russian battleship russian class pre dreadnought battleship built imperial_russian_navy decade 20th century named 18th century russian general prince ship completed beginning russo japanese war flagship vice admiral commander sent far_east months completion break japanese blockade port arthur japanese captured port squadron transit destination changed sunk battle ship fell main battle line shell hit bridge killing wounding captain eventually torpedoed sunk japanese torpedo boats wounded officers evacuated destroyer survivors description feet inches long waterline feet inches 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 carried crewmen ship powered cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines driving propeller shaft steam generated belleville boilers engines rated indicated horsepower designed reach speed knots mph reached speed knots mph ihp builder machinery trials august deep load carried long tons coal provided range nautical miles speed knots mph caliber inch guns mounted twin gun turrets fore aft rate fire round seconds rounds gun carried caliber inch guns mounted electrically powered twin gun turrets carried sides ship 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 torpedoes submerged tube forward torpedoes waterline armor belt consisted krupp armor inches thick armor gun turrets maximum thickness deck ranged inches thickness inch armored lower deck curved downwards formed anti torpedo bulkhead service construction began named prince august saint_petersburg ship laid september ceremonial laying plates performed grand duke russia general admiral imperial russian navy launched september completed september cost october flagship set sail port arthur vessels squadron received numerous reports japanese agents torpedo boats disguised fishing vessels sailing ordered maximum denmark october early evening following day squadron near auxiliary repair ship reported attack torpedo boats rain hours later squadron encountered british fishing working fog opened fire short range sunk damaged fishermen killed wounded battleships fired damaged cruisers aurora incident enraged british population caused diplomatic incident british nearly led war russia apologized agreed pay october led ships atlantic coast africa rounding cape good hope 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 lead ship russian battle line opened fire japanese battleship flagship admiral began return fire minutes later joined battleship armored cruiser battleship joined firing set fire hits ships ship captain wounded splinters entered conning tower shortly knocked unconscious splinter skull flames conning tower ship steered auxiliary control position hit jammed steering gear point turn starboard ordered caused ship nearly circle steered engines splinters numerous shell hits water difficult numerous fires time aft inch gun turret destroyed explosion blew roof quarterdeck forward funnel fallen mainmast shot away regained position battle line engaged short range battleship cruisers vice admiral cruisers fired torpedo time hit ship unprotected cruiser fired pair torpedoes claimed hit change visible condition hit shell waterline attack forced emergency repairs british observer aboard reported bow heavy list port mass thick gray smoke forecastle mainmast time ship forward inch gun turret knocked smaller guns action japanese 5th attacked minutes later torpedoes ranges yards failed score hits torpedoes destroyer leader hit boiler room inch shell fired ship found fleets fired japanese ships short range observers aboard ships noted resembled island volcano eruption fired torpedoes fired torpedo time effect captain royal_navy official military observer aboard japanese battleship noted hit inch shell near rear inch turret caused explosion caused flames feet air 4th attacked destroyers torpedoes hit ship immediately took list showed signs sinking shell struck destroyer inflict damage russian destroyer came took wounded officers including leaving command ship continued southwards knots mph engaged japanese cruisers torpedo boats attacked fired seven torpedoes hit ship thought caused magazine explode cloud yellow black smoke poured listed port officers taken survivors crew aboard
Russian battleship Knyaz Suvorov