Russian cruiser General-Admiral

The Russian armored cruiser General-Admiral
History
Russian Empire
Name	General-Admiral
Namesake	Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia
Builder	Society of Metal and Mining Works Shipyard
Laid down	27 November 1870[Note 1]
Launched	2 October 1873
Completed	1875
Renamed	Narova, 25 October 1909 25 Oktiabrya, 1922
Reclassified	Training ship, 24 March 1906 Minelayer, 1909
Fate	Scrapped 1953
General characteristics
Class and type	General-Admiral-class armored frigate
Displacement	5,031 long tons (5,112 t)
Length	285 ft 10 in (87.1 m)
Beam	48 ft (14.6 m)
Draft	24 ft 5 in (7.4 m)
Installed power	4,772 ihp (3,558 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 Vertical compound steam engine 5 cylindrical boilers
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range	5,900 nmi (10,900 km; 6,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	482 officers and crewmen
Armament	- as build - 4 × single 8-inch (203 mm) /22 guns 2 × single 6-inch (152 mm) /23 guns 4 × single 1.75-inch (44 mm) Engstrom guns - since 1881 - 6 × single 8-inch (203 mm) /22 guns 2 × single 6-inch (152 mm) /28 guns - after 1887 - 6 × single 8-inch (203 mm) /30 guns 2 × single 6-inch (152 mm) /28 guns 6 × single 3.4-inch (86 mm) guns 8 × 5 rev. 37-millimeter (1.5 in) Hotchkiss guns 2 × 15-inch (381 mm) submerged torpedo tubes - since 1898 (as training ship) - 4 × single 6-inch (152 mm) /45 Canet guns 6 × single 47-millimeter (1.9 in) Hotchkiss guns 2 × 15-inch (381 mm) submerged torpedo tubes - since 1911 (as minelayer) - 4 × single 75-millimeter (3.0 in) /50 Canet guns
Armor	Belt: 6 in (152 mm) Battery: 6 in (152 mm) Deck: .5 in (12.7 mm)

General-Admiral was the lead ship of her class of armored cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the early 1870s. She is generally considered the first true armored cruiser.^[1]

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