Russian cruiser Admiral Makarov

Admiral Makarov in 1916
History
Russian Empire
Name	Admiral Makarov
Namesake	Admiral Stepan Makarov
Builder	Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
Laid down	April 1905[Note 1]
Launched	28 May 1906
Completed	April 1908
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1922
General characteristics
Class and type	Bayan-class armoured cruiser
Displacement	7,750 long tons (7,874 t) standard
Length	449.6 ft (137.0 m)
Beam	57 ft 6 in (17.5 m)
Draught	22 ft (6.7 m)
Installed power	16,500 ihp (12,300 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 VTE steam engines 26 Belleville boilers
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement	568
Armament	2 × 1 – 203 mm (8 in) guns 8 × 1 – 152 mm (6 in) guns 20 × 1 – 75 mm (3.0 in) guns 4 × 1 – 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Krupp armor Waterline belt: 90–175 mm (3.5–6.9 in) Deck: 50 mm (2.0 in) Gun turrets: 132 mm (5.2 in) Casemates: 60 mm (2.4 in) Conning tower: 136 mm (5.4 in)

Admiral Makarov was the second of the four Bayan-class armoured cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the mid-1900s. While initially assigned to the Baltic Fleet, the ship was detached to the Mediterranean several times before the start of World War I in 1914. She was modified to lay mines shortly after the war began. Admiral Makarov laid mines herself during the war and provided cover for other ships laying minefields. The ship fought several inconclusive battles with German ships during the war, including the Battle of Åland Islands in mid–1915. She also defended Moon Sound during the German invasion of the Estonian islands in late 1917. Admiral Makarov was decommissioned in 1918 and sold for scrap in 1922.
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