Pamiat' Merkuriya 1890
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Ярославль [Yaroslavl'], 4.1883- Память Меркурия [Pamiat' Merkuriya] | F c de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 1879 | 22.5.1880 | 21.9.1880 // 30.4.1882 | stricken 4.1907 |
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Displacement normal, t |
2997 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
90.0 wl |
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Breadth, m |
12.4 |
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Draught, m |
5.97 max |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 HC, 6 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
3000 |
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Max speed, kts |
14 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 300 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
1560(10) |
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Armament |
6 x 1 - 152/25 obr. 1877, 4 x 1 - 107/17 9pdr obr. 1877, 1 x 1 - 44/41 Ängström, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 4 - 381 TT (aw, beam), 180 mines |
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Complement |
343 |
Project history: Black Sea Fleet. Originally named Yaroslavl', the Pamiat' Merkuriya was a barque-rigged, unprotected steel and iron cruiser with a projecting ram bow. She was reckoned to be a good sea-boat. The 6in guns were without shields, and were located at bow and stem with four in upper deck sponsons.
Modernizations: 1890s: - 4 x 1 - 107/17, 1 x 1 - 44/41, 2 - 381 TT; + 2 x 1 - 63/17 Baranovski, 4 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss
Naval service: Pamiat' Merkuriya was stricken in 1907 but recommissioned as a hulk in 1915 and was broken up only in 1939.
Pamiat' Merkuriya
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