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Dmitriy Donskoy  

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Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Дмитрий Донской [Dmitriy Donskoy]			New Admiralty, St. Petersburg	12.10.1880	30.8.1883	1885	scuttled 29.5.1905

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	5800
Displacement full, t	6200
Length, m	90.4 wl 93.4 oa
Breadth, m	15.9
Draught, m	7.85 max
No of shafts	1
Machinery	2 VC, 8 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	7000
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	coal 990
Endurance, nm(kts)	3300(10)
Armour, mm	compound; belt: 152 - 114, deck: 13
Armament	2 x 1 - 203/28 obr. 1877, 14 x 1 - 152/25 obr. 1877, 4 x 1 - 87/21 4pdr obr. 1877, 14 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 5 - 381 TT (aw, 1 bow, 4 beam)
Complement	571

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Project history

According to official British reports the Dmitriy Donskoy, which originally had a heavy full rig, was not well subdivided and if the very large engine room had flooded she would have sunk.

Ship protection

There was a complete 152mm belt, with a 114mm lower edge from 0.7m above to 1.7m below lwl. The armour deck was 13mm.

Modernizations

1895: was completely rearmed with 6 x 1 - 152/44 Canet, 10 x 1 - 120/43 Canet, 2 x 1 - 63/17 Baranovski, 6 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 10 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 5 - 381 TT (1 bow, 4 beam)

Naval service

Dmitriy Donskoy was badly damaged by Japanese cruisers and destroyers 27/05/1905 (the next day after Tsushima battle) and at next morning scuttled by own crew off Dajelet Island, becoming the last victim of Tsushima.