russian battleship russian meaning pre dreadnought battleship built imperial_russian_navy 1890s served flagship forces pursuing battleship june world war ship encountered german battlecruiser formally sultan twice hit german ship damaged onward relegated coast bombardment role oldest battleship february revolution began operational captured germans took city turned allies armistice november engines destroyed british withdrew prevent advancing white russians abandoned whites evacuated scrapped design design based enlarged version baltic fleet battleship improvements armour armament general characteristics feet long waterline feet long overall beam feet inches draught feet inches displaced long tons long tons designed displacement long tons considerably larger feet inches longer feet wider displacing long tons metacentric height feet propulsion cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines built british firm total designed output indicated horsepower cylindrical fire tube boilers provided steam engines pressure psi kpa cm2 drove bladed screw propellers sea trials powerplant produced total ihp speed knots mph carried maximum long tons coal load provided range nautical miles speed knots mph total output small supply power electrical equipment simultaneously armament main armament consisted pairs inch model calibre guns mounted powered twin turrets fore aft turret firing arc guns rate fire seconds rounds guns maximum elevation degrees degrees fired pound shell muzzle velocity range yards elevation rounds gun carried inch pattern caliber guns mounted casemates upper deck guns elevate maximum degrees degrees fired shells weighed muzzle velocity maximum range yards fired maximum elevation anti torpedo boat armament consisted large number different guns inch pattern calibre guns mounted corners superstructure gun fired pound shells range yards degrees elevation muzzle velocity rate fire rounds minute total millimetre hotchkiss guns carried inch guns forward end superstructure aft hull fired pound shell muzzle velocity rate rounds minute range yards total millimetre hotchkiss guns mounted fighting tops superstructure small hull fore aft locations remaining uncertain fired pound shell muzzle velocity rate rounds minute range yards tri carried inch torpedo tubes forward broadside tubes underwater tubes water bow stern aft pair broadside tubes type torpedo carried pound tnt speed settings gave maximum range yards knots mph yards knots mph protection russian ship use harvey armour armour vickers britain french firms maximum thickness waterline belt inches reduced inches abreast magazines armour carried russian battleship covered feet ship length belt feet high tapered thickness inches edge upper inches belt intended waterline ship 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 steel armor deck inches thick lower inches thick forward aft main armor belt bow stern major refit reconstructed november august number different proposals considered earlier including replace obsolete harvey armour modern krupp armour replace main guns turrets rejected expensive masts fighting tops replaced pole masts light guns torpedo tubes removed exception millimetre guns retained use guns inch guns replaced shielded inch guns roof upper upper modified accommodate extra inch guns superstructure reduced size maximum elevation main guns increased loading mechanisms upgraded increase rate fire round seconds modifications effect reducing displacement long tons capable knots mph post reconstruction sea trials service named built laid august actual construction begun january ship launched november transferred completion following year officially entered service sea trials begin september october tri ship world fitted radio installation designed russian physicist range miles ship flagship failed attempt recapture battleship june june forward fighting removed world war accompanied pre dreadnoughts flagship bombarded morning november intercepted german battlecruiser light cruiser following day return voyage came known despite noon hour conditions capital ships initially spot experimented concentrating fire ships control master ship war held fire master ship gunnery commands finally received showed range yards excess estimate yards opened fire data turned broadside tri inaccurate range data failed register hits german ship bombarded ottoman fortifications mouth march fired rounds sailing north rejoin covering force repeated bombardment following day heavy fog prevented operation april ships turkish navy raided russian port russian battleship squadron sortied intercept battleships chased entire day unable reach effective gunnery range forced break chase april repeated bombardment forts bombarded forts time total main gun rounds fired addition total inch shells battleships returned bombard forts covered remaining pre dreadnoughts intercepted ships covering force damage inflicted rejoined scored hits broke action russian ships pursued hours giving chase fitted pair millimetre anti aircraft guns turrets screens added funnels light bombs august pre dreadnoughts transferred 2nd dreadnought entered service conducted coast bombardment anti shipping missions coast february revolution captured germans handed allies december armistice british wrecked engines april left prevent advancing white russians ship captured sides russian civil war abandoned evacuated november scrapped stricken november
Russian battleship Tri Sviatitelia