1894 Ships - Russian Battleship Sissoi Veliky, Russian Battleship Petropavlovsk, HMS Magnificent, USS Freedom, SS St. Louis, USS Brutus (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Russian battleship Sissoi Veliky, Russian battleship Petropavlovsk, HMS Magnificent, USS Freedom, SS St. Louis, USS Brutus, Russian coast defense ship Admiral Seniavin, HMS Hazard, USS Resolute, Turbinia, HMS Torch, SS City of Everett, USAT Thomas, Japanese battleship Tango, HMS Hussar, HMS Halcyon, USS Lebanon, HMS Harrier, United States lightship LV-58, USS Merrimac, Clyde, USS Katherine K., USS Ericsson, CGS Aberdeen, HMS Decoy, French armoured cruiser Latouche-Treville, USS Helen Baughman, HMS Boxer, HMS Ardent, Evertsen class coastal defence ship, SS Saint Ninian, TSS Duke of York, Mersey, French battleship Carnot, French armoured cruiser Bruix, HNoMS AEger, French armoured cruiser Chanzy, HMS Hasty, HMS Charger, HMS Conflict, French cruiser Troude, USS Derry, HMS Lynx, HMS Banshee, HMS Contest, HMS Dragon, HMS Surly, HMS Sturgeon, HMS Rocket, HMS Starfish, HMS Shark, HMS Skate, SMS Odin. Excerpt: The Sisoy Veliky (Russian: ) was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy, the fifth battleship built according to the 1881 shipbuilding program, and the second Russian battleship built to a pre-dreadnought standard with four 12-inch (300 mm) guns in two armored turrets and 6-inch (150 mm) secondary artillery mounted in the casemates of her central citadel. She was named after the Battle of Hogland which coincided with the day of St. Sisoes the Great of Egypt in the Orthodox calendar. The construction of Sisoy was marred by organizational, logistical and engineering problems and dragged on for more than five years. Sisoy was commissioned in October 1896 with an appalling number of design and construction faults, and only a few of them were fixed during her lifetime. Immediately after sea trials Sisoy sailed to the Mediterranean to enforce the naval blockade of Crete. On March 3, 1897 she suffered a dev..