Russian cruiser General-Admiral

The Russian armored cruiser General-Admiral
History
Russian Empire
NameGeneral-Admiral
NamesakeGrand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia
BuilderSociety of Metal and Mining Works Shipyard
Laid down27 November 1870[Note 1]
Launched2 October 1873
Completed1875
Renamed
  • Narova, 25 October 1909
  • 25 Oktiabrya, 1922
Reclassified
  • Training ship, 24 March 1906
  • Minelayer, 1909
FateScrapped 1953
General characteristics
Class and typeGeneral-Admiral-class armored frigate
Displacement5,031 long tons (5,112 t)
Length285 ft 10 in (87.1 m)
Beam48 ft (14.6 m)
Draft24 ft 5 in (7.4 m)
Installed power4,772 ihp (3,558 kW)
Propulsion
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range5,900 nmi (10,900 km; 6,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement482 officers and crewmen
Armament
  • - as build -
  • 4 × single 8-inch (203 mm) /22 guns
  • 2 × single 6-inch (152 mm) /23 guns
  • 4 × single 1.75-inch (44 mm) Engstrom guns
  • - since 1881 -
  • 6 × single 8-inch (203 mm) /22 guns
  • 2 × single 6-inch (152 mm) /28 guns
  • - after 1887 -
  • 6 × single 8-inch (203 mm) /30 guns
  • 2 × single 6-inch (152 mm) /28 guns
  • 6 × single 3.4-inch (86 mm) guns
  • 8 × 5 rev. 37-millimeter (1.5 in) Hotchkiss guns
  • 2 × 15-inch (381 mm) submerged torpedo tubes
  • - since 1898 (as training ship) -
  • 4 × single 6-inch (152 mm) /45 Canet guns
  • 6 × single 47-millimeter (1.9 in) Hotchkiss guns
  • 2 × 15-inch (381 mm) submerged torpedo tubes
  • - since 1911 (as minelayer) -
  • 4 × single 75-millimeter (3.0 in) /50 Canet guns
Armor

General-Admiral was the lead ship of her class of armored cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the early 1870s. She is generally considered the first true armored cruiser.[1]


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  1. ^ Beeler, p. 222

Russian cruiser General-Admiral

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