For the later ship of the same name see Russian battleship Sevastopol 1911 For other ships of the same name see Sevastopol ship Sevastopol at Port Arthur in 1904 Career Russia Scuttled off Port Arthur 2 January 1905 General characteristics Class type Petropavlovsk class pre dreadnought Displacement 11 842 long tons 12 032 t Name Namesake Builder Laid down Launched Completed In service Fate Length Beam Draft Installed power Propulsion Speed Range Complement Armament Sevastopol Siege of Sevastopol New Admiralty Shipyard Saint Petersburg Russian Empire 19 May 1892 a 1 June 1895 1899 1900 battleship 376 ft 115 m 70 ft 21 m 28 ft 3 in 8 61 m 10 600 shp 7 900 kW 16 cylindrical coal fired boilers 2 shafts engines 2 vertical triple expansion steam 16 knots 30 km h 18 mph 3 750 nmi 6 940 km 4 320 mi 10 knots 19 km h 12 mph 662 4 305 mm 12 in guns 12 152 mm 6 in guns 10 47 mm 1 9 in guns Armor 28 37 mm 1 5 in guns 6 torpedo tubes Harvey armor Belt 8 12 in 203 305 mm Turrets 10 in 254 mm Secondary turrets 5 in 127 mm Conning tower 9 in 229 mm Deck 3 in 76 mm Sevastopol Russian Petropavlovsk class of pre dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the 1890s was the last of three ships in the Named for the siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War the ship was commissioned into the First Pacific Squadron of the Russian Pacific Fleet and was stationed at Port Arthur a Russian naval base acquired from China in 1898 as part of the Kwantung Leased Territory One of the first ships to use Harvey nickel steel armor and Popov radios she displaced 11 854 long tons 12 044 t at full load and was 369 feet 112 5 m long overall and mounted a main battery of four 12 inch 305 mm guns in two twin turrets She was laid down in May 1892 launched on 1 June 1895 and completed in 1899 Her sea trials lasted until 1900 Sevastopol saw service in the Russo Japanese War of 1904 05 Slightly damaged during a surprise attack on Port Arthur in early February the ship later participated in several attempts to break out from the besieged port The most notable of these was the Battle of the Yellow Sea where she was damaged by several shells but managed to make it back to port with the remnants of the Russian Fleet leaving one crewman dead and 62 wounded Immediately after thesurrender of Port Arthur Sevastopol was scuttled to prevent her capture by the Imperial Japanese Navy The Japanese never raised her The remains of the ship still lie outside the entrance to Port Arthur Contents hide 1 Design 2 Characteristics 3 Construction 4 Service history 4 1 Wartime service 5 Notes 6 References Design edit The first design for Sevastopol and her sister ships of the Petropavlovsk class was approved in January 1891 She was to be an improved version of the battleship Imperator Nikolai I but with most of her armament in barbettes including four 12 inch 305 mm guns The class was designed with a displacement of 10 960 long tons 11 136 t at full load 1 She had a full waterline belt and the upper hull featured a tumblehome Imperator Nikolai I was chosen as a starting point for the design because of her good seakeeping and seaworthiness Some characteristics were also copied from the French battleship Brennus and the American Indiana class battleships such as the flush deck hull and Brennus high freeboard 2 Following a redesign of the class Sevastopol ceased to resemble Imperator Nikolai I The armor plating was changed before construction and plans for the armament were modified while the ship was being built The barbettes were replaced with turrets including wing turrets for some of the secondary 6 inch 152 mm guns modeled after those onBrennus with electric hoists 3 The propulsion was based on the machinery on Georgii Pobedonosets 1 Sevastopolhad Harvey nickel steel armor imported from the United States 4 Characteristics edit Sevastopol displaced 11 842 long tons 12 032 t and was 376 feet 114 6 m long overall She had a beam of 70 feet 21 3 m and a maximum draft of 28 feet 3 inches 8 6 m She was powered by 16 cylindrical coal burning boilers and could carry 1 050 long tons 1 070 t of coal This gave her a range of 3 750 nautical miles 6 940 km 4 320 mi at a cruising speed of 10 knots 19 km h 12 mph 5 She had a crew of 662 6 The ship s main armament consisted of a battery of four 12 inch 305 mm guns in two twin turrets This was supplemented by a secondary battery of twelve 6 inch 152 mm guns Sevastopol s armament was rounded out with ten 47 millimeter 1 9 in guns twenty eight 37 millimeter 1 5 in anti torpedo boat guns and six 14 inch 356 mm torpedo tubes four of which were submerged 7 Construction edit Sevastopol at Kronstadt in 1900 Sevastopol named for the siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War was laid down at the Galernii Island shipyard in Saint Petersburg on 7 March 1892 8 Construction was led by two engineers E P Andruschenko and N I Afanasyev 8 and began on 7 May 1892 9 about the same time as the battleship Sissoi Veliky was laid down 9 The ceremony was attended by Alexander III of Russia and then Tsesarevich Nicholas II 8 Sevastopol was launched on 1 June 1895 10 and after the completion of her hull and decks in 1898 was transferred to Kronstadt where her armor and guns were installed 8 Sevastopol was finished in 1899 10 and Nikolai Chernishev became her captain a post which he would retain until 17 March 1904 when Nikolai Essen assumed command 11 Service history edit Sevastopol began her sea trials on 16 October 1899 and was commissioned after their conclusion into the Imperial Russian Navy She and her sister ships were transferred to Port Arthur which was then the port of the First Squadron of the Russian Pacific Fleet 12 In September 1900 Popov radios were installed on Sevastopol and her sister Poltava the first Russian battleships to have them 13 14 They were also painted white the same color as the other ships in the First Pacific Squadron 15 She then left for Port Arthur and arrived at on 13 April 1901 As Russia was not at war with any Far East countries at that time Sevastopol stayed in port inactive 16 Wartime service edit Sevastopol rear center and her sisters In early February 1904 the Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur Sevastopol was hit by one shell either 6 inches 152 mm or 8 inches 203 mm in diameter that wounded two men on her bridge She soon turned in pursuit along with other ships of the Russian fleet all …
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