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*Machinery: 2 shaft VTE steam engines, 12 Bellvile boilers, 8500 hp
*Machinery: 2 shaft VTE steam engines, 12 Bellvile boilers, 8500 hp
*Speed: 15.7 knots
*Speed: 15.7 knots
*Armament: 4 - 12 inch guns, 6 - 6 inch guns, 12 - 47mm guns, 18 - 37mm guns, 6 18 inch torpedo tubes
*Armament:
*Armour: Nickel steel, Belt 16-4 inch, Turrets 12 inch, secondary gun battery 5 inch, Conning tower 8 inch
*Armour: Nickel steel
*Crew: 586
*Crew: 586

Revision as of 17:24, 10 June 2006

The Sissoi Veliky ( Сисой Великий ) was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She served in the Baltic Fleet and fought as part of the Second Pacific Squadron in the Russo-Japanese war. The ship was scuttled after sustaining heavy damage at the battle of Tsushima

The Sissoi was built by the New Admiralty yard St Petersburg, Laid down in May 1892, launched June 1894 and completed in 1896.

General Charecteristics

  • Displacement: 10,400 tons
  • Length: 107.23m
  • Beam: 20.73m
  • Draught:7.77m
  • Machinery: 2 shaft VTE steam engines, 12 Bellvile boilers, 8500 hp
  • Speed: 15.7 knots
  • Armament: 4 - 12 inch guns, 6 - 6 inch guns, 12 - 47mm guns, 18 - 37mm guns, 6 18 inch torpedo tubes
  • Armour: Nickel steel, Belt 16-4 inch, Turrets 12 inch, secondary gun battery 5 inch, Conning tower 8 inch
  • Crew: 586