Model Ship Plan Russian Battleship Borodino Model Ship Plan Russian Battleship Borodino
The model plan for Russian Battleship Borodino
Country: Russia, 1904
Scale of plan: 1:200
Scale of details: 1:100; 1:50
Quantity of sheets: 15 (A3 format)(11,7x16,5)
Produced by the publishing house Private Military Historical Archives.
Nowadays the publishing house Private Military Historical Archives is the only one in Russian Federation that issues the ship drawing plans. All the plans are absolutely unique and authentic; they are not reproduced by anyone in the world. These plans are made by the technology of computer retrospective method based on the real Russian State Navy Archives materials.
There are no doubts that these plans will be useful and attractive for those, who are interesting in history, the specific information about Russian ships and also for ship models builders because you can build the REAL ship using these materials.
All the plans are issued in A3 format albums.
Prototype
The battleship Borodino was built by the Admiralty yard, St Petersburg. Laid down July 1899, launched September 1901, completed August 1904. This ship was named after the Battle of Borodino. Sunk at the Battle of Tsushima on 27 May 1905 with only one survivor.
The five Borodino-class battleships (also known as the Suvorov-class) were Pre-Dreadnoughts built between 1899 and 1905 for the Imperial Russian Navy. Three of the class were sunk and one captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy in a decisive naval engagement of the Russo-Japanese War, at the Battle of Tsushima.
Specifications
Displacement: 13,516 tons designed, 14151 tons at Tsushima
Length: 397 ft (121 m)
Beam: 76 ft (23.2 m)
Draught: 26 ft (7.9 m)
Armament:
4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns (2 × 2)
12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns (6 × 2)
20 × 75 mm (20 × 1)
20 × 47 mm (20 × 1)
4 × 15 in (381 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:
Krupp armour - Belt - 7.6 in (193 mm)
Turrets 10 in (254 mm) max
Deck 2 in (51 mm)
1 in (25 mm) anti-torpedo bulkhead
Machinery: 2 shafts , vertical triple-expansion engines, 12 Bellville Boilers, 15,800 hp (12 mW)
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h)
Endurance: 2,590 miles (4,000 km)
Complement: 28 officers, 754 men
