Russian battleship Tri Sviatitelia (1893)

Russian battleship Tri Svititelia
Career
Name:	Tri Svititelia (Три Святителя)
Operator:	Imperial Russian Navy
Builder:	Nikolayev Dockyard,
Laid down:	1891
Launched:	12 November 1893
Commissioned:	1898
Out of service:	1918
Fate:	Scrapped 1922
General characteristics
Displacement:	13,318 tons
Length:	115.14 m
Beam:	22.25 m
Draught:	8.66 m
Propulsion:	2 shaft VTE steam engines, 14 cylindrical coal fired boilers, 11,308 hp
Speed:	17 knots (31 km/h)
Complement:	753 officers and crewmen
Armament:	4 12-inch (305 mm) guns (2 twin turrets), 8 - 6-inch (152 mm) guns 4 - 120 mm guns (replaced by 6 inch in 1912), 10 - 47 mm guns, 34 - 37 mm guns, 6 - 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Harvey armour, Belt 18 inch to 9 inch, 16 inch turrets, 5 inch secondary guns, 12 inch conning tower

The Tri Svititelia (Три Святителя) was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She served with the Black Sea Fleet and fought in World War I. Her design was based on the Baltic Fleet battleship Navarin with some improvements in armour and armament.

She was built by Nikolayev Dockyard, laid down 1891, launched 12 November 1893 and commissioned in 1898. She was modernised in 1911-12. She was captured by the Germans in 1918 and turned over to the British during the Allied invasion of Russia during the Russian Civil War. The Allies wrecked the machinery of the ship to prevent use by the Reds and the remains were scrapped in 1922.

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