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BORODINO CLASS battlecruiser
The
Borodino battlecruisers were a group of four
battlecruisers ordered by the Imperial Russian Navy
before World War I. Also referred to as the Izmail
class, they were laid down in late 1912 for service with
the Baltic Fleet.
A few
years before the outbreak of the First World War, naval
developments in Europe obliged the Russian navy to focus
on strengthening the Baltic and the Black Sea fleets. In
principle, Russian battlecruiser design resembled a more
German rather than British approach because protection
was not neglected in favor of high speed. In fact, the
Borodino corresponded much more to battleships.
The
Borodino class had a design displacement of 32,500 tons,
which increased to 38,000 at full load. Their overall
length and beam were, respectively 750ft and 100ft. The
hull included a bow slightly shaped as a ram and a
rounded stern. The hull’s forward section had short
parallel sides that converged to form the bow, a strange
configuration probably introduced to increase waterline
area and stability in that section. Only one turret could fire ahead or astern because
training of the amidships turrets was constrained by the
funnels and other deck fittings. Each turret weighed
1,368 tons.
Maximum designed
speed was 26.5
knots. Fuel capacity was about 3,800 tons, almost
equally divided between coal and oil. The Borodinos had two rudders in tandem.
The
secondary battery’s layout of the Borodino reflected the Russian navy’s
view that torpedo attacks would mainly come from the
forward quarters. This led to the installation of ten
Pattern 1913 single casemated, 5.1in/130mm, 55 caliber
guns in the hull forward section, abreast ‘A’ turret.
Another two single casemated guns were placed abeam the
superstructure and four others were placed,
respectively, abeam ‘Q’ and ‘P’ turrets. The aft four
casemated mounts were placed abeam the ‘Y’ turret. The
designed rate of fire was 5-8 rounds per minute.
Elevation would be limited to 30°; using AP or HE
shells, the corresponding range was 20,000yd. Design
ammunition outfit was 245 rounds per gun. Anti-aircraft defense would be provided by
four 2.5in/64mm 38-calibre single guns placed on the
upper deck, abreast the superstructure. The Borodino
class would have six underwater Mod 1912 18in/450mm
torpedo tubes. The torpedo tubes were housed in pairs in
three rooms, located respectively abeam the conning
tower, ‘Q’ turret and ‘Y’ turret.
All four
Borodino class ships were laid down on 12 December 1913.
At the time of the October 1917 Revolution, Izmail was
about 60% complete but the turrets not would be
available before 1919. By end of 1917, the new Soviet
authorities decided to halt the construction of the
Borodinos and their incomplete hulls lay up alongside
for several years after the end of the war.
Plans to
complete at least two or three Borodino ships were made. However,
civil war and the poor state of the Soviet economy
hampered both current and potential plans. After the end
of the civil war, Borodino, Kinburn and Navarin were
sold to Germany and were scrapped in 1923. In May 1925,
the Soviet Navy considered converting Izmail into an
aircraft carrier, with a capacity of fifty aircraft.
This proposal was initially approved by the Soviet
government, but it was reversed after the Red Army
opposed allocating funds to naval program.
The
Borodino class battlecruisers were comparable in size,
protection and speed to contemporary British and German
designs – and the 14in guns would have made them
slightly superior to the latter.
We build
this primarily wood Borodino model the following size:
25" long and 44" long. Contact us for quotes and lead
time.
Learn more
about the Borodino class battlecruisers here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borodino-class_battlecruiser
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