Sissoy Velikiy (Sissoy Velikiy Class)

Laid down	25th July 1891
Launched	20th May 1894
Completed	18th August 1896
Commissioned	1897
Fate	Sunk: 28th May 1905 off Cape Karasaki
Builders	New Admiralty Yard, St. Petersburg Russia
Complement	582
Dimensions
Displacement	10400 tons
Dimensions	351' 7" x 68'
Draught	27'
Armament
Main guns	4 x 12" (2 x 2)
Secondary guns	6 x 5.2"
Torpedo tubes	6 x 17.9" above water
Other weapons	2 x 64mm field guns 12 x 47mm 12 x 37mm Hotchkiss 4 x 7.62mm
Countermeasures	None
Armour	Belt: 12" - 16" Deck: 2" - 3" C.T.: 12" Turrets: 12"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft	None
Flightdeck	None
Hangar	None
Catapults	None
Arrestor system	None
Aviation fuel	None
Electronics Fit
Radar	None
Sonar	None
ECM	None
Other	None
Machinery
Engines	16 x boilers 2 x vertical triple expansion
Power output	8500ihp
Speed	16kts
Shafts	2
Range	2800NM @ 10kts
Fuel	1000 tons coal

In 1900, Sissoy Velikiy took part in an assault operation in northern China during the Boxer rebellion. On 27th May 1905, she was at the battle of Tsushima, and took a total of 12 x 7.9" and 12" hits, but continued on her way to Vladivostok. On the night after the battle, she was torpedoed by a Japanese destroyer, which started a serious fire. At 9AM on the 28th, she was scuttled by her own crew 3 miles off Cape Karasaki.

Last altered : 25th August 1999

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