Petr Veliky

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Petr Veliky

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Here is the OLD P. VELIKIY in three photos: 8th year of construction, 1876, as completed, then as radically rebuilt circa 1906-08. :)

Specs (wiki):
Name Petr Veliky
Namesake Peter the Great
Operator Imperial Russian Navy
Builder Galerniy Island Shipyard, Saint Petersburg
Cost over 5.5 million rubles
Laid down 23 July 1870[Note 1]
Launched 27 August 1872
Decommissioned 21 May 1921
In service 14 October 1876
Renamed
Blokshiv Nr. 1, 4 December 1923
Blokshiv Nr. 4, 1 January 1932
BSh-3, 16 May 1949
Reclassified
Training ship, 1908
Depot ship, 1917
Hulk, 1921
Stricken 18 April 1959
Fate Scrapped after April 1959
General characteristics (as built)
Type Turret ship
Displacement 10,406 long tons (10,573 t)
Length 333 ft 8 in (101.7 m)
Beam 63 ft (19.2 m)
Draft 24 ft 9 in (7.5 m) (designed)
Installed power
12 rectangular boilers
8,258 ihp (6,158 kW)
Propulsion 2 shafts; 2 horizontal-return, connecting rod-steam engines
Speed about 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range 2,900 nautical miles (5,400 km; 3,300 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement 24 officers and 417 crewmen
Armament
As built:
2 × twin 12-inch (305 mm) guns
6 × single 4-pounder guns
2 × single 4-pounder Gatling-type machine guns
4 × spar torpedoes
After 1907 refit:
4 × single 203 mm (8 in) guns
12 × single 152 mm (6 in) guns
12 × single 75 mm (3 in) guns
4 × single 57 mm (2.2 in) guns
8 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
2 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) guns
Armor
Belt: 8–14 in (203–356 mm)
Citadel: 14 in (356 mm)
Deck: 2.5–3 in (64–76 mm)
Gun turrets: 14 in (356 mm)

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