Ekaterina II class
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Battleship Sinop
The Ekaterina II Class were a group of ironclad battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the 1880's. The design was unique in that three turrets were grouped in a triangle around a central armoured redoubt, two side by side forward and one on the centreline aft. 4 ships were built for the Black Sea Fleet. Ekaterina II was built in Nikolayev, The other three ships were built in Sevastopol by the Russian Steam Navigation company.
[edit] General Characteristics
- Displacement: 11032 tons - 11396 tons
- Length: 103.5 m
- Beam: 21.03m
- Draught: 8.76m
- Machinery: 2 shaft,
- Ekaterina II & Chesma - 14 boilers VC steam engines 9100 hp
- Sinop & Georgi - 16 cylindrical boilers, VTE steam engines 13000 hp#
- Speed: Ekaterina II & Chesma - 15 knots, Sinop & Georgi - 16 knots
- Armament: 6 - 12 inch guns (3 twin turrets), 7 - 6 inch guns, 8 - 47mm guns, 7 torpedo tubes
- Armour: compound armour - Belt 16 - 8 inch, redoubt 12 inch, Conning tower 9-12 inch
- Crew: - 650-674
[edit] Ships
- Ekaterina II (Екатерина II - Catherine the Great) - laid down 1883, launched May 1886, Completed 1889, decommissioned 1907
- Chesma (Чесма - Battle of Chesma) - laid down 1883 , launched May 1886, completed 1889 - decommissioned 1907
- Sinop (Синоп - battle of Sinop) - laid down 1883, launched June 1887, completed 1890, harbour guard ship 1907, Scrapped 1922
- Georgi Pobedonosets ( Saint George the Victorious) - laid down 1889, launched 9 March 1892, completed 1894, Catured by the Whites during the Russian revolution and interned in Bizerta, scrapped during 1920's
[edit] References
- Conway's All the worlds Fighting Ships 1860-1905
- Article in Russian - http://ship.bsu.by/main.asp?id=100129
- Article in English - http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aj.cashmore/russia/battleships/ieii/georgypobiedonosets.html
