Warship 2015 by Jordan John

Author:Jordan, John
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781844862962
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2015-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

In fact, steering by the engines became the normal mode of operation for the ships, although this entailed a loss of speed.

Armament

Novgorod’s armament consisted of two 11in/20 Krupp-pattern 28-ton guns mounted in a central barbette; these guns could penetrate 11in armour at 800 yards, and at an elevation of 14.5º had a range of 4,600 yards. The barbette had an outside diameter of 30ft, and ammunition was supplied from below through a central hatch. 19

The mountings were designed by Major General F.B. Pestich. Edward Reed described the operation of the guns and their mountings in these terms:

These guns stand in an open-topped fixed turret, and are each worked by seven men only. The loading arrangements, the running out and in, the elevation and depression, and the training of these guns, are all of the simplest character, and insure [sic] great rapidity of action. I observed one quality which these guns possessed, which our guns in revolving turrets do not possess. While capable of being fired in parallel directions like our own guns, each has an independent action for training, so that, within certain limits, they can be directed at different objects.20

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