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were poorly riveted, leading to leaks. Drawbacks in her design gave her limited stability and resulted in ineffective counter-flooding efforts by her crew. The ship settled and sank slowly on an even keel in 30 metres (98 ft 5 in) of water. There were no fatalities.
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and four 152-millimetre (6.0 in) guns which were not protected. Anti torpedo-boat armament comprised six 47-millimetre (1.9 in) guns and twelve 37-millimetre (1.5 in) Hotchkiss guns. There were also four 63-millimetre (2.5 in) landing guns and six
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to have repairs after 19 days. Several modernisation schemes to correct the defects were considered but did not proceed due to extensive demands on the Russian shipbuilding industry.
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with eight cylindrical boilers were installed. The ship also had a complex drainage system with steam turbine pumps. She proved slower than designed with a maximum speed of 13.8
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due to excessive weight. The Russian Navy Marine Technical Kommittee (MTK) considered re-armouring her with a thinner belt of stronger
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on 3 July 1893. Completed in 1894, she was 600 tons over her designed displacement which led to an increase in
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was 2.13 metres (7 ft 0 in) tall but had only 0.91 metres (36 in) height above the mean
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mounting at the bow. The secondary armament comprised four 229-millimetre (9 in) guns in
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A plan to refloat the ship by the Swedish Neptune Company was not carried out, although
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The main armament comprised a single 305-millimetre (12 in) gun in a
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and a loss in speed. Her trials were difficult and she had to return to
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during a military exercise. A gash along the ship′s bottom led to both
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List of coastal defense ships of the Imperial Russian Navy
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Gangut (ship)

Battle of Gangut
New Admiralty Shipyard
coast defense ship
152 mm (6 in) guns
Compound armour
Belt
Barbette
Secondary battery
Conning tower
Russian
Imperial Russian
coast defense ship
Battle of Gangut
Imperator Aleksandr II-class
battleships
Imperator Aleksandr II-class
Ivan Shestakov
New Admiralty yard
Saint Petersburg
launched
draught
Kronstadt
barbette
casemates
torpedo tubes
Canet guns
Compound armour
belt

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