Gangut Class Battleship

Gangut Class Battleship

Manufacturer:

Baltic Works and Galerni Works

Role:

Battleship

Year Adopted:

1911

Number in Class:

4 Ships
(Gangut, Poltava, Petropavlovsk, and Sevastopol)

Displacement:

25,000 Tons Standard
26,170 Tons Fully Loaded

Operational Status:

Russia - Obsolete
Used from 1911 to mid-1950's.

Armament:

4 x Triple 12 inch guns in turrets
16 x 4.7 inch (120mm) guns
8 x 76.2mm anti-aircraft guns
(6 on Sevastopol)
6 x 45mm anti-aircraft guns
16 x 12.7mm machine guns
4 x 18 inch (450mm) submerged torpedo tubes

Sensor Suite:

None

Engine:

2x Parsons turbines; 25 boilers; driving four shafts delivering 42,000 horsepower

Crew:

1,277 Officers and Sailors

Length:

549 feet, 6 inches
(180 meters)

Draught:

30.2 feet
(9.2 meters)

Beam:

87.3 feet
(26.6 meters)

Maximum Speed:

23 knots

Aircraft: 3 (added in 1930's to all but Poltava)

   

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