Russian battleship Navarin
| Navarin | |
| History | |
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| Name | Navarin |
| Builder | Galerniy Island Shipyards, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Laid down | 1889 |
| Launched | 20 October 1891 |
| Completed | 1896 |
| Commissioned | 1885 |
| Fate | Sunk at the Battle of Tsushima, 28 May 1905 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Pre-dreadnought battleship |
| Displacement | 10,206 long tons (10,370 t) |
| Length | 109 m (357 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 20.42 m (67 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 shaft reciprocating vertical triple expansion (VTE) engines 12 cylindrical coal-fired boilers 9,140 shp (6,820 kW) 700 tons coal |
| Speed | 15.5 knots (17.8 mph; 28.7 km/h) |
| Complement | 622 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 4 × 305 mm (12 in) guns (2×2) 8 × 152 mm (6 in) guns(1×8) 8 × 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 15 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns 6 × 381 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes |
| Armour | list error: <br /> list (help) Compound armour Belt: 16 in (410 mm) Citadel: 5 in (130 mm) Turrets: 12 in (300 mm) (nickel steel) Conning tower: 10 in (250 mm) |
The Navarin (Наварин - after the battle of Navarino) was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Russian Navy.
Based on the BritishTrafalgar-class battleship, she was built by the Galerniy Yard, St. Petersburg, laid down in 1889, launched on 20 October 1891, and completed in 1896.
Navarin took part in the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, then served in the Baltic Fleet. On the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war she was sent out with the Second Pacific Squadron. She was sunk at the Battle of Tsushima by mines laid across her path. Only three sailors were rescued after four days in the water.
References
- From Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860 - 1905