Armoured Cruiser

GROMOBOI
Built by the Baltic Works, St Petersburg,
laid down 7th May 1898,
launched 8th May 1899,
commissioned November 1900,
scrapped 1922.

The Gromoboi (Громобой) (Thunderer) was an armoured cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She fought in the Russo-Japanese war 1904 being heavily damaged at the Battle of Ulsan by Japanese cruisers, later repaired. Damaged by mines on 23rd May 1905 off Vladivostok she was again repaired, transferred to the Baltic Fleet and served in WW1. The design was an improved version of the armoured cruiser Rossia with extra protection.

Displacement: 12,455 tons
Length: 481 ft
Beam: 66.6 ft
Draught: 26 ft

Machinery: 3 shaft Vertical Triple expansion main engines, 32 Coal fired Bellville boilers, 15,500 hp

Speed: 19 knots
Range: 8,100 nm at 10 knots, 2,400 tons coal

Armament:
4 x 8 inch guns,
16 x 6 inch guns,
12 x 75 mm guns,
12 x 47 mm guns,
18 x 37 mm guns,
4 x 15in torpedo tubes

Armour: Harvey armour,
Belt 6 inch,
Deck 1.5 to 2.5 inch,
Casemates 6 inch,
Conning tower 12 inch

Crew: 874

More Photos of GROMOBOI here: http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/gromoboi.htm