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''Admiral Makarov'' was the second of the four armoured cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the mid-1900s. While initially assigned to the Baltic Fleet, the ship was detached to the Mediterranean several times before the start of World War I in 1914. She was modified to lay mines shortly after the war began. ''Admiral Makarov'' laid mines herself during the war and provided cover for other ships laying minefields. The ship fought several inconclusive battles with German ships during the war, including the Battle of Åland Islands in mid–1915. She also defended Moon Sound during the German invasion of the Estonian islands in late 1917. ''Admiral Makarov'' was decommissioned in 1918 and sold for scrap in 1922. ==Design and description== ''Admiral Makarov'' was long overall. She had a maximum beam of , a draught of and displaced . The ship had a crew of 568 officers and men. ''Admiral Makarov'' was named in honour of Admiral Stepan Makarov.〔McLaughlin, p. 75〕 The ship had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines with a designed total of intended to propel the cruiser at .〔Gardiner and Gray, p. 190〕 However, during sea trials, they developed and drove the ship to a maximum speed of . Steam for the engines was provided by 26 Belleville boilers. She could carry a maximum of of coal, although her range is unknown.〔 ''Admiral Makarov''s main armament consisted of two 45-calibre guns in single-gun turrets fore and aft. Her eight guns were mounted in casemates on the sides of the ship's hull.〔Watts, p. 100〕 Anti-torpedo boat defense was provided by twenty 50-calibre guns; eight of these were mounted in casemates on the side of the hull and in the superstructure. The remaining guns were located above the six-inch gun casemates in pivot mounts with gun shields. ''Admiral Makarov'' also mounted four Hotchkiss guns. The ship also had two submerged torpedo tubes, one on each broadside.〔McLaughlin, pp. 68, 75〕 The ship used Krupp armour throughout. Her waterline belt was thick over her machinery spaces. Fore and aft, it reduced to . The upper belt and the casemates were thick. The armour deck was thick; over the central battery it was a single plate, but elsewhere it consisted of a plate over two plates. The gun turrets were protected by of armour and the conning tower had sides thick.〔McLaughlin, p. 68〕 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 cruiser Admiral Makarov」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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