Borodino class battlecruiser
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The Borodino class was a class of 4 battlecruisers of the Imperial Russian Navy. The ships were all laid down in December 1913 in St. Petersburg and were intended to serve in the Baltic Fleet. The Russians tried to expedite the completion of these ships by ordering machinery from abroad, but new turbines had to be ordered after the outbreak of World War I. The ships were launched in 1915-1916, but the outbreak of the Russian Revolution in 1917 put a stop to their construction, which never resumed. The incomplete hulls were later sold for scrap by the Soviet Union.
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[edit] General Characteristics
from Conway's All the world's Fighting ships 1906-1922
- Displacement: 32,500 tons normal; 38,000 tons fully loaded
- Length: 222 m
- Beam: 50.5 m
- Draught: 10.2 m
- Propulsion: 4 shaft Parsons type turbines, 25 mixed fired Yarrow type boilers, 68,000hp
- Speed: 26.5 knots
- Armament: 12 x 14 inch guns (4x3), 24 x 130 mm guns in casemates, 8 x 75 mm guns, 4 x 63 mm AA guns, 6 x 21 in torpedo tubes
- Armour: Belt 238 mm, Turrets 238 mm, Decks 63 mm
- Crew: 1,250
[edit] Ships
The ships were named after victorious battles:
- Borodino: Built by Admiralty Yard, St. Petersburg, laid down 19 December 1913, launched 1 July 1915, broken up incomplete 1923.
- Izmail: Built by Baltic Yard, St. Petersburg, laid down 19 December 1913, launched 27 June 1915, broken up incomplete 1931. Construction of this ship was the most advanced of the class, and the Soviet Government considered completing her in the 1920s but could not do so, and she was sold for scrapping.
- Kinburn: Built by Baltic Yard, St. Petersburg, laid down 19 December 1913, launched 30 October 1915, broken up incomplete 1923.
- Navarin: Built by Admiralty Yard, St. Petersburg, laid down 19 December 1913, launched 9 November 1916, broken up incomplete 1923. Her turbines were ordered from AG Vulkan in Germany. They were confiscated at the start of the war and used as the machinery for the German minelaying cruisers Brummer and Bremse
[edit] See also
- Borodino class - a class of Russian Pre-dreadnought battleships
