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General-Admiral 1890

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Генерал-Адмирал [General-Admiral], 10.1909- Нарова [Narova], 9.1924- 25 Октября [25 Oktyabrya]			Semyannikov & Poletika Wks (Nevskiy Wks), St. Petersburg	27.11.1870	8.10.1873	20.9.1875	TS 3.1906, minelayer 10.1909, TS 2.1920, minelayer 7.1924, depot ship 6.1937
Герцог Эдинбургский [Gertsog Edinburgskiy] (ex-Александр Невский [Alexandr Nevskiy]), 10.1909- Онега [Onega]			Karr & McFerson Wks (Baltic Wks), St. Petersburg	27.9.1870	10.9.1875	1877	TS 3.1906, minelayer 10.1909, hulk 9.1914

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	General-Admiral: 5031 Gertsog Edinburgskiy: 4838
Displacement full, t
Length, m	General-Admiral: 87.1 wl 91.0 oa Gertsog Edinburgskiy: 86.9 oa
Breadth, m	14.6
Draught, m	General-Admiral: 7.01 Gertsog Edinburgskiy: 7.32
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VC, 12 rectangular boilers
Power, h. p.	General-Admiral: 4470 Gertsog Edinburgskiy: 5222
Max speed, kts	General-Admiral: 12.3 Gertsog Edinburgskiy: 13.2
Fuel, t	coal 1000
Endurance, nm(kts)	General-Admiral: 2400(8) Gertsog Edinburgskiy: 2800(9)
Armour, mm	wrought iron; belt: 152 - 127, deck: 25
Armament	6 x 1 - 203/19 obr.1867g, 2 x 1 - 152/23 obr.1867g, 4 x 1 - 87/17 obr.1867g
Complement	490

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Project history

Iron hulled ships with ram, sheathed and coppered and fully rigged. First armoured cruisers in the world. 203mm guns were placed amidships on the upper deck and 152mm guns below the forecastle and poop.

Ship protection

Complete belt was 2.1m high and 152 - 127mm thick. It was covered by flat 25mm deck. 152mm coaming 1.4m high protected engine room hatch.

Modernizations

1886, General-Admiral: boilers were replaced by 3 double-ended cylindrical ones

1889, Gertsog Edinburgskiy: - 6 x 1 - 203/19, 2 x 1 - 152/23, 4 x 1 - 87/17; + 4 x 1 - 203/28 obr.1877g, 5 x 1 - 152/25 obr.1877g, 6 x 1 - 87/21 obr.1877g, 10 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 3 - 381 TT (aw, 1 bow, 2 beam)

1890, General-Admiral: - 1 x 1 - 152/23, 4 x 1 - 87/17; + 6 x 1 - 87/21 obr.1877g, 1 - 381 TT (aw)

1892, General-Admiral: 2 additional single-ended cylindrical boilers were added, two fixed funnels replaced the original lowering ones; - 6 x 1 - 203/19; + 3 x 1 - 152/23 obr.1867g, 6 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 8 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss

1896, Gertsog Edinburgskiy: boilers were replaced by 4 cylindrical ones, two fixed funnels replaced the original lowering ones.

1910, Narova: - 4 x 1 - 152/23, 6 x 1 - 47/40; + 4 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 4 x 1 - 7.6/94, 600 mines

1910, Onega: - 4 x 1 - 203/28, 5 x 1 - 152/25, 6 x 1 - 87/21, 10 x 5 - 37/17, 3 - 381 TT; + 4 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 4 x 1 - 7.6/94, 647 mines

1913, Narova: boilers were replaced by 6 Belleville.

1925, 25 Oktyabrya: - 2 x 1 - 75/48, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94; + 2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss AA, mine stowage was decreased to 500.

Naval service

Both ships were interned by Germany 12.4.1918 but returned to Russia in May.