Admiral Ushakov Class Coast Defence Ships

Vladimir Yakubov (yakv2@yahoo.com) has contributed the photographs below as part of the Warship TechSpec effort.

The following information is taken from Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships, 1860-1905:

Displacement: Seniavin on trials 4,971 tons
Dimensions: 286 ft 6 in overall x 52 ft x 19 ft 6 in max
Machinery: 8 cylindrical boilers (Ushakov 4), 2-shafts, 5,750 ihp = 16 knots
Coal: 300/450 tons
Armour: Harvey, Belt 10 - 4 inches, turrets 8 inches, conning tower 8 inches
Armament: four 10-inch 45 calibre (Apraksin 3), four 4.7-inch 45 calibre, six 3-pounder, ten 1-pounder "revolvers", four 15-inch torpedo tubes
Complement: 404

Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Admiral Ushakov New Admiralty 1892 November 1893 1895 sunk 28 May 1905 (Tsushima)
Admiral Seniavin Baltic Works 1892 August 1894 1896 captured at Tsushima, becoming HIJMS Mishima
scrapped 1928
General Admiral Graf Apraksin New Admiralty October 1894 May 1896 1899 captured at Tsushima, becoming HIJMS Okinoshima
scrapped 1926

The Photographs
(click on each for an enlargement)

Admiral Senayvin
under construction 1894
Admiral Senayvin
under construction Kronshtadt, fall 1896
Admiral Senayvin
near Reval, 1899
Admiral Senayvin
Baltic 1901

Admiral Senayvin
Admiral Ushakov
Kronshtadt 1897
Admiral Ushakov
Baltic, June 1902
Admiral Ushakov
Port Said, 11 March 1905

Admiral Ushakov
 
Admiral Ushakov
 
General-Admiral Graf Apraxin
on the rocks near Gogland Island, April 1900
General-Admiral Graf Apraxin
in dry dock in Kronshtadt Spring 1901

General-Admiral Graf Apraxin
Kronshtadt May 1902
General-Admiral Graf Apraxin
Libava, January 1905
General-Admiral Graf Apraxin
General-Admiral Graf Apraxin

Last Updated: 6 April, 2002.

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