russian cruiser admiral admiral second class armoured cruisers built imperial_russian_navy initially assigned ship detached mediterranean times start world war modified lay mines shortly war began admiral laid mines war provided cover ships laying minefields ship fought inconclusive battles german ships war including mid defended moon sound german invasion islands late admiral decommissioned sold scrap design description admiral feet long overall maximum beam feet draught feet displaced long tons ship crew officers men admiral named honour admiral ship vertical triple expansion steam engines designed total indicated horsepower intended propel cruiser knots mph sea trials developed indicated horsepower drove ship maximum speed knots mph steam engines provided belleville boilers carry maximum long tons coal range unknown admiral main armament consisted inch calibre guns single gun turrets fore aft inch guns mounted casemates sides ship hull anti torpedo boat defense provided millimetre calibre guns mounted casemates hull superstructure remaining guns located inch gun casemates pivot mounts gun shields admiral mounted millimetre hotchkiss guns ship submerged inch torpedo tubes broadside ship krupp armour waterline belt millimetres thick machinery spaces 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 sides millimetres thick service admiral built sur france ship laid april launched admiral completed april ship sailed baltic reached estonia june assigned months later returned mediterranean provided assistance survivor earthquake december ship rejoined transferred mediterranean represented russian_empire battleship armored cruiser protected cruiser coronation august admiral baltic port visit copenhagen following year ship group cruisers visited brest france great_britain norway world war began admiral assigned august ship armored cruiser encountered german light cruisers auxiliary near entrance route lay minefield entrance russian commander refused combat mistakenly thought germans additional armored cruisers shortly afterward admiral 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 february ship route cover sortie ran aground fog pulled despite taking long tons water aboard admiral escorted damaged ship home sister 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 exchanging fire german launched invasion islands october admiral finland assigned naval forces defending ship arrived october engaged german destroyers attempting enter sound west ordered withdraw october treaty brest required soviets evacuate base march ships based interned newly independent finland frozen admiral group ships sailed march reached days later known ice voyage paid arrival participate russian civil war ship sold scrap broken stettin
Russian cruiser Admiral Makarov