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Yekaterina II

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Екатерина II [Yekaterina II]			Nikolayev Admiralty	26.6.1883	20.5.1886	1888	stricken 8.1907
Чесма [Chesma]			ROPiT, Sevastopol	10.7.1883	18.5.1886	29.5.1889	stricken 8.1907
Синоп [Sinop]			ROPiT, Sevastopol	7.10.1883	1.6.1887	6/1889	captured by Germany 1.5.1918, to Whites 24.11.1918, destroyed 24.4.1919
Георгий Победоносец [Georgiy Pobedonosets]			ROPiT, Sevastopol	5.5.1891	9.3.1892	9/1893	captured by Germany 1.5.1918, re-captured 29.4.1919, captured by Whites 24.6.1919, interned at Bizerte 29.12.1920

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Yekaterina II: 11048 Chesma: 10930 Sinop: 10181 Georgiy Pobedonosets: 10750
Displacement full, t
Length, m	103.5
Breadth, m	21.0
Draught, m	8.48 - 8.76 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Yekaterina II, Chesma: 2 VC, 14 cylindrical boilers Sinop, Georgiy Pobedonosets: 2 VTE, 16 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	Yekaterina II, Chesma: 9100 Sinop, Georgiy Pobedonosets: 13000
Max speed, kts	Yekaterina II, Chesma: 15 Sinop: 16 Georgiy Pobedonosets: 16.5
Fuel, t	coal 1120
Endurance, nm(kts)	Yekaterina II, Chesma: 4600(10) Sinop: 2320(10) Georgiy Pobedonosets: 2650(10)
Armour, mm	Yekaterina II: compound; belt: 406 - 203, belt ends: 203 - 152, redoubt: 305, deck: 38, CT: 292 - 203 Chesma, Sinop: compound; belt: 406 - 203, belt ends: 203 - 152, redoubt: 305, deck: 57, CT: 292 - 203 Georgiy Pobedonosets: steel; belt: 406 - 203, belt ends: 203 - 152, redoubt: 305, deck: 57, CT: 305
Armament	Yekaterina II: 3 x 2 - 305/27 obr. 1877, 7 x 1 - 152/32 obr. 1877, 8 x 5 - 47/22 Hotchkiss, 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 7 - 381 TT (2 bow, 4 beam, 1 stern), 100 mines Chesma: 3 x 2 - 305/32, 7 x 1 - 152/32 obr. 1877, 2 x 1 - 63/17 Baranovski, 8 x 5 - 47/22 Hotchkiss, 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 7 - 381 TT (2 bow, 4 beam, 1 stern), 100 mines Sinop: 3 x 2 - 305/27 obr. 1877, 7 x 1 - 152/32 obr. 1877, 2 x 1 - 63/17 Baranovski, 8 x 5 - 47/22 Hotchkiss, 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 7 - 381 TT (2 bow, 4 beam, 1 stern), 100 mines Georgiy Pobedonosets: 3 x 2 - 305/32, 7 x 1 - 152/32 obr. 1877, 2 x 1 - 63/17 Baranovski, 8 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 10 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 7 - 381 TT (2 bow, 4 beam, 1 stern), 100 mines
Complement	Yekaterina II, Chesma: 633 Sinop: 645

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Project history

There were differences among the four ships. The design was unique with the 305mm mountings at the corners of an amidships triangular redoubt, one forward on either beam and one on the centre line aft. In Yekaterina II the 305mm were in hydraulic disappearing mountings made by Easton and Anderson. Chesma, the heaviest of the four, was reported to be somewhat deficient in stability.

Ship protection

305mm mountings had 76 - 51mm shields of varying shape. The 152mm guns were in unarmoured positions on the main deck. The lower strake of the belt was complete and 406mm amidships with 203mm lower edge, but at actual normal draught only reached about 0.3m above lwl. The 305mm upper belt was 31m long ending in 254-292mm bulkheads. The armour deck was 57mm over the lower belt and 51mm over the upper belt and redoubt except in Ekaterina II where it was 38mm over the upper belt and absent over the redoubt.

Modernizations

1906, Georgiy Pobedonosets: - 2 x 1 - 63/17, 10 x 1 - 37/20, 7 - 381 TT, 100 mines; + 4 x 1 - 7.6/94

1910, Sinop: - 1 x 2 - 305/27, 7 x 1 - 152/32, 8 x 5 - 47/22, 4 x 5 - 37/17, 7 - 381 TT, 100 mines; + 12 x 1 - 152/44 Canet, 2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 4 x 1 - 7.6/94

1911, Georgiy Pobedonosets: - 3 x 2 - 305/32

1915, Georgiy Pobedonosets: - 7 x 1 - 152/32, 4 x 1 - 47/40; + 14 x 1 - 152/44 Canet

Naval service

Sinop was fitted with a kind of bulge in 1914 for service as a barrage-breaker or 'mine-bumper', while the Georgiy Pobedonosets finally became a port guard ship. Sinop was captured 1.5.1918 at Sevastopol by German troops, re-captured 24.11.1918 by British-French troops, disarmed 19.2.1919 and 22-24.4.1919 exploded and demolished by British. She was liberated by Red Army 29.4.1919, captured by Whites 24.6.1919, recaptured 15.11.1920 by Reds but never repaired and recommissioned. Finally she was sold for BU in 1923. Georgiy Pobedonosets was captured by German troops at Sevastopol 1.5.1918, captured by British-French troops 24.11.1918, re-captured by Reds 29.4.1919 but captured by Whites 24.6.1919. 14.11.1920 she departed Sevastopol under tow and interned by French Authorities at Bizerte 29.12.1920. 29.10.1924 she was admitted by French Government as Soviet property but useless aged ship was sold in situ for BU in early 1930s.