Dvenadtsat' Apostolov 1894
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Двенадцать Апостолов [Dvenadtsat' Apostolov] | Nikolayev Admiralty | 7.3.1888 | 13.9.1890 | 10.5.1892 | hulk 9.1914 |
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Displacement normal, t |
8709 |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
104.2 |
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Breadth, m |
18.3 |
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Draught, m |
8.38 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 8 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
8750 |
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Max speed, kts |
15.7 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 800 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
1540(10) |
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Armour, mm |
compound; belt: 356 - 152, barbettes: 305 - 254, battery: 127 (steel), deck: 63 - 51, CT: 203 (steel) |
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Armament |
2 x 2 - 305/27 obr. 1877, 4 x 1 - 152/32 obr. 1877, 12 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 10 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 6 - 381 TT (1 bow, 4 beam, 1 stern) |
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Complement |
599 |
Project history: Black Sea Fleet. She was a considerably better fighting ship than the Imperator Alexandr II.
Ship protection: The 305mm guns were in barbettes with 76mm cupola shields, and the 152mm in a main deck battery. The lower strake of the bell was 67m long, and the upper strake 65m. It was 356-305mm with 178-152mm lower edge, and ended in 305-229mm bulkheads. The armour deck was 51mm over the belt and 63mm at the ends
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Dvenadtsat' Apostolov was disarmed 3.4.1911 and laid up to reserve. 4.9.1914 she was converted to torpedo depot hulk and sold to BU only in January 1931.
Dvenadtsat' Apostolov 1905
© Ivan Gogin, 2014