Ekaterina II class

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Battleship Sinop

The Ekaterina II Class were a group of ironclad battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the 1880's. The design was unique in that three turrets were grouped in a triangle around a central armoured redoubt, two side by side forward and one on the centreline aft. 4 ships were built for the Black Sea Fleet. Ekaterina II was built in Nikolayev, The other three ships were built in Sevastopol by the Russian Steam Navigation company.

[edit] General Characteristics

Displacement: 11032 tons - 11396 tons
Length: 103.5 m
Beam: 21.03m
Draught: 8.76m
Machinery: 2 shaft,
- Ekaterina II & Chesma - 14 boilers VC steam engines 9100 hp
- Sinop & Georgi - 16 cylindrical boilers, VTE steam engines 13000 hp#
Speed: Ekaterina II & Chesma - 15 knots, Sinop & Georgi - 16 knots
Armament: 6 - 12 inch guns (3 twin turrets), 7 - 6 inch guns, 8 - 47mm guns, 7 torpedo tubes
Armour: compound armour - Belt 16 - 8 inch, redoubt 12 inch, Conning tower 9-12 inch
Crew: - 650-674

[edit] Ships

Ekaterina II (Екатерина II - Catherine the Great) - laid down 1883, launched May 1886, Completed 1889, decommissioned 1907
Chesma (Чесма - Battle of Chesma) - laid down 1883 , launched May 1886, completed 1889 - decommissioned 1907
Sinop (Синоп - battle of Sinop) - laid down 1883, launched June 1887, completed 1890, harbour guard ship 1907, Scrapped 1922
Georgi Pobedonosets ( Saint George the Victorious) - laid down 1889, launched 9 March 1892, completed 1894, Catured by the Whites during the Russian revolution and interned in Bizerta, scrapped during 1920's