russian battleship russian pre dreadnought battleship built imperial_russian_navy sole ship class served built laid february launched september commissioned december submarine depot ship decommissioned disarmed previous year captured germans handed allies december lying captured sides russian civil war permanently falling hands soviets white russians evacuated stand title ship filming finally scrapped design originally ordered pair battleships second ship awarded firm verge bankruptcy significant progress initial armament planned inch guns twin gun turrets central final form turrets machinery layout decided construction hull began early following september decided increase thickness waterline armour belt inches inches cost long tons decided forward turret feet inches thought ship bow heavy decided original armament fixed inch guns twin gun barbettes end ship inch guns shortened central battery added long tons additional weight ship general characteristics feet inches long waterline feet long overall beam feet draft feet inches exact displacement measured estimated long tons long tons designed displacement long tons hull generally similar class ram feet longer subdivided transverse longitudinal watertight bulkheads complete double inches deep metacentric height feet demonstrated better qualities older class storm october rolled badly leaked ports assessed considerably better fighting ship class propulsion cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines built total designed output indicated horsepower cylindrical boilers single ended double ended provided steam engines drove metre screw propellers trials powerplant produced ihp speed knots mph initial engine trials funnels raised improve draft superstructure clear funnel gases carried long tons coal load provided range nautical miles speed knots mph total output armament main armament pairs inch model caliber guns mounted twin barbette mounts forward aft maximum elevation traverse rounds gun carried fired pound shell muzzle velocity range yards elevation rate fire round minutes loading machinery work ship inch model caliber guns mounted pivot mounts central sides hull fire traverse total gun arc fire ship carried rounds gun guns elevate maximum fired heavy shell weighed velocity light shell weighed muzzle velocity light shell maximum range yards fired elevation permitted maximum elevation guns fire round minute millimetre hotchkiss guns mounted hull superstructure fired pound shell muzzle velocity rate rounds minute range yards millimetre hotchkiss revolving cannon mounted forward end superstructure platform second funnel fired pound shell muzzle velocity rate rounds minute range yards single versions rate fire rounds minute carried fighting foremast small end superstructure location guns unknown carried water torpedo tubes tube bow tubes broadside tube stern protection compound armour supplied sheffield england comprised bulk armour main waterline belt maximum thickness inches abreast machinery spaces inches abreast magazine inches thick lower edge feet inches long high waterline actually completed overweight belt tapered inches lower edge bulkheads inches thick provided transverse protection ship lower armour feet long inches thick armour inch guns consisted inches steel armour barbette armour inches thick initially barbette open topped inch thick protective hood added later possibly conning tower inch sides steel armour history built laid august launched september sailed fitting joined fleet june fully ready service test new system laying mines rails invented evaluate proper dimensions anti torpedo nets test torpedoes fired ship anti torpedo nets deployed gun unknown calibre burst killing man wounding participated failed attempt recapture battleship june attempted ram sailors sympathetic mutiny reversed engines prevented attempt captain blow ship wires proposed new belleville water tube boilers plan reuse simultaneously proposal inch guns turrets inch guns new estimated cost add long tons displacement proposals rejected believed waste money given obsolete layout proposal smaller guns intended defend attacks enemy light forces initially approved navy minister admiral june later reversed transferred april stricken navy list disarmed april depot ship submarines renamed hulk september harbour duties captured germans handed allies december captured sides russian civil war abandoned evacuated machinery removed stand filming reportedly serving storage hulk sold scrap january
Russian battleship Dvenadsat Apostolov