Petr Velikyy (1872)

Petr Velikyy Пётр Великий
Career	Details
Builder:	Galernii Island, St. Petersburg
Laid down:	1 June, 1869
Launched:	27 August, 1872
Completed:	14 October, 1876
Hulked:	1922
Fate:	Scrapped
General Characteristics (1876)
Displacement:	9,665 tons
Length:	328 feet 2 inches (oa)
Beam:	62 feet 3 inches
Draught:	23 feet 9 inches
Propulsion:	2 Horizontal Compound Engines, 8,258 ihp. 12 rectangular boilers
Speed:	14 knots
Bunkerage:	1,200 tons (coal)
Complement:	432
Armament:	4 × BL 12"/20 guns in twin barbettes 6 × BL 3.4" guns on single mountings
General Characteristics (1881)
Propulsion:	2 Double Expansion Engines developing 5,500 ihp. 12 oval boilers
Speed:	12.9 knots
Armament:	4 × BL 12"/20 guns in twin barbettes 4 × BL 8.4" guns on single mountings 6 × BL 3.4" guns on single mountings 2 × 15" torpedo tubes (submerged)
General Characteristics (1905)
Armament:	4 × BL 8"/50 Pattern 1905 guns in twin barbettes 6 × BL 6" guns on single mountings 12 × QF 75mm guns on single mountings 4 × 57mm/(?) Hotchkiss guns 4 × 47mm/(?) Hotchkiss guns

Petr Velikyy (Russian: Пётр Великий) was the first modern battleship to be built for the Imperial Russian Navy. From laying down to the estimated time of her scrapping her service spanned half a century.

For details on the design and construction of Petr Velikyy, please see Petr Velikyy Class (1872)

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