russian ironclad russian peter great ironclad turret ship built imperial_russian_navy 1870s engines boilers replaced ship cruise mediterranean installed returning remained rest career like rest participate russo turkish war deemed obsolete late 1890s ordered converted gunnery training ship russo japanese war slowed reconstruction ship completed spent world war training ship depot ship submarines march treaty brest required soviets evacuate naval base ships interned newly independent finland frozen ship reached april remained service soviets secondary roles finally stricken navy list subsequently scrapped design description genesis visit american twin turret monitor uss august inspired rear admiral submit preliminary design low monitor suite sails masts intended ship act hybrid monitor cruiser able attack enemy shipping threaten ports design approved russian detailed design prepared september reviewed february coal supply ordered raised days steaming forced design revised accommodate extra coal modified design approved january committee changes proposed add small superstructure forward improve armor monitors american civil war changes approved june displacement ship constantly increased long tons design long tons june design construction ship named cruiser began design approved changes design continued masts rigging deleted presumably shortly loss british turret ship hms captain storm september exact date known decision ram torpedoes ship bow november visit british naval architect june prompted changes design increased thickness inches inches extended sides ship accordance suggestions reed renamed june honor peter great birth feet inches long waterline feet inches long overall beam feet inch designed draft feet inches displacement completed long tons long tons designed displacement long tons ship hull subdivided centerline longitudinal transverse wing watertight bulkheads complete double high metacentric height feet inches lively roller considered sea boat water flooded gap gun turrets deck sea swept forecastle propulsion cylinder horizontal return connecting rod steam engines driving single propeller steam provided rectangular boilers working pressure kpa psi engines designed produce total indicated horsepower ship maximum speed knots mph ship carried maximum long tons coal gave economical range nautical miles knots mph machinery built price proved inferior metal boilers multiple cracks breaks found cracks found engine cylinders attempted patch forced replace new series sea trials following month ship reached knots mph funnel raised feet attempt improve draft boiler added ship crew winter effect armament muzzle loading inch guns based american design originally intended main armament russians impressed demonstration new krupp centimeter rifled gun bought guns directly production license enlarged inch caliber gun selected replace inch guns order gun ports small possible hydraulic turret machinery raised lowered guns maximum elevation maximum depression gave guns range yards maximum elevation gun turrets type weighed long tons powered steam engines complete rotation minute firing arc guns turrets firing meant great deal powder smoke released turret counter problem ventilation fans mounted turret roofs ship machinery filled entire forced main gun magazines away turrets ends ship complicated ammunition resupply arrangements guns shells stored likely slowed ship sustained rate fire lengthy engagement number sources including claim ship suffered number cracks firing guns ice bound winter incident confirmed russian language sources believes incident mentioned occurred sources ship anti torpedo boat armament consisted pounder inch guns mounted bridge stern pounder inch type machine guns torpedoes mounted bow set feet waterline feet way hull excess length upwards bow torpedo ship feet boom extended angled ship furthermore towed harvey torpedoes mounted rear ship use weapons formidable ships trying ram armor complete waterline belt wrought iron imported sheffield england intended extend feet waterline designed displacement belt inches thick middle feet ship reduced steps inches bow inches stern backed multiple layers teak iron thought equivalent inches armor inches thick curved portions end hughes compound armor thick plates bent easily compound armor consisted inch plates separated layer teak type armor protect gun turrets outside ship deck armored inch mild steel plates deck protection inches inches thick sources vary service built state owned saint_petersburg construction began june keel laid july ship launched august entered service october cost sum half million inch mortars fitted quarterdeck war scare britain russo turkish war removed having combat frames launching torpedoes added ship sides year proved ineffective original machinery proved unsatisfactory payment penalty navy began investigate replacing ship machinery contract finally signed glasgow scotland october based navy favorable experience company construction imperial yacht ship reach scottish shipyard july february new vertical compound steam engines cylindrical boilers working pressure psi kpa cm2 replaced original machinery torpedoes bow replaced underwater torpedo tubes torpedoes ship propellers rudder replaced funnel reduced original height february ran sea trials new machinery reached speed knots mph engine output indicated horsepower new engine boilers slightly lighter predecessors ship displaced long tons immediately sea trials ship departed scotland mediterranean cruise port visits athens naples toulon recalled visited reaching september ship remained baltic_sea rest career light armament modified times 1880s rear pounder guns replaced millimeter guns bridge moved roof forward turret boilers replaced ship mounted pounder guns turret millimeter barrel revolving hotchkiss guns bridge millimeter hotchkiss guns considered obsolete late 1890s number proposals reconstruct elaborate scheme raise turrets feet inches build new armored turrets deck inch guns existing inch wrought iron armor plates replaced krupp steel plates inches inches thick respectively despite saving long tons lighter steel armor wrought iron ship gained long tons displacement draft increased inches plan approved albeit low priority turrets removed october june admiral director ordered converted gunnery training ship new design approved february saint_petersburg begun cutting ship berth deck armor removed entirely new superstructure built boilers replaced fire tube boilers refurbished ones imperial yacht new ones new boilers supplied steam engines indicated horsepower second funnel added accommodate exhaust masts added fighting tops ship conning tower protected inches armor plate armament entirely replaced caliber inch guns mounted barbettes upper deck sides ship caliber inch guns fitted casemates ship ship anti torpedo boat armament consisted millimeter millimeter millimeter millimeter guns outbreak russo japanese war soon design approved meant work slowed crawl resume early ship completed following year result reconstruction feet inches long overall beam feet inches maximum draft feet inches displacement long tons long tons lighter modified displacement long tons maximum speed knots mph carried long tons coal gave range nautical miles completion assigned number sources report renamed soviets republican confirmed post cold war sources year assigned depot ship submarines later treaty brest required soviets evacuate naval base march ships interned newly independent finland frozen reached april known ice voyage ship store mines renamed december forced aground shallow water autumn floods september refloated repaired october january renamed time barracks ship ship stricken april subsequently scrapped
Russian ironclad Petr Veliky