Bayan (i) 1903
Bayan 1904
Admiral Makarov 1917
Bayan (ii) 1917
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Баян [Bayan] | 953 | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 12.1898 | 12.6.1900 | 10.1902 | sunk 8.12.1904, to Japan (阿蘇 [Aso]) | |
| Адмирал Макаров [Admiral Makarov] | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 4.4.1905 | 9.5.1906 | 29.5.1908 | sold 8.1922 | ||
| Паллада [Pallada] | New Admiralty, St. Petersburg | 17.5.1905 | 10.11.1905 | 21.2.1911 | sunk 11.10.1914 | ||
| Баян [Bayan] | New Admiralty, St. Petersburg | 15.8.1905 | 15.8.1907 | 13.12.1911 | sold 7.1922 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Bayan (i): 7725 others: 7890 |
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Displacement full, t |
Bayan (i): 7802 others: 8250 |
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Length, m |
Bayan (i), Bayan (ii): 135.0 pp 137.0 oa Admiral Makarov: 135.0 pp 138.8 oa Pallada: 135.0 pp 138.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
17.5 |
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Draught, m |
6.44 - 6.55 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 26 Belleville boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
16500 |
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Max speed, kts |
21 |
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Fuel, t |
Bayan (i): coal 1200 Admiral Makarov: coal 1050 Pallada: coal 1170 Bayan (ii): coal 1000 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2100(14) |
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Armour, mm |
Bayan (i): Harvey-nickel steel; belt: 200 - 100, bulkhead: 203 - 178, upper belt: 80, casemate: 80, deck: 50, turrets: 150, barbettes: 170, CT: 160 others: belt: 175 - 100, bulkhead: 100, upper belt: 60, casemate: 60, deck: 30, turrets: 132, barbettes: 150, CT: 136 |
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Armament |
Bayan (i): 2 x 1 - 203/43, 8 x 1 - 152/44 Canet, 20 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 8 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 - 381 TT (beam) others: 2 x 1 - 203/43, 8 x 1 - 152/44 Canet, 22 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 2 - 450 TT (beam, 6) |
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Complement |
573 |
Project history: Possessed good seagoing capacities and manoeuvrability, but to the beginning of WWI ships have morally become outdated because of the weak and unsuccessfully arranged artillery.
Ship protection, Bayan (i): Main belt (1.8m high) had 200mm thickness between fore superstructure and main mast (tapering to 100mm at lower edge). Ship ends (fwd to the stem and aft part, ending in 20m from the stern) were protected by 100mm armour. This belt was closed by 203-178mm aft bulkhead. Upper belt (over 200mm part of main belt) had 80mm thickness and protected 152mm guns, 75mm gun casemates had also 80mm protection. Flat 50mm main deck was connected with upper edge of main belt. Turrets had 150mm sides and 30mm roofs, barbettes had 170mm armour. CT had 160mm sides.
Ship protection, later cruisers: Main belt (1.8m high) had 175mm thickness between fore superstructure and main mast (tapering to 60mm at lower edge). Ship ends (fwd to the stem and aft part, ending in 20m from the stern) were protected by 100mm armour. This belt was closed by 100mm aft bulkhead. Upper belt (over 175mm part of main belt) had 60mm thickness and protected 152mm guns, 75mm gun casemates had 60mm protection. Flat 30mm main deck was connected with upper edge of main belt. Turrets had 132mm sides and 30mm roofs, barbettes had 150mm armour. CT had 136mm sides. Deck 75mm guns had 25mm shields.
Modernizations: 1916, Admiral Makarov, Bayan: - 20 x 1 - 75/48; + 1 x 1 - 203/43, 4 x 1 - 152/44 Canet
Naval service: Bayan (i) was sunk on shallow water by Japanese siege guns 8.12.1904 and later destroyed by own crew 2.1.1905 to avoid capture by Japanese, but she was salvaged by them in December, repaired and commissioned as Aso. Pallada was 21.9.1914 torpedoed by German submarine U26 and has sunk with all hands. After the termination of Civil war both remained cruisers were stricken from a fleet list and in 1926 broken up.
Bayan (i) 1902
Admiral Makarov 1909
Admiral Makarov 1914
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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