russian battleship russian pre dreadnought battleship built imperial_russian_navy late 1880s early 1890s ship assigned spent early career deployed mediterranean far_east participated suppression boxer rebellion returning months beginning russo japanese war february assigned relieve russian forces blockaded port arthur sunk japanese destroyers spread linked mines path night struck mines capsized loss crew design description low turret ship modeled british class battleships original requirement smaller ship navy changed mind required larger ship capable operating european seas able coal capacity reach far_east changes design ship ordered included replacement main armament powerful guns caliber increase secondary armament guns ship feet inches long waterline feet long overall beam feet draught feet inches displaced long tons long tons designed displacement long tons crew consisted officers enlisted men cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines driving propeller shaft total designed output indicated horsepower steam provided cylindrical fire tube boilers pressure kpa psi boiler rooms arranged pairs abreast funnel unusual arrangement gave ship odd nickname factory trials batch boilers showed maintain designed steam pressure flaws construction navy demanded franco russian works replace new boilers expense tests new boilers august showed production steam inadequate factory asked year time problems navy granted construction ship schedule final set sea trials november reached speed knots mph carried maximum long tons coal load provided range nautical miles speed knots mph ship main armament consisted pairs inch model caliber guns mounted powered twin gun turrets fore aft forward turret firing arc rear turret traverse guns rate fire minutes seconds rounds fired pound light shell muzzle velocity range yards elevation rounds gun carried inch pattern caliber guns secondary armament mounted casemates superstructure light shells weighed muzzle velocity maximum range yards fired elevation gun provided rounds ammunition anti torpedo boat armament included fourteen millimetre hotchkiss guns carried superstructure fired pound shell muzzle velocity rate rounds minute range yards total millimetre hotchkiss guns mounted fighting guns arm ship boats fired pound shell muzzle velocity rate rounds minute range yards carried water inch torpedo tubes bow stern pairs broadside tubes ship carried total torpedoes type torpedo carried pound tnt speed settings gave maximum range yards knots mph yards knots mph ship compound armor armored vertical surfaces gun turrets steel maximum thickness waterline armor belt inches reduced inches abreast magazines covered feet ship length feet high tapered thickness inches edge upper inches belt intended waterline ship significantly overweight belt submerged belt terminated inch transverse bulkheads lower belt feet long feet high intended protect bases turrets inch sides closed inch transverse bulkheads fore aft upper protected inch guns inches thick sides sides turrets inches thick conning tower sides inches thickness armor deck inches thick lower inches thick forward aft main armor belt bow stern construction career named ordered april franco russian works construction began july saint_petersburg shipyard ship laid launched october transferred fitting enter service june cost million construction seriously delayed problems boilers late deliveries armor plates gun components compounded building example russian armor plate company lacked capacity gun port armor gun turrets required thickness builder lost track fact place rush order french company assigned baltic fleet began cruise mediterranean_sea august visited greek port october battleship ship ordered far_east early arrived port arthur march took suppression boxer rebellion years later number cruisers sailed baltic december arrived port early began refit following september interrupted start russo japanese war february refit received foot gun sights radio equipment light armament increased millimeter guns displaced equal number millimeter guns superstructure displaced guns mounted turret roofs october set sail port arthur vessels command admiral ships reached port morocco october split forces ordered older ships including proceed mediterranean suez_canal rendezvous madagascar previously planned command departed night reached bay crete week later egypt weeks forces reunited island january remained months finalized arrangements squadron sailed french march reached month later await obsolete ships commanded ships reached bay combined force sailed reorganized ships divisions consisted new class battleships commanded commanded second division battleships armored cruiser admiral retained ships division ill cancer died decided inform fleet order morale captain commander 2nd division idea squadron second command little known actions survivors ship visibility poor battle ship apparently heavily engaged early battle badly damaged later day russian line battle hit times large caliber shells waterline caused major flooding aft quarterdeck rear inch turret ship forced stop repairs time attacked japanese torpedo boats torpedo hits managed underway damaged torpedo boat badly sank later night ship attacked dropped strings mines ahead consisted mines linked cables hitting string draw mines ship mines struck quickly capsized sank men able abandon ship sank alive found hours later man rescued japanese torpedo boat rescued british merchant ship rest crew officers enlisted men lost rescued men said called help fired japanese torpedo boats
Russian battleship Navarin