russian battleship russian lead ship class pre dreadnought battleships built imperial_russian_navy second ship class completed named battle ship completed beginning russo japanese war assigned sent far_east months completion break japanese blockade port arthur japanese captured port squadron transit destination changed ship sunk explosions set japanese shell hitting inch magazine survivor crew officers enlisted men description feet inches long waterline feet long overall beam feet inch draft feet inches inches designed normal displacement long tons long tons designed displacement long tons intended crew consisted officers enlisted men usually carried crewmen service ship powered cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines driving bladed propeller steam generated belleville boilers unlike sisters engines boilers built boilers provided steam engines pressure standard kpa psi engines rated indicated horsepower designed reach speed knots mph produced ihp builder sea trials august gave average speed knots mph load carried long tons coal provided range nautical miles speed knots mph caliber inch guns mounted twin turrets fore aft rate fire round seconds rounds gun carried caliber inch guns mounted electrically powered twin gun turrets carried upper deck practical rate fire approximately rounds minute provided rounds gun millimeter guns torpedo boats mounted casemates forward main gun turret guns placed waterline use weather unlike remaining sixteen guns mounted casemates deck lower distributed length ship close water lower deck guns demonstrated sister ship iii high speed turn trials began taking water lower casemates gun rounds available ship mounted millimeter hotchkiss guns anti torpedo boat defense carried inch torpedo tubes water bow stern submerged tube forward ship waterline armor belt consisted krupp armor inches thick armor gun turrets maximum thickness deck ranged inches thickness inch armored lower deck curved downwards double formed anti torpedo bulkhead service construction began named new admiralty shipyard saint_petersburg ship laid presence launched september completed august cost october set sail port arthur vessels overall command vice admiral led squadron including atlantic coast africa rounding reached island north west coast madagascar january remained months finalized arrangements time learned capture port arthur changed destination port controlled russians far_east squadron sailed french march reached month later await obsolete ships commanded ships reached bay combined force sailed exact figures available probable ship approximately long tons overweight sisters coal supplies stored high ships reduced stability extra weight submerged waterline armor belt left feet inches upper armor belt waterline decided direct route intercepted japanese command admiral beginning battle line flagship little known ship actions battle single survivor ship visibility poor battle captain royal_navy official military observer aboard japanese battleship noted hit badly minutes russian ships opened fire briefly fell position hit apparently regained time fire central portion superstructure suffered multiple hits early battle wounded jammed ship steering fell formation captain facto commander fleet turned south led russian fleet sight japanese cruisers closed turned fleet north avoid encountered japanese battleships hour later concentrated fire sister lists earlier damage captain noted conspicuous hit observed fire observers aboard flagship observed inch hits battleship started massive fire minutes later ordered ships cease fire battleship fired loaded inch guns turning away hit beneath starboard forward inch turret ignited ready use ammunition turret fire spread caused catastrophic nearby inch magazine subsequent magazines blew open hull ship quickly capsized sank class survived explosion crew rescued surviving hours water
Russian battleship Borodino