Russian ironclad Kniaz Pozharsky
Kniaz Pozharsky at anchor
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators: |
 Imperial Russian Navy
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| Preceded by: | Pervenets class |
| Succeeded by: | None |
| Built: | 1864–73 |
| In commission: | 1873–1909 |
| Completed: | 1 |
| Scrapped: | 1 |
| History | |
 Russian Empire
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| Name: | Kniaz Pozharsky (Russian: Князь Пожарский) |
| Namesake: | Dmitry Pozharsky |
| Operator: | Imperial Russian Navy |
| Builder: | Charles Mitchell Shipyard, St. Petersburg |
| Laid down: | 30 November 1864 |
| Launched: | 12 September 1867 |
| Completed: | 1870 |
| Renamed: | Blokshiv Nr. 1, 27 October 1909 |
| Struck: | 14 April 1911 |
| Fate: | Scrapped 1911? |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Central battery ironclad |
| Displacement: | 5,138 long tons (5,220 t) |
| Length: | 272 ft 8 in (83.1 m) |
| Beam: | 49 ft (14.9 m) |
| Draft: | 24 ft 6 in (7.5 m) |
| Installed power: | 2,835 ihp (2,114 kW) |
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| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Range: | 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) |
| Complement: | 495 officers and crewmen |
| Armament: | 8 × 1 - 9-inch (229 mm)/22 guns |
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The Russian ironclad Kniaz Pozharsky (Russian: Князь Пожарский) was an iron-hulled armored frigate built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the 1860s. She was the first Russian armored ship to leave European waters when she cruised the Pacific Ocean in 1873–75. The ship did not participate in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78, and remained in the Baltic Sea until 1879–80, when she made another cruiser to the Pacific. Kniaz Pozharsky was assigned to the Baltic Fleet for the rest of her career. She mainly served as a training ship after her refit in 1885 until she was hulked in 1909 and probably scrapped in 1911.
Originally classified as an armored corvette, Kniaz Pozharsky was redesignated as an armored frigate on 20 November 1866. She was laid out as a central battery ironclad with the armament concentrated amidships. The ship was fitted with a ram and her crew numbered approximately 495 officers and enlisted men.
Kniaz Pozharsky was 272 feet 8 inches (83.1 m) long at the waterline. She had a beam of 49 feet (14.9 m) and a draft of 24 feet 6 inches (7.5 m). The ship was designed to displace 4,506 long tons (4,578 t), but displaced 5,138 long tons (5,220 t) as built, an increase of over 600 long tons (610 t).Kniaz Pozharsky was fitted with a double bottom and was considered to be a steady gun platform and a good sea boat.
The ship had a simple horizontal direct-acting steam engine driving a single two-bladed propeller. Steam was provided by eight cylindrical boilers. The engine produced 2,835 indicated horsepower (2,114 kW) during sea trials which gave the ship a maximum speed around 11.7 knots (21.7 km/h; 13.5 mph). Kniaz Pozharsky carried a maximum of 600 long tons (610 t) of coal which gave her an economical range of 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi). She was ship-rigged with three masts and a maximum sail area of 27,000 square feet (2,508 m2). To reduce drag while under sail her funnel was retractable and her propeller could be hoisted into the hull.
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