Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

Armoured Cruisers....IRN Rurik...IRN Gromoboi ..IRN Rossia pictured at St Petersburg in 1913.

Here is the stern of the old (1885) ADMIRAL NAKIMOV in drydock.....DFO

A King and Queen amongst the dignitaries aboard Lead Ship,Armoured Cruiser IRN Bayan's commissioning ceremony in 1903.

Armoured Cruiser IRN Rossiya pictured at Vladivostok in 1903.

Some views of ROSSIYA; 2 showing battle damage from IJN.

Specs (WIKI):

"Type: Armored cruiser
Displacement: 12,195 long tons (12,391 t)
Length: 485 ft (147.8 m)
Beam: 66.6 ft (20.3 m)
Draught: 26.2 ft (8.0 m)
Installed power: 32 Belleville water-tube boilers
14,500 ihp (10,800 kW) + 2,500 ihp (1,864 kW)

Propulsion: 3 shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines + 1 TE cruising engine
Speed: 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range: 7,740 nmi (14,330 km; 8,910 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 839 officers and crewmen
Armament: 4 × single 8 in (203 mm) guns
16 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns
12 × single 75 mm (3.0 in) guns
20 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
18 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) guns
5 × 15 in (381 mm) torpedo tubes

Armor: Harvey armor
Belt: 5–8 in (127–203 mm)
Deck: 2–3 in (51–76 mm)
Conning tower: 12 in (305 mm)"

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One of Class,Armoured Cruiser IRN Pamiat Azova pictured in 1888.

Let's not forget the ol GROMBOI!! DFO

The most modern armored cruiser in the Russian Fleet in WW 1 was the UK built RURIK; a handsome ship that mostly sat..........

from WIKI:

"Design and construction

Rurik is unusual in that she was built by Vickers in Barrow in Furness, England. She was laid down in August 1905, launched on 4 November 1906, and completed in July 1909. The Russian Navy was not usually a customer of British shipyards. She was named in honour of Rurik, the semi-legendary founder of ancient Russia.

Unlike her previous namesake, Rurik (1892), she has been described as one of the best armoured cruisers built, with advanced sprinkler protection for the magazines. She was designed by KA Tennison and AP Titov, and the contract was arranged by Basil Zaharoff. The ship had a prolonged work-up while defects were rectified.

There was a plan to build two more ships in Russia, but this was cancelled after the first battlecruiser, HMS Invincible, entered service.

Armament

The main armament consisted of four 10-inch (254 mm) guns in two turrets,[2] and the secondary armament consisted of eight 8-inch (203 mm) guns[3] in four twin turrets located at the corners of the superstructure. These guns were built by Vickers. The anti-torpedo boat armament comprised twenty 4.7-inch (119 mm) 50-caliber Pattern 1905 guns in casemates. There were also four 1.9 in (47 mm) guns and two 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes.

Gunnery trials revealed that the fastenings on the 10-inch and 8-inch barbettes were insufficiently strong and were deformed during firing. Vickers was forced to reinforce the turrets. The work was done in Kronstadt after delivery.

Protection

All plate was Krupp armour made by Vickers. The 10-inch gun turrets were protected by 8-inch (203 mm) plate, and the 8-inch gun turrets were protected by 7-inch (178 mm) plate. The main belt was 500 feet (150 m) long and extended to 5 feet (2 m) below mean water line. There was also an upper belt, 3 inches (76 mm) thick, which extended to the 4.7-inch gun battery. Each 4.7-inch gun had 1-inch (25 mm) armour screens and was separated by 1-inch armour from neighbouring guns. The forward conning tower was protected by 8-inch (203 mm) armour, and the after conning tower was protected by 5-inch (127 mm) armour.

Machinery

The power plant consisted of two four-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines and twenty-eight Belleville type boilers. On trials at the Skelmorlie mile she reached 21.43 knots (39.69 km/h; 24.66 mph), developing 20,580 hp (15,350 kW)."
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Lead Ship,Armoured Cruiser IRN Bayan pictured at Toulon c1902.Built at Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer,she had to be built in France because there was no available capacity in Russia. Bayan was assigned to the First Pacific Squadron after completion and based at Port Arthur from the end of 1903. She suffered minor damage during the Battle of Port Arthur at the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05 and supported Destroyers as they patrolled outside the harbour. After bombarding Japanese positions in July 1904, she struck a mine and was out of action for the next several months. Bayan was sunk during the Siege of Port Arthur and was then salvaged by the Japanese after the war.
Renamed IJNS Aso she served as a Training Ship after extensive repairs. The was converted into a Minelayer in 1917 and was decommissioned in 1930 to serve as a Target Ship. She was eventually sunk as a target in 1932.

X-BAYAN as IJN ASO............. DFO