Russian cruiser Minin


Minin at anchor after 1887 refit
Class overview
Name: Minin
Operators:  Russian Navy
Preceded by: General-Admiral class
Succeeded by: Vladimir Monomakh
Built: 1866–78
In commission: 1878–15
Completed: 1
Lost: 1
Career (Russian Empire)
Name: Minin (Russian: Минин)
Operator: Imperial Russian Navy
Builder: Baltic Works, Saint Petersburg
Laid down: 24 November 1866[Note 1]
Launched: 3 November 1869
Completed: 1878
Renamed: Ladoga, October 1909
Reclassified: Minelayer, 1909
Fate: Sunk, 16 August 1915
General characteristics
Type: Armored cruiser
Displacement: 6,136 long tons (6,234 t)
Length: 295 ft (89.9 m)
Beam: 49 ft 6 in (15.1 m)
Draft: 25 ft 5 in (7.7 m)
Installed power: 5,290 ihp (3,940 kW)
Propulsion: 1 shaft, 1 Compound steam engine
12 cylindrical boilers
Speed: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi)
Complement: 500 officers and crewmen
Armament:

4 × 1 - 8-inch (203 mm)/22 guns
12 × 1 - 6-inch (152 mm)/23 guns
4 × 1 - 3.4-inch (86.4 mm) guns

8 × 1 - 37-millimeter (1.5 in) guns
Armor: Belt: 5–6 in (127–152 mm)
Bulkheads: 4.5 in (114 mm)

The Russian cruiser Minin was an armored cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the 1860s and 1870s.

Notes

  1. ^ All dates used in this article are New Style

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