Protected Cruisers: Bogatyr Class

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A 4 unit class of Russian protected cruiser; 2 in Baltic, 2 in Black Sea.

Specs (WIKI):

Type: Protected cruiser
Displacement: 6,645 long tons (6,752 t)
Length: 134 m (439 ft 8 in)
Beam: 16.6 m (54 ft 6 in)
Draught: 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Propulsion: 2 shaft vertical triple-expansion steam engines
16 Normand-type boilers
23,000 hp

Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Complement: 589
Armament: 12 × 152 mm (6 in) guns (2 twin turrets and 8 single guns), replaced by 130 mm (5 in) guns in subsequent refits for all ships
12 × 11-pounder guns
8 × 47 mm guns
2 × 37 mm guns
2 × 15 in (380 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour: Deck: 80 mm (3.1 in)
Turrets: 127 mm (5.0 in)
Casemates: 80 mm (3.1 in)
Conning tower: 140 mm (5.5 in)

One BS unit survived into WW2 when she was ultimately destroyed, altho parts of her hulk are still visible. OLEG was one of the few survivors of the Second Russian Fleet; she escaped to Manila. DFO

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A few more views of this class...... DFO

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Bogatyr Class Protected Cruiser IRN Pamiat Merkuria pictured c1907.She was built at Nikolayev Dockyard,Nikolayev,Ukraine.Laid down 1900, launched June 1903, completed 1907. Mutinied during the revolution of 1905 which delayed completion. Survived the Russian Civil War and served in the Soviet Navy, Black Sea Fleet as 'Komintern'. Damaged by German bombers in World War II she was sunk as a breakwater in Poti, Georgia on October 10th 1942, after her guns had been removed for use in shore batteries.

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Protected Cruiser Bogatyr pictured at Kronstadt in 1914.