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ZHEMCHUG 2nd class cruisers (1904)


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Izumrud 1914

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Жемчуг [Zhemchug]     Nevski Works, St. Petersburg 27.6.1902 9.9.1903 10/1904 interned by Phillippines 3.6.1905-9/1905, sunk 28.10.1914
Изумруд [Izumrud]     Nevski Works, St. Petersburg 27.6.1902 22.10.1903 10/1904 wrecked 29.5.1905


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

3103

Displacement full, t3333
Length, m

106.0 pp 109.9 wl 110.9 oa

Breadth, m

12.8

Draught, m

5.00 max

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 VTE, 16 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

17000

Max speed, kts

24

Fuel, t

coal 660

Endurance, nm(kts)

2090(10)

Armour, mmNickel steel; deck: 30 with 50mm slopes, CT: 30 (Krupp steel)
Armament

8 x 1 - 120/43 Canet, 6 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 3 - 450 TT (aw, 2 beam, 1 stern)

Complement

350



Standard scale images


<i>Izumrud </i>1904
Izumrud 1904


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<i>Izumrud </i>1914
Izumrud 1914


Project history

Three-funnelled cruisers resembling the Novik but with three masts. The 4.7in guns were arranged as in Novik, but Zhemchug later had another two added to give a total of eight 4,7in.

Ship protection

The protective deck was 30mm with 50mm slopes and 70mm hoods over the engines, and the CT 30mm.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Izumrud was wrecked 29.5.1905 NE of Vladivostock after Tsushima and Zhemchug was surprised and sunk at Penang by German cruiser Emden with torpedoes and gunfire 28.10.1914.