Russian battleship Andrei Pervozvanny

Andrei Pervozvanny in 1912
History
Russian Empire
NameAndrei Pervozvanny
NamesakeSaint Andrew
BuilderAdmiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Laid down11 May 1905
Launched30 October 1906
In service10 March 1911
Soviet Union
AcquiredNovember 1917
Out of service1919
Stricken21 November 1925
FateScrapped, 15 December 1923
General characteristics as built
Class and typeAndrei Pervozvanny-class predreadnought battleship
Displacement
Length460 ft (140.2 m) (o/a)
Beam80 ft (24.4 m)
Draft27 ft (8.2 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph)
Range2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement956
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 4–8.5 in (102–216 mm)
  • Upper belt: 3.1–5 in (79–127 mm)
  • Casemates: 3.1–5 in (79–127 mm)
  • Conning tower: 4–8 in (102–203 mm)
  • Main gun turrets: 8–10 in (203–54 mm)
  • Main gun barbettes: 4–5 in (102–27 mm)
  • Secondary gun turrets: 5–6 in (127–52 mm)

Andrei Pervozvanny (Russian: Андрей ПервозванныйSt Andrew the First-Called) was an Andrei Pervozvanny-class predreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the early-1900s. The ship's construction was greatly delayed by design changes as a result of the Russo-Japanese War and labor unrest after the 1905 Revolution, and she took nearly six years to build. Andrei Pervozvanny was not very active during World War I and her bored sailors joined the general mutiny of the Baltic Fleet in early 1917. She was used by the Bolsheviks to bombard the rebellious garrison of Fort Krasnaya Gorka in 1919 during the Russian Civil War and was torpedoed by British Coastal Motor Boats shortly afterwards, as part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. The ship was never fully repaired and was scrapped in 1923.