Pegas class heavy cruiser

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Pegas class Heavy Cruiser
Class overview
Name Pegas class Heavy Cruiser
Operators Far Eastern Imperial Navy
Planned 4
Building 4
General Characteristics
Type Heavy cruiser
Displacement
  • 10000 tons standard
  • 12500 tons full load
Length 185.2 metres (608 ft)
Beam 18.2 metres (60 ft)
Draught 6.45 metres (21.2 ft)
Propulsion 4 shafts, 4 KhTGZ steam turbines
Power
  • 14 watertube boilers
  • 90,000 ihp (67,000 kW)
Speed 32 kts
Range 7000 nm at 14 kts
Complement 630
Armament
  • 8 × 203mm/50 KO 1918 g gun
  • 6 x 76.2mm/40 KO 1915 g gun
  • 2 533mm underwater torpedo tubes
Armour
  • Belt: 150 mm
  • Deck: 30 mm
  • conning tower: 76 mm

  • Development

    After the Far Eastern-Japanese war the main naval construction was focused on creating organic battle fleet with most resources going into ships that would operate under the battleline. However the events of World War I showed to importance of naval supply lines and trade protection which required attention from the Far Eastern Imperial Fleet as well. Main catalyze for the need of new type of cruisers came from Great Britain which laid down new type of heavy cruisers (The Hawkins class) intended for trade protection and was armored and armed against standard light cruisers serving abroad at the time. This resurrected the old commercial raider concept of powerful and large cruiser able to counter enemy trade protecting assets.

    4 new cruisers were ordered in 1918. They were of the new type and were shared similar silhouette as the new battlecruisers (Lkr 1917 g) being build at the time. 4 twin 203mm turrets were fitted linearly in the centerline as in Far Eastern Capital ships. These ships were powered by 10 oil-firing and 4 coal firing boilers. They were de facto the first Heavy Cruisers alongside with their British counterparts. 4 Hulls were under construction prior the Revolution.

    Ships in class

    Name Builder Laid down Launch Date Entered Service Fate
    Pegas Tatarskiy sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Imperatorskaya Gavan October 1918 December 1919 Fitting out Under construction in 1920
    Persei Tatarskiy sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Imperatorskaya Gavan October 1918 December 1919 Fitting out Under construction in 1920
    Pavliv Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Permskoye-na-Amure April 1919 Building Building Under construction in 1920
    Orion Amurskiy Sudostroitelnyy Zavod, Permskoye-na-Amure April 1919 Building Building Under construction in 1920


    See Also

    Ships of Far Eastern Imperial Navy 1920