Askold Class Protected Cruiser

Askold Class Protected Cruiser

Russian Designation:  Askold

Manufacturer:

Krupp's Germania Yard

Role:

Commerce Raiding Ship

Year Adopted:<2>

Laid Down - 1898
Launched - 1900
Completed - 1901

Number in Class: 1 ship in class
Displacement: 5,905 Tons

Operational Status:

Russia - Obsolete
(Scrapped in 1921)

Armament:

12 152mm (6 inch) guns
12 76mm (3inch) guns
8  3 pounder guns
2 1 pounder guns
2 15 inch torpedo tubes submerged
4

15 inch torpedo tubes above water

Engine:

18 Schulz-Thornycroft boilers
Three sets of triple expansion steam engines driving three screws.
Producing 19,500 horsepower.

Coal Storage:
          Normal:
          Maximum:
 
720 tons
1,100 tons

Crew:

576 Officers and Sailors

Armor: <2>
          on conning tower:
          on deck:
          in patches over machinery:
   
152mm (6 inches)
50mm (1.98 inches)
100mm (3.94 inch)
Length
          (at waterline):
 
135.3 meters (444 feet)

Draught:

6.3 meters (20 feet 9 inches)

Beam:

14.9 meters (49 feet)

Maximum Speed:

23.5 knots

 

 

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Sources Cited

(1) Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One, Military Press: New York, NY, 1990. Print.
(2) Watts, Anthony J., The Imperial Russian Navy, Arms and Armour press: London, 1990. Print.
(3) Janes Fighting Ships 1906-1907 (reprint), Arco Publishing Company: New York, NY, 1970. Print.
(4) War Machine, volume 12, issue 135, Edited by Stan Morse, Aerospace Publishing Ltd, 1986, Print.