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Statistics of
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Statistics of
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Here are some useful statistics relating to the fleet and weapons of the Imperial Russian Navy of the Great War. The first section details the major ships lost during the conflict and the circumstances of their loss. The section that follows details the capabilities of the guns used by Russian ships of the period. More statistics will follow as we obtain them and place them here for you to see.
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Battleships, Cruisers, and Destroyers Lost Here are statistics reflecting
the major Russian warships sunk, captured, or scuttled during the Great
War. Each warship is listed on the table below along with its class,
the conditions of its loss, and the date of the event. As you can
see the Russian fleet lost relatively few large combatants during the
war. This was mainly the result of the overly cautious admirals
holding the fleet back from carrying out any large decisive actions.
Many torpedo boats and submarines were also lost during the conflict. |
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Ship and Class |
Conditions of Loss | Date |
| Peresviet (Battleship): | Sunk by Mine | 4 January 1917 |
| Slava (Borodino Class Battleship): | Scuttled off Moon Sound | 17 October 1917 |
| Imperatritsa Maria (Battleship): | Destroyed by Fire | 20 October 1916 |
| Minin (Armored Cruiser): | Sunk by Mine in Baltic | 16 August 1915 |
| Izumrud (Protected Cruiser): |
Sunk by Emden |
28 October 1914 |
| Muraviev Amurski (Cruiser): | Captured by Germans | 5 August 1914 |
| Admiral Nevelskoi (Muraviev Amurski Class Cruiser): | Captured by Germans | 5 August 1914 |
| Lieutenant Pushkin (Boiki Class Destroyer): | Sunk | 9 March 1916 |
| Zhivuchi (Boiki Class Destroyer): | Sunk | 25 April 1916 |
| Ispolnitelni (Lovki Class Destroyer): | Sunk by its own mines | 12 December 1914 |
| Letuchi (Lovki Class Destroyer): | Capsized | 12 December 1914 |
| Bditelni (Destroyer): | Sunk by Mine | 27 November 1917 |
| Stroini (Storozhevoi Class Destroyer): | Bombed by Aircraft | 21 August 1917 |
| Kazanetz (Ukraina Class Destroyer): | Sunk by Mine | 28 October 1916 |
| Dobrovoletz (Emir Bukharski Class Destroyer): | Sunk by Mine | 21 August 1916 |
| Okhotnik (Destroyer): | Sunk by Mine | 26 September 1917 |
| Lieutenant Zatzarenni (Lt. Sheshtakov Class Destroyer): | Sunk by Mine | 30 June 1917 |
| Grom (Azard Class Destroyer): | Sunk by Kaiser (BB) | 14 October 1917 |
| Korietz (Gilyak Class Gunboat): | Scuttled | 20 August 1915 |
| Sivutch (Gilyak Class Gunboat): | Sunk by Posen (BB) | 19 August 1915 |
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Russian Naval Guns The guns listed below were the most common found on
Russian naval vessels of the period. All of these guns were rifled
breechloaders that used a nitro-cellulose propellant. They usually
fired capped armor piercing shells or steel pointed conventional
shells. Many of the smaller guns used single piece brass cartridge
shells rather than the two part shells of the larger cannon. |
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| Inches | Length in Calibers | Initial Velocity (ft/sec) |
Armor Penetration (in inches) |
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| 12" | 40 | 2600 | 18 | 14 | 6.5 | 1/3 | - |
| 12" | 35 | 2200 | 11 | 8 | 4.25 | 1/4 | - |
| 10" | 45 | 3000 | 15.5 | 12.75 | 6 | 1* | *Up to 3-6 rounds |
| 10" | 45 | 2500 | 13 | 10.5 | 5 | 1/2 | - |
| 9" | 45 | 2500 | 11 | 8.5 | 4 | 1 | - |
| 9" | 35 | 2400 | 7.25 | 5.5 | -- | 1/2 | - |
| 8" | 50 | 3300 | 10.5 | 7.5 | -- | 1* | *Up to 3-6 rounds |
| 8" | 45 | 2800 | 9.5 | 6 | -- | 1 | |
| 6" | 45 | 2900 | 6 | 4.25 | -- | 3 | Brass cartridge |
| 6" | 45 | 2600 | 5 | 3.25 | -- | 3 | Brass cartridge |
| 5.5" | 45 | 2460 | 3 | -- | -- | 3 | Brass cartridge |
| 4.7" | 45 | 2600 | -- | -- | -- | 4 | Brass cartridge |
| 3" | 60 | 2700 | -- | -- | -- | Uncertain | Brass cartridge |
| 3'' | 35 | 2600 | -- | -- | -- | Uncertain | Brass cartridge |
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