie july ship participated intercepted wireless signals informed russians small german force sea lay minefield rear admiral sea admiral protected cruisers destroyer route bombard got separated fog rest force encountered light cruiser sms number destroyers escorting russians concentrated forced run aground swedish territorial waters faster escaped south russian cruisers low ammunition encountered german cruisers broke action armoured cruiser exchanged hits fired inch rounds hit round amidships caused superficial damage wounds crewmen lost wireless aerial near miss russians reported hits confirmed flagship vice admiral commanded naval forces defending invasion islands october ship defended southern entrance october german began clearing minefields guarding entrance attacked engaged dreadnoughts defending hit multiple times german ships ordered forces withdraw ship withdraw hit shell moved range shell penetrated deck near forward turret started fire material cable compartment extinguished day fragments shell destroyed bulkhead plates ship location fire near forward magazine forced flooded precaution plates flooded magazine ship took long tons aboard draught forward increased feet shell killed men wounded despite increased draught able pass channel connecting northern southern parts moon sound later day general withdrawal ordered following day ship sailed finland paid participate russian civil war sold scrap broken stettin
Russian cruiser Bayan (1907)