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Russian Battleship Petr Velikyy 1872






The ''Petr Velikyy'' (Петр Великий - Peter The Great ) was a Russian Ironclad turret Battleship . The design was similar to HMS ''Devastation'' . This ship had a long and convoluted history. She was built by Galernii yard in St Petersburg . Laid down in June 1869, she was launched in 1872, and completed in 1877. The original machinery proved unsatisfactory and was replaced in 1881 by The Elder company in Glasgow, Scotland . She subsequently served in the Baltic Fleet . She was considered obsolete by 1905 and reconstructed as a training ship. Served in World War I, renamed '''''Republikanets''''' (Republican) after the Russian Revolution , subsequently converted into a stationary depot ship and renamed '''''Barikada''''' (Baricade) and finally scrapped in 1959.


GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

  • Displacement: 10,150 tons

  • Length: 98 m

  • Beam: 19 m

  • Draught: 8 m

  • Machinery:
    Original 12 coal fired rectangular boilers, 2 shaft HRCR steam engines.
    Replaced by 2 shaft VC steam engines and oval boilers, 8,250 hp

  • Speed: 14 Knot s

  • Armament:

  • --- Original:
    4 x 12 inch guns (2 twin turrets)
    4 x 6 inch guns

  • --- As rebuilt (1905)
    4 x 8 inch guns
    12 x 6 inch guns
    12 x 75 mm guns

  • Armour: Wrought Iron belt 14 inch
    citadel 14 inch
    turret 14 inch

  • Crew: 440



REFERENCES

  • http://ship.bsu.by/main.asp?id=100079 - Article in Russian

  • http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aj.cashmore/russia/battleships/piotrvelikiy/piotrvelikiy.html - article in English Language