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Veliky Knyaz Konstantin

Veliky Knyaz Konstantin

Survived

Imperial Russian Navy

TypeAuxiliary
WarRusso-Turkish War
Main guns1 × 6″ gun

Converted merchant steamer that carried torpedo launches on davits, commanded by Stepan Makarov. Her boats made the first successful attack with self-propelled torpedoes, at Batum. Makarov later commanded Russia's Pacific Fleet and died when Petropavlovsk was mined off Port Arthur in 1904.

Russian battleship Velikiy Knyaz Konstantin Source: http://www.navycollection.narod.ru/ships/Russia/Auxillaries/Velikiy_Knyaz_Konstantin/fotos.html Contemporary etching of the 19th century battleship of the Russian Navy active in 1870s. Photo: Unknown, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × 9-pounder rifled guns
  • 1 × 152 mm (6 in) mortar
Displacement2,500 t (2,461 long tons)
Length73 m (239 ft 6 in)
Speed12.7 knots (14.6 mph; 23.5 km/h)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Sinking of Intibah
Survived

26 January 1878

Tender; Makarov in command