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ADMIRAL LAZAREV coast defence turret ships (1869)

Admiral Lazarev 1870

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Адмирал Лазарев [Admiral Lazarev]     Carr & McFerson, St. Petersburg 29.5.1865 21.9.1867 1869 stricken 8.1907
Адмирал Грейг [Admiral Greyg]     New Admiralty, St. Petersburg 1.9.1865 30.10.1868 1869 stricken 12.1909

 

Displacement normal, t

Admiral Lazarev: 3820

Admiral Greyg: 3768

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

77.7 wl

Breadth, m

13.1

Draught, m

6.15 - 6.25 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HDA, 4 rectangular boilers

Power, h. p.

2020

Max speed, kts

Admiral Lazarev: 10.5

Admiral Greyg: 11

Fuel, t

coal 300

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armour, mm

wrought iron; side: 114, turrets: 114, CT: 127

Armament

3 x 2 - 229/17 obr. 1867, 2 x 1 - 87/17 4pdr obr. 1867

Complement

269 - 274

Project history: Turret ships generally resembling the Prince Albert except in the number of turrets. There were three masts and originally a fore and aft rig was provided.

Ship protection: The side armour was complete, and at designed draught extended from 1.7m above wl to 1.5m below. There was no armour deck. The CT was small and located on the bridge with no tube to the deck.

Modernizations: 1874, both: - 3 x 2 - 229/17; + 3 x 1 - 279/17 obr. 1867

1878, both: - 3 x 1 - 279/17; + 3 x 1 - 279/18 obr. 1877, 2 x 1 - 87/17 4pdr obr. 1867, 1 x 1 - 44/41 Ängström

1890s, both: - 4 x 1 - 87/17, 1 x 1 - 44/41; + 2 x 1 - 63/17 Baranovski, 5 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss

1900-1903, both: were reboilered with 4 cylindrical boilers

Naval service: No significant events.

Admiral Lazarev

 

© Ivan Gogin, 2014