Antyufeev Andrey and Melkonyan Alex

SQUADRON BATTLESHIP "PETROPAVLOVSK"

   It is laid in 1892 on the galery islet in Petersburg, it is gone down to the water on 9 January, 1894, and in 1897 entered the system. It participated in the defense of Port Arthur in the period of Russo-Japanese war. Camber on 13 April, 1904, on leaving to the outer roadstead of Port Arthur, after blowing up on the enemy mine of barrage. Together with the ship perished the commanding of sea forces on Pacific Ocean outstanding Russian naval commander and the scientific Vice Admiral S.O. Makarov and the well-known artist- battle-painter V.V. Vereshchagin. Sister ships: "Poltava" and "Sevastopol".

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Technical characteristics
Displacement	11354 t.
It is long	114,3 m.
Width	21,3 m.
Sagging	7,8 m.
Capacity of steam engine	11213 hp.
Running speed	16,86 knots
Cruising range	4500 miles
the crew	633 people
Armament
305- mm	4
152- mm	12
63- mm	2
47- mm	10
37- mm	28
The above-water torpedo tubes	4
Underwater torpedo tubes	2