General-Admiral-class cruiser

General-Admiral
Class overview
Operators Imperial Russian Navy
Preceded byNone
Succeeded byMinin
Built1870–1877
In commission1875–1938
Completed2
Scrapped2
General characteristics (General-Admiral as completed)
TypeArmored cruiser
Displacement5,031 long tons (5,112 t)
Length285 ft 10 in (87.1 m)
Beam48 ft (14.6 m)
Draft24 ft 5 in (7.4 m)
Installed power
Propulsion1 Shaft, 1 compound steam engine
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range5,900 nmi (10,900 km; 6,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement482 officers and crewmen
Armament
  • - as build -
  • 4 × single 8-inch (203 mm) /22 guns
  • 2 × single 6-inch (152 mm) /23 guns
  • 4 × single 1.75-inch (44 mm) Engstrom guns
  • - since 1881 -
  • 6 × single 8-inch (203 mm) /22 guns
  • 2 × single 6-inch (152 mm) /28 guns
  • - after 1887 -
  • 6 × single 8-inch (203 mm) /30 guns
  • 2 × single 6-inch (152 mm) /28 guns
  • 6 × single 3.4-inch (86 mm) guns
  • 8 × 5 rev. 37-millimeter (1.5 in) Hotchkiss guns
  • 2 × 15-inch (381 mm) submerged torpedo tube
  • - since 1898 (as training ships) -
  • 4 × single 6-inch (152 mm) /45 Canet guns
  • 6 × single 47-millimeter (1.9 in) Hotchkiss guns
  • 2 × 15-inch (381 mm) submerged torpedo tube
  • - since 1911 (as minelayers) -
  • 4 × single 75-millimeter (3.0 in) /50 Canet guns
ArmorBelt: 5–6 in (127–152 mm)

The General-Admiral-class ships were a pair of armored cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the early 1870s. They are generally considered as the first true armored cruisers.

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