Russian monitor Admiral Lazarev

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Neva River, Saint Petersburg
History
Russian Empire
NameAdmiral Lazarev
NamesakeMikhail Lazarev
Ordered24 May 1865[Note 1]
Builder
Carr and MacPherson, Saint Petersburg
Cost1,289,300
rubles
Laid down29 May 1867
Launched21 September 1867
In service1872
ReclassifiedAs
coastal-defense ship
, 13 February 1892
Stricken14 August 1907
FateSold for scrap, sank under tow, October 1912
General characteristics (as built)
TypeMonitor
Displacement3,820–3,881 long tons (3,881–3,943 t)
Length262 ft (79.9 m) (
o/a
)
Beam43 ft (13.1 m)
Draft21 ft (6.4 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Range1,200–1,500 nmi (2,200–2,800 km; 1,400–1,700 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Complement269–74 officers and crewmen
Armament3 × twin 9-inch (229 mm) rifled muzzle-loading guns
Armor

The Russian monitor Admiral Lazarev was the

Navy List in 1907 and sold for scrap
in 1912. She sank while under tow to Germany later that year.

Design and description

Brassey's Naval Annual
1888

The Admiral Lazarev-class monitors were significantly larger than their predecessors, the Charodeika class, and had an overall length of 262 feet (79.9 m), a beam of 43 feet (13.1 m) and a maximum draft of 21 feet (6.4 m). The ships were designed to displace 3,505 long tons (3,561 t), but turned out to be overweight and actually displaced 3,820 to 3,881 long tons (3,881 to 3,943 t). They were fitted with a plough-shaped ram. Their crew consisted of between 269–274 officers and crewmen. The Admiral Lazarev-class ships had a single two-cylinder horizontal direct-acting steam engine that drove a single propeller, using steam provided by four rectangular fire-tube boilers. The engine was designed to produce a total of 2,020 indicated horsepower (1,510 kW) which gave a lightly loaded Admiral Lazarev a speed of 10.4 knots (19.3 km/h; 12.0 mph) from 2,004 ihp (1,494 kW) when she ran her sea trials in October 1871. They had a range of about 1,200–1,500 nautical miles (2,200–2,800 km; 1,400–1,700 mi) at a speed of 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) and were fitted with a light fore-and-aft sailing rig to steady them and aid in maneuvering.[1]

Armament

The monitors were originally designed to be armed with six 20-

Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, a 9-inch mortar was fitted to attack the thin deck armor of enemy ships, but accuracy was poor and it was later removed, probably in the early 1880s. A more powerful, 22-caliber, 11-inch gun was installed aboard Admiral Lazarev and her sister ship Admiral Greig during the 1880s.[2]

Light guns for use against

anchorage.[3]

Armor

The hull of the Admiral Lazarev-class monitors was completely covered by

gun ports, where it thickened to 6.5 inches (165 mm). The conning tower was 5 inches (127 mm) thick and the deck armor was in two layers with a total thickness of 1 inch.[4]

Construction and service

Admiral Lazarev was named for Admiral

launched on 21 September and then transferred to Kronstadt for fitting out as the shallow waters around Saint Petersburg prevented deep-draft ships from being completed. This added more delays as the dockyard there lacked the equipment to efficiently fit out the ships, and she officially entered service in 1872 at the cost of 1,289,300 rubles.[6]

The ship was assigned to the Baltic Fleet upon completion, but she was not fully equipped until around 1872. Admiral Lazarev was accidentally rammed by the monitor

capsized.[7]

The accident prompted an investigation that concluded that the quality control of the riveting and caulking of the watertight bulkheads needed to be improved and it recommended testing that by flooding the interior compartments during construction. That recommendation was not followed until after the loss of the

Lieutenant Stepan Makarov, that connected all of the ship's pumps to the main bilge drain. This proved successful and it became a standard feature of later Russian ships.[8]

The ship had her boilers replaced in 1881–1882

dreadnought battleships and other modern ships. Admiral Lazarev was sold to German shipbreakers.[13] She sank in the Baltic Sea in October 1912 while under tow.[14]

Notes

  1. ^ All dates used in this article are New Style.

Footnotes

  1. ^ McLaughlin, pp. 115–16, 122–23
  2. ^ McLaughlin, pp. 118–19
  3. ^ McLaughlin, pp. 119–20
  4. ^ McLaughlin, pp. 121–22
  5. ^ Silverstone, p. 371
  6. ^ McLaughlin, pp. 113–14
  7. ^ McLaughlin, pp. 114, 124–25
  8. ^ McLaughlin, p. 124
  9. ^ McLaughlin, p. 123
  10. ^ Watts, p. 107
  11. ^ McLaughlin, p. 125
  12. ^ McLaughlin, pp. 126–27
  13. ^ McLaughlin, pp. 125, 127
  14. ^ Chernyshev, Alexander Alekseevich (2012). Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв [They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries] (in Russian). Veche.

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