russian battleship russian class pre dreadnought battleship imperial_russian_navy built world war completion greatly delayed changes reflect lessons russo japanese war second ship class sister ship modern ships world war began formed core fleet year war class dreadnoughts entered service forced german battlecruiser shortly russia declared war ottoman_empire late covered fortifications early including attacked russian pre dreadnoughts managed drive relegated secondary roles dreadnought entered service late reduced reserve captured germans took city turned allies armistice november engines destroyed british withdrew prevent advancing ship white guards abandoned whites evacuated scrapped soviets description feet long waterline feet inches long overall beam feet maximum draft displacement long tons completed cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines driving propellers belleville water tube boilers provided steam engines engines total designed output indicated horsepower gave speed knots mph load carried long tons coal provided range nautical miles speed knots mph ran propulsion trials july reached maximum speed knots mph engines produced total indicated horsepower navy satisfied ran test august revealed cracks port engine medium pressure cylinder final test run november ship horsepower increased slightly indicated horsepower inch pattern calibre guns mounted twin gun turrets fore aft turret firing arc inch calibre pattern guns mounted corners superstructure armoured casemates guns firing arc fire straight ahead astern dozen inch pattern calibre guns mounted lower casemates anti torpedo boat armament consisted millimetre calibre guns mounted upper deck protected gun shields carried inch torpedo tubes broadside aft wartime modifications fitted anti aircraft guns turrets screens added funnels light bombs initially received millimetre guns later altered pair guns pair millimetre guns service history construction began november formal keel laying ceremony november progress relatively quick despite caused revolution launched fitting considerably delayed number changes navy lessons russo japanese war example period seven months virtually work ship completed april turrets originally intended reconstruction elderly pre dreadnought diverted reconstruction cancelled beginning world war black sea fleet experimented concentrating fire ships control master ship armed equipped additional radio gear transmit receive range data master ship working weeks russian declaration war ottoman_empire november comprising pre dreadnoughts cruisers escorted destroyers torpedo boats set november bombard successfully morning november turned west hunt turkish shipping coast setting course later afternoon intercepted german battlecruiser light cruiser following day came known despite noon hour conditions capital ships initially spot lead ship held fire master ship gunnery commands finally received showed range yards excess estimate yards opened fire data turned broadside scored hit inch shell partially penetrated armour protecting secondary guns detonated ready use ammunition starting fire burnt killed crew hit caused russian squadron merely fired shells forward turret january ottoman cruiser encountered russian fleet returning mission eastern black_sea hit forward turret temporarily putting action cruisers escaped superior speed served covering force bombardment missions march earlier uneventful bombardment provoked reaction intercepted russian battleships spotted ottoman destroyer forces turned parallel courses opened fire range yards scored hit multiple near misses vice admiral ordered ships knots mph making knots mph unable cross russian ships despite superior speed continually turning manoeuvre bought time able rejoin ships start ottoman forts hit twice german ship broke contact minutes firing fleet assembled admiral attempted pursue enemy battlecruiser unsuccessful august pre dreadnoughts transferred 2nd dreadnought entered service october new dreadnought provided cover bombarded shelled nearby town class ships participated second bombardment reduced reserve march captured germans handed allies following december british wrecked ships engines april left prevent advancing white russians captured sides russian civil war abandoned evacuated november ships scrapped struck november
Russian battleship Ioann Zlatoust