Andrei Pervozvanny class battleship

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The Andrei Pervozvanny class were a class of Semi-Dreadnoughts built for the Imperial Russian Navy. These ships were ordered as part of a reconstruction programme after the Russo-Japanese war had decimated the Russian Navy.

[edit] General Characteristics

Displacement: 17400 tons atandard, 18590 tons full load
Length: 140.2 m
Beam: 24.4 m
Draught: 8.5 m
Machinery; 2 shaft triple expansion steam engines, 25 coal fired bellville boilers, 17600 hp
Speed: 18.5 knots
Range: 2100 nm at 12 knots, 3100 tons coal
Armament:
- 4 - 12 inch (305 mm) guns (2 × 2),
- 14 - 8 inch (203 mm) guns ( 4 twin turrets and 6 single guns),
- 12 120 mm guns,
- 4 18 inch torpedo tubes
Armour: Krupp cemented armour, Belt 8.5 inch, turrets 10 inch, secondary turrets 7 inch, deck 3.1 inch max, Conning tower 6 inch to 10 inch
Crew: 956

[edit] Ships

The Imperator Pavel I ( Император Павел I - Czar Paul I) was built by the Baltic Works, St Pertesburg, and launched on 7 September 1907 commissioned on 29 July 1911. Served with the Black Sea Fleet from 1910. Refitted during 1916-17.Renamed Respublika ( Republic) on 29 April 1917 and laid up in September 1918. Sold in November 1923

The Andrei Pervozvanny (Андрей Первозванный) (St Andrew) , built by the Admiralty Yard, St Pertesburg , and launched on 20 October 1910 and commissioned on 13 May 1912. Served with the Baltic Fleet. Refitted during 1916-17. Captured by the Bolsheviks in October 1917 she took part in the Revolution and Civil War. She was damaged by a torpedo from the (British) Royal Navy coastal torpedo boat CMB88 at Kronstadt on 18 August 1919 [1]. She was never fully repaired, Substantial damage was caused by a fire in 1922 and the ship scrapped in 1924