Amur-class minelayer (1898)
Amur at anchor, the door for her center mine rail is visible in the stern
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Class overview | |
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Builders | Baltic Works, Saint Petersburg |
Operators | Russian Navy |
Preceded by | None |
Succeeded by | Amur-class minelayer of 1905 |
Built | 1898–1899 |
In commission | 1899–1904 |
Completed | 2 |
Lost | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | minelayer |
Displacement | 3,010 long tons (3,058 t) |
Length | 300 ft (91.4 m) |
Beam | 41 ft (12.5 m) |
Draft | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
Installed power | 4,700 ihp (3,505 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Range | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 317 |
Armament |
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The Amur-class by the Japanese.
Design and description
The Amur-class minelayers were designed to drop their mines while at high speed and were given a pronounced, overhanging, stern that allowed the mines to be dropped behind the propellers through doors in the stern. Each door was served by a rail that led directly to the mine storage compartments.[1]
The Amur-class ships were 300 feet (91.4 m)
The ships had two vertical triple expansion steam engines, each powering one propeller. Twelve Belleville water-tube boilers provided steam. The engines were designed to produce a total of 4,700 indicated horsepower (3,500 kW) and gave the ship a top speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). They carried 400 long tons (406 t) of coal that provided a range of 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).[3]
The main armament of the Amur-class ships consisted of five 75-millimeter (3.0 in)
Service
Both ships, Amur and Yenisei, were built by the
On the morning of 15 May 1904,
Amur was subsequently besieged in Port Arthur and hit in drydock a number of times by 28-centimetre (11 in) howitzer shells on 8 December 1904. She was knocked over on her port side and rested on the side of the dock at an angle of 68°. On 18 December she was hit again by 30 shells and sunk on her side. The Japanese later raised the ship and scrapped it.[8]
See also
- Timeline of Russian inventions and technology records
References
- ^ a b c Russian Minelayers Amur and Yenisei, p. 205
- ^ Gardiner, p. 204
- ^ a b c d Watts, p. 172
- ^ "Russian 75 mm/50 (2.95") Pattern 1892 --- French 7.5 cm/50 (2.95") Canet Model 1891". Navweps.com. 17 July 2007. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ "Russia 47 mm/5 (1.85") Hotchkiss gun 47 mm/1 (1.85") Hotchkiss gun [3-pdr (1.4 kg) Hotchkiss guns]". 1 December 2006. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
- ^ a b Russian Minelayers Amur and Yenisei, pp. 205-06
- ^ Forczyk, p. 46
- ^ Russian Minelayers Amur and Yenisei, p. 206
- Forczyk, Robert (2009). Russian Battleship vs Japanese Battleship, ISBN 978-1-84603-330-8.
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. New York: Mayflower Books. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- "Russian Minelayers Amur and Yenisei". Warship International. IX (2). Toledo, OH: Naval Records Club: 205–06. 1972.
- Watts, Anthony J. (1990). The Imperial Russian Navy. London: Arms and Armour. ISBN 0-85368-912-1.
External links
- Media related to Amur (ship, 1901) at Wikimedia Commons