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''Pallada'' (Russian: ''Паллада'') was the last of the four armored cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the first decade of the 20th Century. She was assigned to the Baltic Fleet during World War I where she captured codebooks from the German cruiser that had run aground during the first month of the war. The ship was torpedoed by a German submarine in October 1914 and exploded; none of the crew survived. ''Pallada'' was the first warship lost by the Russians during the war. ==Design and description== ''Pallada'' was long overall. She had a maximum beam of , a draught of and displaced . The ship had a crew of 568 officers and men. ''Pallada'' was named in honour of the earlier Russian cruiser captured by the Japanese during the Russo-Japanese War.〔McLaughlin, p. 75〕 Both ships were named for the Greek goddess, Pallas Athena.〔 The ship had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines with a designed total of , but they developed on sea trials 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.〔 ''Pallada''s main armament consisted of two 45-calibre guns in single turrets fore and aft. Her eight gun were mounted in casemates on the sides of the ship's hull.〔Watts, p. 100〕 Anti-torpedo boat defense was provided by 20 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. ''Pallada'' also mounted four Hotchkiss guns. The ship also had two submerged torpedo tubes, one mounted 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 walls 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 Pallada (1906)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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