The Russian armoured cruiser Gerzog Edinburgski |
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| Career (Russia) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Gerzog Edinburgski |
| Namesake: | Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh |
| Builder: | Baltic Works |
| Laid down: | 1870 |
| Launched: | 1875 |
| Commissioned: | 1877 |
| Out of service: | 1915 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1949 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,600 tons |
| Length: | 87m |
| Beam: | 14.6 m |
| Draught: | 6.45 m |
| Speed: | 12.3 knots |
| Range: | 6,000 miles at 10 knots |
| Armament: | 6 x 8" guns 1 x 6" gun 16 x machine guns 2 x torpedo tubes |
| Armor: | 6" armor belt |
The Gerzog Edinburgski (Герцог Эдинбургский) was an armoured cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was a sister ship of the Russian cruiser General-Admiral (1873) and was named after Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh ( Gerzog Edinburgski in Russian) who married Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia.
The ship was originally to be named Alexander Nevski but renamed before launch. She was launched in 1875 and Served at Far East 1879–1884 and at Mediterranean Sea 1897–c.1900, used as training vessel since early 1900s. She was converted to a second line minelayer in 1908. The ship could carry 600 mines and was renamed Onega. She was hulked in 1915 as a depot ship and renamed № 4, Barrikada \ «Баррикада», № 9) after the revolution. She was broken up in 1949.
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