Vitiaz-class cruiser
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators |  Imperial Russian Navy |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Admiral Kornilov |
| Built | 1883–1887 |
| In commission | 1886–1914 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Protected cruiser |
| Displacement | 3,537 long tons (3,594 t) |
| Length | 260 ft 6 in (79.4 m) |
| Beam | 45 ft (13.7 m) |
| Draft | 19 ft 11 in (6.1 m) |
| Installed power | approximately 3,000 ihp (2,200 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 Compound steam engine, 10 cylindrical water-tube boilers |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 330 officers and crewmen |
| Armament |
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| Armor | Deck: 1.5 in (38 mm) |
The Vitiaz-class ships were a pair of partially protected cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the mid-1880s.
Footnotes
[edit]References
[edit]- Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "Russia". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. New York: Mayflower Books. pp. 170–217. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Watts, Anthony J. (1990). The Imperial Russian Navy. London: Arms and Armour. ISBN 0-85368-912-1.
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