Petr Velikyy (1872)

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Petr Velikyy
Пётр Великий
Career Details
Builder: Galernii Island, St. Petersburg
Laid down: 1 June, 1869
Launched: 27 August, 1872
Completed: 14 October, 1876
Hulked: 1922
Fate: Scrapped
General Characteristics (1876)
Displacement: 9,665 tons
Length: 328 feet 2 inches (oa)
Beam: 62 feet 3 inches
Draught: 23 feet 9 inches
Propulsion: 2 Horizontal Compound Engines, 8,258 ihp. 12 rectangular boilers
Speed: 14 knots
Bunkerage: 1,200 tons (coal)
Complement: 432
Armament:
  • 4 × BL 12"/20 guns in twin barbettes
  • 6 × BL 3.4" guns on single mountings
General Characteristics (1881)
Propulsion: 2 Double Expansion Engines developing 5,500 ihp. 12 oval boilers
Speed: 12.9 knots
Armament:
  • 4 × BL 12"/20 guns in twin barbettes
  • 4 × BL 8.4" guns on single mountings
  • 6 × BL 3.4" guns on single mountings
  • 2 × 15" torpedo tubes (submerged)
General Characteristics (1905)
Armament:
  • 4 × BL 8"/50 Pattern 1905 guns in twin barbettes
  • 6 × BL 6" guns on single mountings
  • 12 × QF 75mm guns on single mountings
  • 4 × 57mm/(?) Hotchkiss guns
  • 4 × 47mm/(?) Hotchkiss guns

Petr Velikyy (Russian: Пётр Великий) was the first modern battleship to be built for the Imperial Russian Navy. From laying down to the estimated time of her scrapping her service spanned half a century.

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