Russian ship of the line Retvizan (1855)
History | |
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Russian Empire | |
Name | Retvizan |
Builder | St. Petersburg |
Laid down | 17 September 1854[Note 1] |
Launched | 17 September 1855 |
In service | 1858 |
Stricken | 22 November 1880 |
General characteristics (as of 1858) | |
Type | 81-gun steam-powered ship of the line |
Displacement | 3,823 long tons (3,884 t) |
Tons burthen | 2,641 bm |
Length | 215 ft 10 in (65.8 m) (p/p) |
Beam | 52 ft 8 in (16.1 m) |
Draft | 23 ft 1 in (7.0 m) |
Installed power | 500 nominal horsepower |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) |
Armament |
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Retvizan (
Navy List in 1880. During that time she was deployed in the Mediterranean for two years. Her engine was removed in 1863 and Retvizan became a training ship
in 1874.
Description, construction and career
Retvizan was 215 feet 10 inches (65.8 m) long
nominal horsepower that drove a single propeller shaft.[1]
All of Retvizan's guns were
howitzers distributed between the forecastle and quarterdeck. On her upper deck the ship carried four long 30-pounders and 28 short 30-pounder guns. The armament of her lower deck consisted of twenty-eight 60-pounder shell guns and four long 30-pounder guns. In 1862, all of her 30-pounder weapons were replaced by 36-pounders of exactly the same type. Five years later, her armament was reduced to sixteen 60-pounder shell guns on the lower deck and 16 short 36-pounder guns on the upper deck.[1]
The ship was
launched on 12 August 1854. Retvizan was named after the Swedish ship of the line Rättvisan (meaning The Justice) which was captured by the Russians at the Battle of Viborg Bay in 1790. She conducted her sea trials in 1857 and was deployed in the Mediterranean in 1858–59. The ship returned to the Baltic Sea afterward and cruised with the Baltic Fleet in 1860–62. Her engine was removed in 1863,[1] and Retvizan was placed in reserve until 1874 when she became a gunnery training ship until she was stricken on 22 November 1880. Retvizan was considered the best ship of its type in the navy.[1]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c d Tredrea & Sozaev (2010), p. 410.
References
- Tredrea, 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.