Minin 1878
Minin 1895
Ladoga 1914
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Минин [Minin], 3.1909- Ладога [Ladoga] | Semyannikov and Poletika Works, St. Petersburg | 24.9.1866 | 3.11.1869 | 2/1878 | TS 3.1906, minelayer 1.1909, sunk 14.8.1915 |
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Displacement normal, t |
6136 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
89.9 wl |
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Breadth, m |
15.1 |
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Draught, m |
7.75 max |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VC, 12 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
5290 |
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Max speed, kts |
14 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 1000 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
1520(9) |
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Armour, mm |
compound; belt: 178 - 152, deck: 25 (steel) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 203/19 obr. 1867, 12 x 1 - 152/23 obr. 1867, 4 x 1 - 87/17 4pdr obr. 1867, 8 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 2 - 381 TT (aw, beam), 150 mines |
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Complement |
545 |
Project history: Minin was originally launched as a low freeboard turret ship, intended to be similar to the Captain with full rig, 4 279mm guns in twin turrets and 4 152mm, 2 on the forecastle and 2 on the poop. After the disaster to the Captain in 1871 her completion was stopped and she was reconstructed as an armoured cruiser. The Minin was sheathed and coppered and heavily ship-rigged. Her details were altered several times.
Ship protection: There was a complete waterline belt from 0.6m above lo 1.5m below lwl with a 25mm steel deck at the belt upper edge, but the guns were unprotected on the upper deck with the 203mm in sponsons.
Modernizations: 1880s: - 4 x 1 - 203/19, 12 x 1 - 152/23, 4 x 5 - 37/17; + 4 x 1 - 203/28 obr. 1877, 12 x 1 - 152/25 obr. 1877, 2 x 1 - 63/17 Baranovski, 8 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss
1893: - 12 x 1 - 152/25; + 6 x 1 - 152/44 Canet, 6 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 4 x 1 - 7.6/94; machinery was replaced by 1 VTE and 18 Belleville boilers (4000hp, 12.2kts)
1909, as minelayer was armed with 4 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 1080 mines, normal displacement became 6100t.
Naval service: Minin was reclassified as TS in March 1906, converted to minelayer Ladoga in January 1909 and sunk 14.8.1915 in the Gulf of Finland by the mine laid by German submarine UC4.
Minin after reboilering
minelayer Ladoga
© Ivan Gogin, 2014