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IWAMI battleship (1904/1907)

Iwami 1910

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
石見 [Iwami] (ex-Îð¸ë [Oryol])     Galernyy Is, St. Petersburg, Russia // Uraga K K 2.6.1900 1.8.1902 8/1904 // 6.1907 stricken 9.1922
  

Displacement normal, t

13500

Displacement full, t

15300

Length, m

121.0

Breadth, m

23.2

Draught, m

7.97

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 4-cyl. VTE, 20 Belleville boilers

Power, h. p.

16300

Max speed, kts

17.8

Fuel, t

coal 1520

Endurance, nm(kts) 8500(10)

Armour, mm

belt: 190 - 152, 146 - 102 at ship ends, upper belt: 152 - 102, deck: 75 - 51, barbettes: 356 - 203, turrets: 254 - 102, 203mm gun shields: 51, 76mm gun battery: 76, CT: 203

Armament

2 x 2 - 305/38 (rus), 6 x 1 - 203/45 Armstrong W, 16 x 1 - 75/48 Canet (rus), 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 - 381 TT (beam)

Complement

806

Project history: Former Russian Oryol, captured 28.5.1905 after Tsushima battle. She was capitally reconstructed: 152mm turrets were replaced by single 203mm guns in deck mounts, funnels height was moderated, superstructures were altered: as a result it was possible to liquidate an overload and to raise stability.

Ship protection: There was 32mm longitudinal anti-torpedo bulkhead connected with main belt slope. Upper deck over 3`` battery was 64-38-mm thick, main deck was 51mm and lower deck was 38-25mm. Main deck was connected with lower edge of main belt and lower deck by slopes.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Iwami was commissioned in 1907. From 28.9.1914 till 1.11.1914 she bombed German positions at Tsingtao base. 1.9.1921 she was reclassified to coast defence ship, in next April disarmed. After discarding she was converted to target and sunk on manoeuvres in July, 1924.

Iwami

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