Russian ironclad Petropavlovsk
 Petropavlovsk at anchor
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators |  Russian Navy |
| Preceded by | Sevastopol |
| Succeeded by | Pervenets class |
| Built | 1861–67 |
| In commission | 1867–85 |
| Completed | 1 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| History | |
 Russian Empire | |
| Name | Petropavlovsk (Russian: Петропавловск) |
| Namesake | Siege of Petropavlovsk |
| Operator | Imperial Russian Navy |
| Builder | New Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg |
| Laid down | 12 January 1861[Note 1] |
| Launched | 15 August 1865 |
| Commissioned | 1 August 1867 |
| Decommissioned | 15 June 1885 |
| Stricken | 4 January 1892 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1892 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Armored frigate |
| Displacement | 6,040 long tons (6,137 t) |
| Length | 300 ft (91.4 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft 4 in (15.3 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 Horizontal return-connecting-rod steam engine |
| Sail plan | Ship rig |
| Speed | 11.85 knots (21.95 km/h; 13.64 mph) |
| Complement | 680 officers and crewmen |
| Armament |
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| Armor | |
The Russian decommissioned in 1885, but was not sold for scrap until 1892.
Description
Petropavlovsk was 300 feet (91.4 m) long
seaworthy; her total crew numbered 680 officers and enlisted men.[2]
The ship was fitted with a
As a heavy frigate, Petropavlovsk was intended to be armed with 54 of the most powerful guns available to the Russians, the 7.72-inch (196 mm) 60-pounder
ironclad and she was completed with an armament of twenty 8-inch (203 mm) rifled guns and two 60-pounder guns; all of the 8-inch guns were located on the lower deck and the 60-pounders were mounted on the upper deck as chase guns. Later another pair of 60-pounder guns were added on the upper deck. In 1877, the armament on her upper deck was changed and consisted of one 8-inch, one 6-inch (152 mm) and ten 3.4-inch (86 mm) rifled guns.[3]
The entire ship's side was protected with wrought-iron armor[2] that extended 5 feet 2 inches (1.6 m) below the waterline.[4] It was 4.5 inches (114 mm) thick amidships, backed by 10 inches (254 mm) of teak, that reduced to 3 inches (76 mm), backed by six inches of teak, in steps beginning 50 feet (15.2 m) from the ship's ends.[2]
Construction and service
Petropavlovsk, named for the
Reval, damaging the merchantman's rigging.[8] Also in September, she collided with the British merchant ship Ecliptic.[9] She was decommissioned on 15 June 1885, stricken from the Navy List on 4 January 1892 and subsequently sold for scrap.[3]
Notes
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d Gardiner, p. 173
- ^ a b c Russian Ironclad Frigates Sevastopol and Petropavlovsk, p. 415
- ^ a b c d e Tredea & Sozea, p. 414
- ^ Watts, p. 67
- ^ Silverstone, p. 381
- ^ "This Evening's News". Pall Mall Gazette. No. 1416. London. 26 August 1869.
- ^ "Russia". The Standard. No. 14061. London. 27 August 1869. p. 5.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9905. Glasgow. 30 September 1871.
- ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9924. Glasgow. 21 October 1871.
References
- Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- "Russian Ironclad Frigates Sevastopol and Petropavlovsk". Warship International. VII (4): 414–415. 1970.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
- Treadea, John; Sozaev, Eduard (2010). Russian Warships in the Age of Sail, 1696–1860: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-058-1.
- Watts, Anthony J. (1990). The Imperial Russian Navy. London: Arms and Armour. ISBN 0-85368-912-1.