russian battleship russian ship completed class battleships imperial_russian_navy built world war class russian dreadnoughts named siege war completed winter ready combat role defend mouth germans tried enter spent time training providing cover operations crew joined general mutiny february revolution joined later year laid lack manpower crew joined rebellion renamed rebellion crushed commemorate ship betrayal communist_party recommissioned refitted preparation transfer black_sea following year cruiser ran severe storm severely damaged false bow brest repairs reached january reconstructed stages 1930s replaced boilers upgraded guns augmented anti aircraft armament modernized fire control systems gave anti torpedo world war provided gunfire support siege related operations withdrawn combat april risk german aerial attack great retained active duty war training ship broken design meters long waterline meters long overall beam meters draft meters centimeters designed displacement tonnes long tons load long tons short tons designed displacement long tons machinery built parsons type steam turbines drove propellers engine rooms located turrets transverse compartments outer compartments high pressure ahead reverse turbine wing propeller shaft central engine room low pressure ahead astern turbines cruising turbines driving center shafts engines total designed output shaft horsepower produced shp sister speed trials november gave speed knots mph small tube boilers provided steam engines designed working pressure standard kpa psi boiler fitted oil mixed oil coal burning arranged groups forward group consisted boiler rooms second turret foremost boilers second rear group second turrets comprised compartments boilers load carried long tons coal long tons fuel oil provided range nautical miles speed knots mph main armament consisted dozen inch pattern caliber guns mounted triple turrets distributed length ship russians believe superfiring turrets offered advantage discounted value fire believed superfiring turrets fire lower turret muzzle blast problems believed distributing turrets associated magazines length ship improved ship sixteen inch caliber pattern guns mounted casemates defend ship torpedo boats completed inch caliber anti aircraft guns mounted quarterdeck guns probably added course world war details lacking conway says millimeter added roofs end turrets war inch submerged torpedo tubes mounted torpedoes tube service built saint_petersburg keel laid june launched july commissioned november reached late month assigned sister provided distant cover operations south august russian dreadnought ventured world war ran aground september repair months october half charge powder dropped ignited impacted floor forward magazine flooding magazine prevented explosion fire killed men burned number saw action kind hit underwater rocks twice year suffering minor damage time crew joined general mutiny march idle sailors received word february revolution saint_petersburg treaty brest required soviets evacuate base march interned newly independent finland frozen sisters led group ships march reached days later known ice voyage crew joined rebellion march returned fire began bombard hit inch shells killed wounded sailors rebellion crushed renamed march refitted times recommissioned september refitted preparation transfer forward funnel raised upper angled aft attempt exhaust gases control gunnery spaces inch guns added roofs fore aft turrets received additional given false bow improve sea keeping ability sailed black_sea november company cruiser encountering bad storm open topped bow lacked drainage tended trap lot water badly damaged false bow supporting structure forced brest repairs included removal retained water ships arrived january flagship reconstruction temporarily mounted imported aircraft catapult atop turret transferred cruiser began stage reconstruction november based sister extensive rear superstructure enlarged new structure built forward required mainmast forward leave room fitted large fitted handle aircraft existing boat cranes remained place mast reinforced short legs handle weight loads false bow reworked real forecastle like fitted sisters old boilers replaced dozen oil fired boilers originally intended class battlecruisers space saved add longitudinal watertight bulkhead greatly improved underwater protection turrets modified use fixed loading angle fitted powerful motors increased rate fire rounds minute maximum elevation increased extended range yards redesignated landed old guns replaced semi automatic millimeter guns atop fore aft turrets millimeter mounted platforms fore aft total millimeter machine guns fire control system completely revised pair fire control director equipped meter positioned atop original mechanical fire control computer replaced copy fire control computer designated soviets copy stable vertical received stabilized anti aircraft directors soviet fleet fitted forward superstructure manually stabilized satisfactory men manning difficulties keeping sights horizon ship motions violent finished stage reconstruction january unresolved stability issues derived additional options cure discussed length defense approved addition anti torpedo increase ship underwater protection stability problem second reconstruction carried december july pair fitted extended forward magazine rear magazine increased ship beam meters unusual form consisted outer void compartment intended weaken explosive force torpedo backed relatively narrow section immediately adjacent original hull extended waterline divided compartments lower kept fuel oil water absorb splinters fragments explosion upper compartment filled small watertight tubes intended preserve ship area minimize flooding gunfire hits waterline underwater torpedo tubes incompatible removed time increased standard displacement tonnes long tons short tons increased metacentric height meters reduced speed knots mph soviets took advantage extra stability reinforce deck armor completely replacing middle deck armor millimeter cemented armor plates originally intended admiral class cruisers ideal harder desirable deck plates prime virtue free point exact date unknown guns removed sixteen millimeter automatic guns added fore aft turret tops world war guns landed shortly june germans invaded evacuated october germans breached soviet defensive lines near november bombarded german romanian troops south inch shells steamed december fired shells german troops embarking wounded departing company cruiser 31st bombarded german positions south evening january january provided gunfire support soviet landings german lines southern coast days later bombarded german positions west north nights february support offensive fired shots war targets near nights march returning georgia worn inch guns time finished soviets unwilling expose prominent ship german air attacks sunk number cruisers destroyers returned original remained late led surviving major units november british type air warning radars fitted war awarded order red banner july reclassified school battleship july stricken february scrapped
Russian battleship Sevastopol (1911)