Gromoboy 1917
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Громобой [Gromoboy] | Baltic Wks, St. Petersburg | 20.5.1898 | 21.5.1899 | 8.11.1899 | sold 7.1922 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
12360 |
|
Displacement full, t |
12455 |
|
Length, m |
140.6 pp 144.2 wl 146.6 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
20.9 |
|
Draught, m |
7.92 max |
|
No of shafts |
3 |
|
Machinery |
3 VTE, 32 Belleville boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
14500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
19 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 2400 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 8100(10) |
|
Armour, mm |
belt: 152, bulkhead: 178, glacises: 127, deck: 76 - 37, casemates: 127 - 51, CT: 305 |
|
Armament |
4 x 1 - 203/43, 16 x 1 - 152/44 Canet, 24 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 12 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 18 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 4 - 381 TT (4 beam) |
|
Complement |
874 |
Project history: Further development of high-endurance cruisers Riurik and Rossiya. Generally similar to the Rossiya but with some important changes including normal 3-shaft machinery.
Ship protection: Main 2.36m-high belt protected 91.5m length and had 152mm thickness (tapering to 102mm at lower edge) between 203mm gun sponsos. Belt was closed by 152mm bulkheads. Flat protective 38mm deck covered main belt, this deck has turtleback form outside citadel and had 63mm thickness near centerline with 76mm slopes. Fore 203mm guns were protected by 51mm transverse bulkheads and 121mm sponsons, 152mm battery had 51mm fore and aft transverse bulkheads, separated gun casemates were protected by 121mm outer and 51mm inner sides and 25mm roofs. Gun hoists were protected by 38mm armour. CT had 305mm sides. Boiler glacises had 38mm and communication tube 76mm protection.
Modernizations: 1904: - 6 x 1 - 75/48; + 6 x 1 - 152/44 Canet
1913: - 14 x 1 - 75/48, 8 x 1 - 47/40, 18 x 1 - 37/20, 4 - 381 TT; + 2 - 450 TT (beam), 200 mines
1915: - 2 x 1 - 152/44; + 4 x 1 - 203/43
Naval service: She was mined on 23.5.1905 off Vladivostock but was repaired and served in the Baltic during the First World War. Gromoboy was disarmed in 1919 and broken up in 1922.
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