ARKHANGELSK (ex. H.M.S. Royal Sovereign, April 29, 1915)

Displacement: 29,150 tons (about 33,500 tons full load). Complement: 1009-1146 Length: (p.p.) 580 feet, (w.l.) 614 1/2 feet, (o.a.) 620 1/2 feet Beam: about 102 1/2 feet Draught: 28 1/2 feet Guns: 18-15 inch, 42 cal. 12-6 inch, 50 cal. 8-4 inch AA. Numerous 40 mm. And 20 mm. AA. (besides multi-M.G.) Machinery: Parsons turbines, 4 shafts. Designed H.P.: 40,000 = 21 knots with bulges (now less). Boilers: (see Table). Oil fuel: normal, 900 tons; maximum, 3,230 tons. Special protection: 1 1/2" - 1" Torp. Prot. b.h. between end barbettes. (Also bulges, of varying types.) Armour: Armour (H.T.): 1" Fo'xle over Battery 1 1/4 - 1 1/2" Upper 2", 1 1/2", 1" Main 2 1/2", 1" (forw'd) 4", 3", 2 1/2" (aft) Armour (Krupp.): 13" Belt 6"- 4" Belt (ends) 1" Belt (bow) 6", 4" Bulkheads (f. & a.) 6" Battery 10"-7" Barbettes 13"-5" Gunhouses 6"-3" C.T. Base 11" C.T. (6"- 3" hood) 6" Fore com. Tube 6" Torp. Noc. Tower 4" Tube (T.C. tower)

Gunnery note: 6 inch batteries are wet in head seas, but dwarf wall in battery retain water and it is rapidly drained away. 4 inch AA. mounted in place of former 3 inch AA. in 1924-25. Two superstructure 6 inch removed in 1927-28. Armour notes: Barbettes 6"-4" as they descend behind belt. Gunhouses, 13" faxe, 11" sides and rear; crowns 5". In these ships 2" protective deck has a high 2" slope behind belt, so that flat part of protection can be put on main deck and at top of belt, instead of a deck lower. Internal protection is very good, and with protective bulges, defence against underwater attack is very strong. Refitted with bulges in 1927-28. Engineering notes: Main Turbines are direct drive, cruising Turbines geared. General notes: Laid down at Portsmouth Jan. 15, 1914, and completed May, 1916. Transferred to Soviet Navy under Lease-Lend Scheme in 1944, but is to be returned when the division of ex-Italian warships between Allied Navies is completed.