The Russian coastal battleship General-Admiral Apraksin, which later became the Japanese Okinoshima
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History | |
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Russian Empire | |
Name | General-Admiral Apraksin |
Builder | New Admiralty Works, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
Laid down | 24 October 1894 |
Launched | 12 May 1896 |
Commissioned | 1899 |
Stricken | 28 May 1905 |
Fate | Prize of war to Japan |
Japan | |
Name | Okinoshima |
Acquired | 1905 |
Commissioned | 6 June 1905 |
Decommissioned | 1 April 1922 |
Stricken | 1924 |
Fate |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defense ship |
Displacement | 4,165 tons (normal); 4,270 tons (max) |
Length | 80.62 m (264.5 ft) at waterline |
Beam | 15.85 m (52.0 ft) |
Draught | 5.18 m (17.0 ft) |
Propulsion | Two Shaft VTE steam engine, 6,000 shp (4,470 kW); 4 boilers |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Range |
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Complement | 406 |
Armament | As built:
As Okinoshima:
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Armour |
General-Admiral Apraksin (Russian: Генералъ-Адмиралъ Апраксинъ), sometimes transliterated as Apraxin, was a member of the Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defense ships of the Imperial Russian Navy. She was named after General Admiral Fyodor Matveyevich Apraksin, the first commander of Russian Baltic Fleet. She was one of eight Russian pre-dreadnought battleships captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. She subsequently served in the Japanese Navy as Okinoshima (沖ノ島) until removed from service in 1922.
She had only three guns (a single gun turret aft, as shown in the photograph), instead of her sister ships, which were equipped with four guns.