Russian battleship Rostislav information

	Rostislav between 1907 and 1916.
Class overview
Operators	Imperial Russian Navy
Preceded by	Petropavlovsk class
Succeeded by	Peresvet class
Built	1894–1900
In service	1900–1920
Completed	1
Lost	1
History
Russian Empire
Name	Rostislav (Russian: Ростислав)
Namesake	Rostislav I of Kiev
Operator	Imperial Russian Navy
Builder	Nikolayev Admiralty Shipyard
Laid down	January 30, 1894 (actual); May 19, 1895 (formal);
Launched	September 2, 1896
Christened	May 20, 1894
Completed	March 1900
Fate	Scuttled November 1920
General characteristics
Type	Pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	8,880 long tons (9,022 t) (designed); 10,520 long tons (10,689 t) (actual);
Length	351 ft 10 in (107.2 m)
Beam	68 ft (20.7 m)
Draft	22 ft (6.7 m) (designed); 25 ft 2 in (7.7 m) (actual);
Installed power	8 fire-tube boilers; 8,500 ihp (6,300 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range	4,100 nautical miles (7,600 km; 4,700 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement	633 (1900), 831–852 (World War I)
Armament	2 × twin 10 in (254 mm) guns; 4 × twin 6 in (152 mm) guns; 12 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns; 16 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) guns; 6 × 15 in (381 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Harvey armor; Belt: 14.5 in (368 mm); Deck: 2–3 in (51–76 mm); Turrets: 10 in (254 mm); Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm); Bulkheads: 5–9 in (127–229 mm);

45°25′01″N 36°37′43″E / 45.41694°N 36.62861°E / 45.41694; 36.62861

Rostislav was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by the Nikolaev Admiralty Shipyard in the 1890s for the Black Sea Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. She was conceived as a small, inexpensive coastal defence ship, but the Navy abandoned the concept in favor of a compact, seagoing battleship with a displacement of 8,880 long tons (9,022 t). Poor design and construction practices increased her actual displacement by more than 1,600 long tons (1,626 t). Rostislav became the world's first capital ship to burn fuel oil, rather than coal.^[2] Her combat ability was compromised by the use of 10-inch (254 mm) main guns instead of the de facto Russian standard of 12 inches (305 mm).

Her hull was launched in September 1896, but non-delivery of the ship's main guns delayed her maiden voyage until 1899 and her completion until 1900. In May 1899 Rostislav became the first ship of the Imperial Navy to be commanded by a member of the House of Romanov, Captain Alexander Mikhailovich. From 1903 to 1912 the ship was the flagship of the second-in-command of the Black Sea Fleet. During the 1905 Russian Revolution her crew was on the verge of mutiny, but ultimately remained loyal to the regime, and actively suppressed the mutiny of the cruiser Ochakov.

Rostislav was actively engaged in World War I until the collapse of the Black Sea Fleet in the beginning of 1918. She was the first Russian ship to fire on enemy targets on land during World War I, the first to be hit by a German airstrike, and the first to destroy a submarine, albeit a Russian one. In April 1918 the fleeing Bolsheviks abandoned Rostislav in Sevastopol. A year later the British occupation forces disabled her engines. The White forces used the ship as a towed floating battery, then scuttled her in the Kerch Strait in November 1920.

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Class overview
Rostislav between 1907 and 1916.
Operators	Imperial Russian Navy
Preceded by	Petropavlovsk class
Succeeded by	Peresvet class
Built	1894–1900
In service	1900–1920
Completed	1
Lost	1
History
Russian Empire
Name	Rostislav (Russian: Ростислав)
Namesake	Rostislav I of Kiev
Operator	Imperial Russian Navy
Builder	Nikolayev Admiralty Shipyard
Laid down	January 30, 1894 (actual) May 19, 1895 (formal)^{[Note 1]}
Launched	September 2, 1896
Christened	May 20, 1894
Completed	March 1900
Fate	Scuttled November 1920
General characteristics
Type	Pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	8,880 long tons (9,022 t) (designed) 10,520 long tons (10,689 t) (actual)^[1]
Length	351 ft 10 in (107.2 m)
Beam	68 ft (20.7 m)
Draft	22 ft (6.7 m) (designed) 25 ft 2 in (7.7 m) (actual)
Installed power	8 fire-tube boilers 8,500 ihp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range	4,100 nautical miles (7,600 km; 4,700 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement	633 (1900), 831–852 (World War I)^[1]
Armament	2 × twin 10 in (254 mm) guns 4 × twin 6 in (152 mm) guns 12 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 16 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) guns^{[Note 2]} 6 × 15 in (381 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Harvey armor Belt: 14.5 in (368 mm) Deck: 2–3 in (51–76 mm) Turrets: 10 in (254 mm) Conning tower: 6 in (152 mm) Bulkheads: 5–9 in (127–229 mm)