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Iwami

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Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
石見 [Iwami] (ex-Орёл [Oryol])			Galernyy Is, St. Petersburg, Russia // Uraga K K	2.6.1900	1.8.1902	8/1904 // 6.1907	stricken 9.1922

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	13500
Displacement full, t	15300
Length, m	121.0
Breadth, m	23.2
Draught, m	7.97
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 4-cyl. VTE, 20 Belleville boilers
Power, h. p.	16300
Max speed, kts	17.8
Fuel, t	coal 1520
Endurance, nm(kts)	8500(10)
Armour, mm	belt: 190 - 152, 146 - 102 at ship ends, upper belt: 152 - 102, deck: 75 - 51, barbettes: 356 - 203, turrets: 254 - 102, 203mm gun shields: 51, 76mm gun battery: 76, CT: 203
Armament	2 x 2 - 305/38 (rus), 6 x 1 - 203/45 Armstrong W, 16 x 1 - 75/48 Canet (rus), 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 - 381 TT (beam)
Complement	806

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Project history

Former Russian Oryol, captured 28.5.1905 after Tsushima battle. She was capitally reconstructed: 152mm turrets were replaced by single 203mm guns in deck mounts, funnels height was moderated, superstructures were altered: as a result it was possible to liquidate an overload and to raise stability.

Ship protection

There was 32mm longitudinal anti-torpedo bulkhead connected with main belt slope. Upper deck over 3`` battery was 64-38-mm thick, main deck was 51mm and lower deck was 38-25mm. Main deck was connected with lower edge of main belt and lower deck by slopes.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Iwami was commissioned in 1907. From 28.9.1914 till 1.11.1914 she bombed German positions at Tsingtao base. 1.9.1921 she was reclassified to coast defence ship, in next April disarmed. After discarding she was converted to target and sunk on manoeuvres in July, 1924.