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Saturday 19 August 2017

Russian coastal defence ship Admiral Senyavin 1892-1905 and Japanese coastal defence ship 2nd class Mishima 1905-1936


Laid down by Baltic Works, St. Petersburg, Russia on 2 August 1892, launched on 22 August 1894, commissioned in 1896, captured on 28 May 1905, commissioned in the Japanese navy as Mishima on 6 June 1905, reclassified as submarine tender on 1 April 1921, stricken on 10 October 1935 and sunk while used as a target off Kushima, Miyazaki in September 1936.

Of the Admiral Ushakov-class consisting of the Admiral Ushakov, General Admiral Apraksin and Admiral Senyavin, preceded by the Gangut which was a smaller version of the Imperator Aleksandr II-class battleships. Displacement 4.232 (normal)-4.339 (maximum) tons and as dimensions 84,6 (waterline) x 15,88 x 5,49 metres or 277.7 x 52.1 x 18.0 feet. The machinery consisted of 2 shaft vertical triple expansion steam engines and 8 boilers supplying 5.250 shp allowing a speed of 16 knots. With a speed of 10 knots and the coal bunker capacity was the range 3.000 nautical miles. Her crew numbered 406 men. Original armament consisted of 2x2-24,5cm/10” guns, 4x1-12.7cm/4.7” guns, 10-4,7cm/1.9” guns, 12-3,7cm/1.5” guns and 4-45cm/18” torpedo tubes and in Japanese service 4-25,4cm/10” guns, 6-15,2cm/6” guns and 2-4,7cm/1.9” Hotchkiss guns. The armament consisted of a 25cm/9.8” thick belt, 7,5cm/3” thick deck and 20cm/7.9” for the turrets. .