"Eagle" - Russian squadron battleship , one of the five ships of the type "Borodino" .
| The Eagle (1902-1904) "Iwami" (1905-1924) | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Service | |
 Russia Japan | |
| Class and type of vessel | Armadillo type "Borodino" |
| Manufacturer | Shipyard on Galerny Island, St. Petersburg |
| Construction started | May 20, 1900 |
| Launched | July 6, 1902 |
| Commissioned | October 1, 1904 |
| Status | Shot by the Japanese as a target on July 10, 1924 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 14,440 tons |
| Length | 121.2 m |
| Width | 23.2 m |
| Draft | 7.9 m |
| Reservation | GBP - 145 ... 194 mm, VBP - 102 ... 152 mm, 12 "AU - 254 mm / 229 mm, 6" AU - 152 mm / 152 mm, BR-203 mm, PTP-40 mm, deck - up to 72-142 mm in total , roofs 12 "AU and BR-51 mm, total of all floors up to 137-129 mm, roofs 6" AU-38 mm, total of all floors up to 163 mm, 3 "AU and part of the side-76 mm, roofs and floors 3" AU-27 mm. The armor is Krupp . The reservation scheme is common. |
| Engines | Two vertical triple expansion steam engines , 20 Bellville boilers |
| Power | 2 × 7900 l. with. = 15 800 l. with. |
| Speed | 17.8 knots (33 km / h ) |
| Sailing range | 3200 nautical miles (about 6000 km) at a speed of 10 knots |
| Crew | 806 officers and sailors |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 2 × 2 - 305 mm / 40 , 6 × 2 - 152 mm / 45, 20 × 1 - 75mm / 50 PMK, 20 × 1 - 47 mm / 38 PMK, 2 × 63 mm Baranovsky’s landing guns, 10 × 7.62 mm Maxim machine guns |
| Mine torpedo armament | four 381 mm torpedo tubes, 20 min barrage |
Ship History
The ship was laid down on Galerny Island in St. Petersburg on May 20, 1900. The builder of the ship was Mikhail Karlovich Yakovlev , and from June 1904 until the commissioning, the junior shipbuilder V. P. Lebedev [1] .
Under the command of Captain 1st Rank N.V. Jung, he took part in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 and the Battle of Tsushima . He was part of the Second Pacific Squadron . Alexei Novikov-Priboy , author of the novel Tsushima , served as a non-commissioned officer on Orel.
In the battle received 76 hits (according to Campbell). Of these, 5 - 305 mm shells, 2 - 254 mm shells, 9 - 203 mm shells, 39 - 152 mm shells and 21 - smaller shells. According to V.P. Kostenko , there were at least 140 hits, of which 42 - 305 mm shells. After the battle, a ship with a mortally wounded commander who lost a significant part of the combat readiness joined the detachment of Rear Admiral N.I. Nebogatov and was taken prisoner together with other ships of this detachment.
After delivery and restoration, it was radically modernized by the Japanese: towers of 152 mm caliber were replaced by deck installations of guns of 203 mm caliber, both Mars, upper tiers of bridges were removed, chimneys were shortened and reduced in diameter, and more. It was commissioned by the Imperial Navy of Japan under the name "Iwami" ( Eng. Iwami , ( 石 見 , in honor of the ancient Japanese province of Iwami , today the territory of Shimano Prefecture, near Tsushima ).
August 28, 1912 retrained in the battleships of coastal defense of the 1st class.
During the First World War, took part in the battle for the city of Qingdao .
It was written off on May 9, 1923 , in accordance with the Washington Naval Agreement and shot as a target on July 10, 1924 by plane from the Yogashima military airfield (near Yokosuka Fortress).
Officers at the time of the Tsushima battle
- Commander 1st-Class Captain N.V. Jung (c April 26, 1904) - mortally wounded, died May 16, 1905
- Senior Officer Captain 2nd Rank K. L. Schwede (since 1901)
- Flagship chief auditor titular adviser V.E. Dobrovolsky .
- Examiner Lieutenant S.N. Burnashev (p. 01.1904)
- Senior mine officer Lieutenant I.V. Nikanov 1st (since 1902)
- Junior mine officer Lieutenant V.L. Modzalevsky (from 07.31.1904)
- Senior artillery officer Lieutenant F.P. Shamshev (p. 01.1904)
- Junior artillery officer, commander of the right bow 6 "tower Lieutenant A.V. Girs 3rd (from July 31, 1904) - seriously wounded during the battle, died on June 5, 1905 in a Japanese hospital.
- Junior artillery officer, commander of the left aft 6 "tower Lieutenant G. M. Ryumin (from 31.07.1904)
- Senior navigator officer Lieutenant V.A. Satkevich (from 11.06.1904)
- Junior navigational officer Michman, from 04.17.1905, Lieutenant L.V. Larionov (from 27.04.1904)
- The watch commander, commander of the left bow of the 6 "tower Lieutenant K. P. Slavinsky (from 24.05.1904)
- The watch commander, commander of the 12 "bow of the Michman tower, from 04.17.1905, Lieutenant S. Ya. Pavlinov 4th (from 18.06.1904)
- Lieutenant Chief Michman I. I. Bibikov (since 17.07.1904 decommissioned in Nossi-Be)
- The shift commander, commander of the right aft 6 "tower, Michman A. D. Bubnov 4th (from 16.06.1904)
- Lieutenant Commander, Commander of the Nasal Anti-Mine Battery, Michman A.P. Shupinsky (04/26/1904) - was killed.
- The officer on duty, commander of the aft 12 "tower Michman O. A. Shcherbachev 4th (from 17.06.1904)
- Officer in charge, batch division commander Michman D.R. Karpov 2nd
- Duty officer, commander of the left medium mine battery of Michman, Prince J. K. Tumanov (from 05.17.1904)
- Lieutenant officer, commander of the right middle mine battery Michman N. A. Sackellari (from 15.06.1904)
- The officer on duty, commander of the stern anti-mine battery Ensign for the marine part G. A. Andreev-Kalmykov (from 08.15.1904) - was killed.
- The officer in charge of the naval officer S.V. Titov (since June 19, 1904) was written off due to illness on February 14, 1905.
- Lieutenant officer Michman N. N. Zubov 2nd - transferred to the destroyer " Brilliant " in June 1904
- Senior ship mechanic, commander of the left steam engine Lieutenant Colonel K. I. M. I. I. Parfenov (from 11.09.1904)
- Assistant to a senior ship mechanic, commander of the right steam engine Headquarters Captain K. I. M. K. A. Sklyarevsky (from 30.08.1904)
- Bilge mechanic Lieutenant K.I.M.N. M. Rums (since June 19, 1904 )
- Junior ship mechanic Poruchik K. I. M. N. G. Rusanov (from 02.07.1904)
- Junior ship mechanic Poruchik K. I. M. P. A. Mozhzhukhin (from 18.08.1904)
- Junior ship mechanic Poruchik K. I. M. G. Ya. Leonchukov (from 08.07.1904)
- Junior ship mechanic Ensign for the mechanical part V. I. Antipin
- Junior ship mechanic Ensign for the mechanical part N. G. Ivanov (p. 06.1904) - 01/17/1905 transferred to the cruiser of the 2nd rank "Ural"
- Shipborne Engineer Junior Assistant to the Shipbuilder V.P. Kostenko (from 05.06.1904)
- Senior ship's doctor Outside counselor G. A. Makarov (from 09.06.1904)
- Junior ship's doctor Collegiate assessor N. M. Markov (since June 23, 1904) - was written off due to illness in April 1905
- Junior ship's doctor Lekar A.P. Avrorov (from 10.05.1905)
- Ship priest Jeromonos father Paisius
- Podshkiper I.I. Eremin - killed.
Non-commissioned officers commanded the middle 6 "towers: left - artillery conductor Vladimir Pantsyrev [2] , right - artillery quartermaster of the 1st article, Mikhail Volzhanin.
Notes
- ↑ Kostenko V.P. On the "Eagle" in Tsushima. - SPb. : Gangut, 2007 .-- 784 p. - ISBN 5-85875-034-6
- ↑ Notes of the artillery conductor Pantsyreva captured in Japan.
Literature
- Kostenko V.P. On the "Eagle" in Tsushima. - L .: Sudpromgiz, 1955.
- Mists Y. K. Michman in the war . 1930.
- Novikov-Priboy A. S. Tsushima - memories of the bailer from the "Eagle".
- S. McLaughlin, 2005, Aboard the Orel at Tsushima, in Warship 2005, Conways Maritime Press - based on the memoirs of Lieutenant VP Kostenko, a Russian officer who survived the battle
- Gibbons, Tony: The Complete Encyclopedia of Battleships and Battlecruisers
- Burt, RA: Japanese Battleships, 1897-1945
See also
- List of armored ships of the Russian fleet