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Dvenadtsat' Apostolov 1905

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Двенадцать Апостолов [Dvenadtsat' Apostolov]			Nikolayev Admiralty	7.3.1888	13.9.1890	10.5.1892	hulk 9.1914

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	8709
Displacement full, t
Length, m	104.2
Breadth, m	18.3
Draught, m	8.38 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 8 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	8750
Max speed, kts	15.7
Fuel, t	coal 800
Endurance, nm(kts)	1540(10)
Armour, mm	compound; belt: 356 - 152, barbettes: 305 - 254, battery: 127 (steel), deck: 63 - 51, CT: 203 (steel)
Armament	2 x 2 - 305/27 obr. 1877, 4 x 1 - 152/32 obr. 1877, 12 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 10 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 6 - 381 TT (1 bow, 4 beam, 1 stern)
Complement	599

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Project history

Black Sea Fleet. She was a considerably better fighting ship than the Imperator Alexandr II.

Ship protection

The 305mm guns were in barbettes with 76mm cupola shields, and the 152mm in a main deck battery. The lower strake of the bell was 67m long, and the upper strake 65m. It was 356-305mm with 178-152mm lower edge, and ended in 305-229mm bulkheads. The armour deck was 51mm over the belt and 63mm at the ends

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Dvenadtsat' Apostolov was disarmed 3.4.1911 and laid up to reserve. 4.9.1914 she was converted to torpedo depot hulk and sold to BU only in January 1931.