Russian battleship Gangut (1888)
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| Career |  |
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| Name: | Gangut |
| Namesake: | Battle of Gangut |
| Builder: | New Admiralty Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 29 October 1888 |
| Launched: | 3 July 1893 |
| Completed: | 1894 |
| Fate: | Sunk in the Gulf of Finland, 12 June 1897 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 7,142 tonnes |
| Length: | 84.7 m (277 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 18.9 m (62 ft 0 in) |
| Draft: | 7 m (23 ft 0 in) |
| Speed: | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h) |
| Range: | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km) |
| Complement: | 521 |
| Armament: | 1 × 305 mm (12.0 in) gun 4 × 229 mm (9.0 in) guns 4 × 152 mm (6.0 in) guns 14 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns 6 × 15 in (380 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Armor: | Compound armour Belt: 10 in (250 mm)–16 in (410 mm) Barbette: 7 in (180 mm)–9 in (230 mm) Secondary battery: 5 in (130 mm) Conning tower: 10 in (250 mm) |
Gangut (Russian: броненосец "Гангут") was an Imperial Russian battleship named after the Battle of Gangut. This ship was a scaled down version of the Imperator Aleksandr II class battleships
She was built by New Admiralty yard, St Petersburg. Construction started on October 29, 1888 she was launched on July 3, 1893 and completed in 1894. She was completed 600 tons over her designed displacement which led to an increase in draught and a loss in speed.
She sank on June 12, 1897 during a military exercise after hitting an uncharted pinnacle of rock near Viborg in the Gulf of Finland. There were no fatalities. Drawbacks in the construction resulted in insufficient floodability and damage stability. A plan to refloat it was not carried out. She was not popular in the Imperial Russian Navy. Rear Admiral Birilev is quoted as describing her as ".. a vile ship, it's good that she sank, and it is pointless to raise her" (Warship 2005, Conway's Maritime Press, p.181)
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[edit] External links
- Gangut (Encyclopedia of Ships (Russian)
- Photos from the wreck (Russian)
- Article on Gangut
