Russian coast defense ship General-Admiral Apraksin

The Russian coastal battleship General-Admiral Apraksin, which later became the Japanese Okinoshima
History
Russian Empire
NameGeneral-Admiral Apraksin
BuilderNew Admiralty Works, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Laid down24 October 1894
Launched12 May 1896
Commissioned1899
Stricken28 May 1905
FatePrize of war to Japan
Japan
NameOkinoshima
Acquired1905
Commissioned6 June 1905
Decommissioned1 April 1922
Stricken1924
Fate
General characteristics
Class and typeAdmiral Ushakov-class coastal defense ship
Displacement4,165 tons (normal); 4,270 tons (max)
Length80.62 m (264.5 ft) at waterline
Beam15.85 m (52.0 ft)
Draught5.18 m (17.0 ft)
PropulsionTwo Shaft VTE steam engine, 6,000 shp (4,470 kW); 4 boilers
Speed15 knots (28 km/h)
Range
  • 313 tons coal;
  • 3,000 nautical miles (6,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement406
ArmamentAs built:
3 × 254 mm (10 in) guns
4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
10 × 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
12 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns
4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes

As Okinoshima:

3 × 254 mm (10 in) guns
6 × 152 mm (6.0 in) guns
2 × 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss guns
Armour
  • Belt: 250 mm (9.8 in)
  • Deck: 75 mm (3 in)
  • Turret: 200 mm (7.9 in)

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.