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HMS ''Russell'' was a predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. ==Technical description== HMS ''Russell'' was laid down by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company at Jarrow on 11 March 1899 and launched on 19 February 1902. She arrived at Sheerness later the same month and went to Chatham Dockyard for steam and gun-mounting trials. Construction of ''Russell'' was completed in February 1903.〔 ''Russell'' and her five sisters of the ''Duncan'' class were ordered in response to large French and Russian building programmes,〔 including an emphasis on fast battleships in the Russian programme;〔Gibbons, p. 159〕 they were designed as smaller, more lightly armoured, and faster versions of the preceding .〔 As it turned out, the Russian ships were not as heavily armed as initially feared, and the ''Duncan''s proved to be quite superior in their balance of speed, firepower, and protection.〔 Armour layout was similar to that of , with reduced thickness in the barbettes and belt.〔 The ''Duncan''s had machinery of more than the ''Formidable''s and ''London''s and were the first British battleships with 4-cylinder triple-expansion engines. They also had a modified hull form to improve speed. The ships had a reputation as good steamers, with a designed speed of and an operational speed of ,〔 good steering at all speeds, and an easy roll. They were the fastest battleships in the Royal Navy when completed, and the fastest predreadnoughts ever built other than the and .〔Burt, p. 202〕 They had the same armament as and a smaller displacement than the ''Formidable''s and ''London''s.〔 Like all predreadnoughts, ''Russell'' was outclassed by the dreadnought battleships that began to appear in 1906, but she nonetheless continued to perform front-line duties up through the early part of World War I. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Russell (1901)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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