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VASILISSA OLGA broadside battery ship (1870)

Vasilissa Olga 1870

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Βασίλισσα Όλγα [Vasilissa Olga]     STT, Triest, Austria-Hungary 3.2.1869 18.1.1870 21.11.1870 TS 1897, accommodation hulk 1915
  

Displacement normal, t

2030

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

76.0 pp

Breadth, m

11.9

Draught, m

5.79 mean

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HC, 4 rectangular boilers

Power, h. p.

1950

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

coal 240

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armour, mm

iron; belt: 152, battery: 121, deck: 25

Armament

2 x 1 - 229/14 Armstrong 12.5-ton MLR, 10 x 1 - 163/14 Armstrong 70pdr 69cwt BLR

Complement

258

Project history: Wooden-hulled broadside battery ship.

Ship protection: Iron armour protected the belt (152mm amidships). Battery was closed by 121mm sides and 25mm deck.

Modernizations: 1880s: - 2 x 1 - 229/14, 10 x 1 - 163/14; + 4 x 1 - 173/22 RK L/25 C/74, 2 x 1 - 173/17 RK L/20, 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss

1897: re-engined (16.5kts); + 4 x 1 - 75/35 M1897

Naval service: Since 1897 Vasilissa Olga served as gunnery TS.

Vasilissa Olga

 

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