Battleships such as Evstafy - a series of squadron battleships of the Russian Imperial Navy . In total, 2 units of Eustathius and John Chrysostom were built . Took part in the First World War . "Eustafii" - the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet . After dismantling their weapons handed over to the conduct of coastal defense. The ships themselves in the years 1922-1923 dismantled for metal. Machine tools of the main caliber were used in the creation of railway installations TM-2-12
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| Previous type | Armadillos like "Borodino" |
| Subsequent type | Battleships of the type "Andrew the First Called" |
| Years built | 1904-1911 |
| Scheduled | 2 |
| Built by | 2 |
| In the ranks | Disassembled for metal |
| Scrapped | 2 |
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| Displacement | 12,738 tons |
| Length | 117.6 m |
| Width | 22.6 m |
| Draft | 8.5 m |
| Booking | Krupp armor belt in the middle part of 229 mm, in the extremities - 178 mm, casemate 127–152 mm, deck 38/76 mm, booking of towers of the main caliber 254 mm, cabin 229 mm |
| Engines | 2 vertical triple expansion steam engines |
| Power | 10 600 l. with. |
| Mover | 2 screws |
| Travel speed | 16 knots |
| Navigation range | 1360 miles in full swing 1884 miles at 12 knots 2100 miles on 10 knots |
| Crew | 879 people |
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| Artillery | 2 × 2 × 305 mm guns 4 × 203 mm guns 12 × 152 mm guns, 14 × 75 mm / 50 guns (by the beginning of 1916 they were removed) 4 machine guns |
| Mine-torpedo armament | Two 456 mm torpedo tubes |
Class Representatives
| Title | Place of construction | Bookmark | Launching | Entry into service | Derived | Fate |
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| "Evstafy" | Nikolaev Admiralty | March 11, 1904 | October 21, 1906 | May 15, 1911 | 1925 | Disassembled on metal |
| "John Chrysostom" | Lazarev Admiralty in Sevastopol | October 31, 1904 | April 18, 1906 | March 19, 1911 | 1925 | Disassembled on metal |
History
The battleship Evstafy was built in 1904–1911 in Nikolaev according to the design of Colonel A.K.ChKI. November 23, 1904 laid on the slipway of the Nikolaev Admiralty. Launched on November 3, 1906, entered service on May 28, 1911 . On August 11, 1911, together with the battleship Panteleimon , John Chrysostom , the Three Saints and Rostislav, he formed a brigade of battleships of the Black Sea. At the beginning of the First World War - the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet.
The battleship Joan Zlatoust on July 13, 1903 was enlisted in the lists of vessels of the Black Sea Fleet and on November 13, 1904, laid on the slipway of the Lazarevskoye Admiralty in Sevastopol . Launched May 1, 1906 , entered service on April 1, 1911 . On August 11, 1911, together with the battleship Panteleimon , Evstafy and Rostislav , he formed a brigade of battleships of the Black Sea.
During the Civil War and the Intervention, the ships fell into the hands of Russia's former allies on the Entente, who in a short time brought the fleet much more damage than the World War and the Civil War and the German occupation combined.