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Novgorod  

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Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Новгород [Novgorod]			New Admiralty, St. Petersburg // Nikolayev Admiralty	13.4.1871 // 10.4.1872	2.6.1873	1874	stricken 7.1903

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2491
Displacement full, t
Length, m	30.8
Breadth, m	30.8
Draught, m	4.11 max
No of shafts	6
Machinery	6 HC, 8 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	3000
Max speed, kts	6 - 7
Fuel, t	coal 160
Endurance, nm(kts)	480(5)
Armour, mm	wrought iron; sides: 229 - 178, barbette: 229, deck: 70
Armament	1 x 2 - 279/17 obr. 1867, 2 x 1 - 87/17 4pdr obr. 1867
Complement	149

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Project history

Black Sea Fleet. The first of the two famous circular ships intended for the defence of Nikolayev and the Dnepr estuary, Novgorod was built in sections at St Petersburg and assembled at Nikolayev.

Ship protection

The side armour extended from the deck edge 0.5m above wl to 1.4m below, and was 229mm for the upper 0.9m and then 178mm. Hughes backing with heavy iron stringers was used. The deck rose to 1.6m aw and was 70mm thick, while the 229mm barbette extended 2.1m above the deck, and the funnels had 114mm for a height of 0.9m. The hull was heavily wood sheathed with 686mm outside the armour, and was coppered.

Modernizations

1880s: 2 outer shafts were removed; 2000hp, 5-6kts; + 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss

Naval service

No significant events.