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| Admiral General Apraxine | |
 Russian battleship Admiral General Apraxine , he later became ijn Okinoshima . |
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| Other names | Okinoshima |
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| Type | Coastal defense battleship |
| Class | Admiral Ushakov-class coastal defense battleship ( in ) |
| History | |
| Served in |  Russian Imperial Navy, Baltic fleet, 3 It is Pacific squadron  Japanese imperial navy 2 It is Japanese fleet |
| Shipyard | Admiralty shipyard, Saint Petersburg |
| Keel | |
| Launch | |
| Armed | 1899 |
| Status | Museum ship, abandoned in 1939 |
| Crew | |
| Crew | 18 officers, 400 sailors |
| Technical characteristics | |
| Length | 80.62 meters |
| Master-Bau | 15.85 m |
| Draught | 5.18 m |
| Shift | 4,165 tonnes (4,270 t max) |
| Propulsion | 2 Shaft steam machines, 4 boilers |
| Speed | 15 Toces oogs(288k /Di) |
| Military characteristics | |
| Shielding | 250 belt mm
Bridges: 75 mm Turrels: 200 mm Barbette: 178 mm |
| Armament | 4 × 254 mm (cannons) 4 × 120 mm , 10 × 47 mm , 12 × 37 mm , 4 torpedo launch tubes of 450 mm |
| Rayon d’action | 6 000 km |
| Career | |
| Flag | Russian empire |
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L’ Admiral General Apraxine (in Russian : Admiral General Apraksin ) is one of the eight pre-dreadnought battleships captured by the Imperial fleet of Japan during the Russian-Japanese war (1904-1905). It belongs to the Admiral Ouchakov class, with the Amiral ouchakov and the Amiral Seniavine .
In the Imperial Navy of Russia [ modifier | Modifier and code ]
The , l’ Admiral General Apraxine Starting on Okuda Gogland Island, but it has an experimental radio transmitter. The crew of the Apraxine was not in immediate danger, but the sea was starting to freeze. As a result of poor weather conditions and bureaucratic slowness, the admiralty could not establish radio contact from the Hogland Island station with the crew of the Apraxine that . The , however, we managed to receive clear messages. These messages were relayed to the island of Hogland by a station located in 25 miles (40,2336 km) off Kymi (now Kotka) on the Finnish coast. The choice of Kotka came from what it was closest to the island of Hogland, connected to the Marine-General Quarter-General [ first ] . When’ Apraxine was cleared by the glaces Yermak At the end of April, 440 official messages had been telegraphed by the relay of the island of Hogland. In addition to the rescue of the crew of the Apraxine , the windshield Yermak allowed the evacuation of more than 50 Finnish fishermen deriving on a glacier through the Gulf of Finland thanks to the reception of distress messages sent by hertzian waves.
Bailed out , the General apraxine is put in dry assets in order to undergo the necessary repairs. It was restored in the port of Kronstadt in 1901 [ 2 ] . During the declaration of war between Russia and Japan, on the insistent request for the Admiralty, the three sisters-ships Obsolete battleships of flagship Ouchakov are sent to the Far East in order to strengthen a very proven fleet during the siege of Port-Arthur. The three ships are assigned to 3 It is Pacific squadron placed under the orders of Admiral Nikolai Ivanovitch Nebogatov.
These three battleships designed to navigate in interior seas will be subject to harsh tests. I’ Admiral General Apraxine and both sisters-ships make their junction with the 3 It is Pacific squadron in Canh Ram Bay (today in Vietnam).
Bataille de Tsushima [ modifier | Modifier and code ]
The , l’ Amiral Seniavine and the Admiral General Apraxine are captured by Japanese naval forces. As for the Amiral ouchakov , on the orders of his commander, he is scuttled.
Japan imperial navy service [ modifier | Modifier and code ]
The Japanese give the ex- Admiral General Apraxine The name of Okinoshima , which originates from the name of the small island of Munakata located in the prefecture of Fukuoka, site of a famous Shinto sanctuary, located not far from the place where the battle of Tsushima takes place. I’ Okinoshima is assigned to the 2 It is Japanese fleet as a coastal defense battleship.
During the First World War, he took part in the Battle of Quingdao against the German naval forces ( October 31 – November 7, 1914 ). War, the battleship, partly disarmed, is used as a school ship. Renamed Okinoshima [ 3 ] , it was reclassified in 1922 as a warehouse ship for submarines.
Put out of service , sold to a private company, the Okinoshima is transformed into a museum ship commemorating the battle of Tsushima, it is anchored in the port of Tsuyazaki Fukuoka. In 1939, seriously damaged during a storm, he was abandoned.
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