Rossiya Armored Cruiser

Rossiya Armored Cruiser

Manufacturer:

Baltic Works

Role:

Armored Cruiser

Year Adopted:

1894 - Laid down
1896 - Launched
1897 - Completed
1906 - Last Refit

  13,676 Tons 

Operational Status:

Russia - Obsolete
Scrapped in 1922

Armament
       As Built:
  
  
  
  
  

        After 1906 Refit:
  

        After 1916 Modifications:

  
4x    8 inch, 45 caliber guns (203mm)
16x  6 inch, 45 caliber guns (152mm)
16x  3 inch guns (76mm)
20x  3 pounder guns (47mm)
16x  1 pounder guns (37mm)
3x    15 inch (381mm) above water torpedo tubes

4x    8 inch, 45 caliber guns (203mm)
22x  6 inch, 45 caliber guns (152mm)
19x  3 inch guns (76mm)
2x    3 pounder guns (47mm)
16x  1 pounder guns (37mm)
2x  above water torpedo tubes (unprotected)
100 Mines could also be carried

6x    8 inch, 45 caliber guns (203mm)
20x  6 inch, 45 caliber guns (152mm)
19x  3 inch guns (76mm)
2x    3 pounder guns (47mm)
16x  1 pounder guns (37mm)
2x  above water torpedo tubes (unprotected)
100 Mines could also be carried

Engine:

32 Belleville boilers in 4 groups
3x Vertical triple expansion engines driving three screws.  Producing a total of 15,500 horsepower.

Coal Storage
          Normal: 
          Maximum:

   
1000 tons
2500 tons

Crew:

   842 Officers and Sailors

Overall Length:

480 feet, 6 inches
(146.34 meters)

Draught:

26 feet
(7.92 meters)

Beam:

68 feet, 6 inches
(20.86 meters)

Maximum Speed:

20.2 knots

19,000 Nautical Miles at 10 knots