Russian cruiser Admiral Kornilov (1887)

Saint- Nazaire

Construction: 4950 ts Use: 5863 ts

Over all: 112.16 m

14.83 m

7.77 m

479 man

• 8 cylinder boiler
• 2 standing triple expansion steam engine with 5977 PSI

17.6 kn

• Deck: 25-64 mm
• Command Stand: 76 mm
• Bays: 76-114 mm

1000 tons of coal

The Admiral Kornilov was an armored deck cruiser or protected cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy.

The cruiser was in 1886, set in Saint- Nazaire, France at Kiel, launched on April 9, 1887 and put into service in 1888.

With 112,16 m long, 14.8 m wide and 7.8 m Draft repressed the ship when empty and fully equipped 5,863 4,950 ts ts.

The armament consisted of 14 × 152-mm-L/35-Geschützen, 6 × 3- pounders and 10 × 1 - pounders and six 38 -cm above water torpedo tubes. After a renovation in 1904 /05 was the main artillery of 10 × 152-mm-L/45-Kanonen.

The deck armor was 25-64 mm thick; at the command post was the armored strength of 75 mm. Moreover, had the ventilation and flue gas ducts of the engine and boiler rooms armor plates with thicknesses of 76-114 mm.

With eight cylinders, boilers and two standing 3-fold -expansion steam engines gave the machinery 5,977 PSI and a maximum speed of 17.6 knots. The bunker capacity was 1,000 tons of coal. The crew numbered 479 men.

The cruiser served both in the Baltic Sea as well as in the Pacific, was from 1908 torpedo training ship and was put out of service in 1911.

In the 1950s, a cruiser Sverdlov class was planned with the same name and sent to Kiel. The completion but has been aborted, the ship was because the construction progressed too far, used as an accommodation ship.