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''Admiral Nakhimov'' ((ロシア語:''Адмирал Нахимов'')), was an armoured cruiser in the Imperial Russian Navy during the Russo-Japanese War. She was named after Admiral Pavel Nakhimov. ==Construction== ''Admiral Nakhimov'' was ordered in 1881 as one of the first armoured cruisers, and one of the more interesting naval ships constructed in Russia in the late 19th century. She was modeled after the British Royal Navy cruisers, which were armed with four 234 mm guns in a rhomboid layout. ''Admiral Nakhimov'' was considered a more successful design. Her main armament consisted of 203 mm guns, which were lighter and their number could be doubled. As a result, ''Admiral Nakhimov'' had probably the heaviest broadside (six 203 mm guns and five 152 mm guns) of all the armoured cruisers built in the 19th century. Unfortunately, her guns quickly became obsolete. Consideration was given to replacing them with quick-firing 152 mm guns (with eleven in a broadside), but it was not done due to the limited resources of Russian industry before the war with Japan. As well as steam engines, ''Nakhimov'', like ''Imperieuse'', was initially fitted with a full brig rigging, but this proved to lack utility and was eventually removed in 1898-1899. The deficiencies of ''Nakhimov'' were connected with the time of her construction, and the rapid advance in naval technology during the period. As a result, she was already an obsolete vessel by 1905, inferior to newer cruisers. The main fault was weak protection against torpedoes, despite the fact she was the first Russian vessel to introduce anti-torpedo nets (which were useful only at slow speed). As quick-firing medium-caliber artillery became widely used her limited amount of side armour left most of the hull vulnerable. Her machinery also became obsolete and her speed was low. She was laid down at the Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg in the presence of Tsar Alexander III in July 1884, launched on 21 October 1885, and entered service in 9 September 1888. 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「Russian armoured cruiser Admiral Nakhimov」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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