Gangut Class Battleship (1911)

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Overview of 4 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Gangut 1911
Petropavlovsk 1911
Poltava 1911
Sevastopol 1911

Rangefinding Equipment

The class entered service with two 5 metre (16.4 feet) Zeiss rangefinders for gunnery purposes, and one 4.5 foot (1.4 metre) Barr and Stroud rangefinder for navigating purposes.

In 1915-1916 the two 5 metre R.F.s were removed to armoured hoods atop Turrets One and Four. Two Pollen 18 foot (5.5 metres) R.F.s were similarly accommodated in Turrets Two and Three.

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