Borodino-class battleship
Baltic Shipyard ( 3) Galerny shipyard Admiralty Shipyard
13,516 ts
121 meters overall
23.3 m
8.0 m
By 800 man
12 Belleville boilers 2 x 3 x- expansion steam engine 15,500 hp 2 screws
17.5 kn
2,590 sm at 10 kn 1,545 tons of coal
• 4 × 305-mm-L/40-Kanonen in twin towers • 12 × 152-mm-L/40-Canet-Schnellfeuergeschütze • 20 × 75 -mm Canet quick- fire guns • 20 × 47 -mm Hotchkiss rapid-fire guns • 3 × 381 -mm torpedo tubes
• Belt: 190-203 mm • Deck: 50 mm • barbettes: 200-360 mm • Main towers 249 to 254 mm • secondary towers: 152-203 mm • Command Tower: 254-304 mm
The Borodino class was a class of five pre- dreadnought battleships of the Imperial Russian Navy, which were built from 1899 to 1905.
Architectural History
The Borodino class, based on the plans of the 1899-1901 built in France Zessarewitsch. The Russian naval command had at the conclusion of the construction contract insisted that five other ships of the same type built in Russia and as far as could be modified necessary so that they comply with the requirements of the Russian Navy. Accordingly, the ships of the Borodino class were from 1899 to 1905 built on Russian shipyards: Borodino, Imperator Alexander III, Orel, Knyaz Suvorov and Slava. .
Design defects
Like the Zessarewitsch, then these ships suffered because their focus was too high, the side walls in the so-called Tumblehome design above the waterline were inside, the current in the mid-fuselage longitudinal bulkhead is a danger of capsizing conjured up, and the low belt armor was pressed at full combat load under water. The Kasemattgeschütze were so deep that they were unusable due to rough seas. Added to this was that the ships had weaker machines as the Zessarewitsch despite their greater weight. All three sunken ships at Tsushima Class capsized before they sank. The ships are therefore considered by some experts to be the worst ship ever built battleships.