Gangut / Oktyabrskaya Revolutsia (Gangut Class)

Laid down	3rd June 1909
Launched	24th September 1911
Completed	N/A
Commissioned	21st October 1914
Fate	Scrapped: 1956 - 1959
Builders	Admiralty Shipyard, St. Petersburg Russia
Complement	As built: 1126 Refitted: 1411
Dimensions
Displacement	25464 tons std 26692 tons max
Dimensions	606' 6" x 88' 2"
Draught	27' 3"
Armament
Main guns	12 x 12" (4 x 3)
Secondary guns	16 x 4.7" (16 x 1)
Torpedo tubes	4 x 18" submerged
Other weapons	As built: 2 x 76mm (1 x 2) Refitted: 2 x 76mm (1 x 2) 6 x 45mm K21
Countermeasures	None
Armour	Belt: 4" - 8.8" C.T.: 6" - 9.8" Barbettes: 7.8" Deck: 1" - 1.5" Turrets: 6" - 7.8"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft	None
Flightdeck	None
Hangar	None
Catapults	None
Arrestor system	None
Aviation fuel	None
Electronics Fit
Radar	As built: None 1944: 1 x Type 285 fire control 2 x Type 279 air search
Sonar	None
ECM	None
Other	N/A
Machinery
Engines	As built: 25 x Yarrow boilers 4 x Parsons steam turbines Refitted: 12 x Yarrow boilers 4 x Parsons steam turbines
Power output	As built: 42000shp Refitted: 61000shp
Speed	23.4kts
Shafts	4
Range	900NM @ 23kts 4000NM @ 16kts 5000NM @ 10kts
Fuel	3000 tons coal 1170 tons oil

Gangut was renamed Oktyabrskaya Revolutsia on 27th June 1925. She was refitted between October 1934 and April 1934 at the Baltic Shipyard, Leningrad. During WW2, she bombarded Finnish coastal positions in 1939 and 1940.

On the outbreak of war with Germany, she returned to Leningrad. She was damaged off Kronshtadt by German shore guns on 16th September 1941. In an air attack on Leningrad on 4th April 1942, she suffered further damage.

After July 1954, she was used as a training ship. Scrapping began at Kronshtadt in 1956, and was completed at Leningrad by 1959.

Last altered : 15th September 1999

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