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The Tsesarevich was built for Russia by France.

Predreadnought Battleship Tsesarevich, laid down 1899
     Length, 118.5 m x Beam, 23.2 m x Depth, 7.9 m
          13138 tonnes normal displacement (12154 tonnes standard)
     Main battery:       4 x 30.5-cm (2 x 2)
     Secondary battery: 12 x 15.0-cm
     QF battery:        16 x  7.6-cm
     Light battery:      8 x  4.7-cm
          Weight of broadside: 2245 kg
     6 TT, 46.0 cm (2 submerged)
     Main belt, 25.0 cm; bow and stern, 15.0 cm
     Upper belt, 20.0 cm
     Armor deck, average 9.5 cm
     Conning tower, 25.0 cm
     Battery armor:
          Main, 25.0 cm / secondary, 15.0 cm
          QF, 2.5 cm shields 
     Maximum speed for 10013 indicated kw = 18.00 knots
          Approximate cruising radius, 6000 nm / 10 knots
     Typical complement: 614-798

                    Estimated cost, $4.874 million (£1.218 million)
          Remarks:
     Relative extent of belt armor, 92 percent of 'typical' coverage.
     Ship has slow, easy roll; a good, steady gun platform.
     Excellent seaboat; comfortable and able to fight her guns
     in the heaviest weather.
     Main deck secondary guns subject to being washed down
     in a seaway.

          Distribution of weights:
                                                       Percent
                                                       normal
                                                    displacement:
          Armament .........................    617 tonnes =   5 pct
          Armor, total .....................   4616 tonnes =  35 pct
               Belt                            2015 tonnes =  15 pct
               Deck                            1453 tonnes =  11 pct
               C.T.                             118 tonnes =   1 pct
               Armament                        1029 tonnes =   8 pct
          Machinery ........................   2130 tonnes =  16 pct
          Hull and fittings; equipment .....   4117 tonnes =  31 pct
          Fuel, ammunition, stores .........   1659 tonnes =  13 pct
          Miscellaneous weights ............      0 tonnes =   0 pct
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                                              13138 tonnes = 100 pct
          Estimated metacentric height, 1.4 m
     Displacement summary:
          Light ship:             11480 tonnes
          Standard displacement:  12154 tonnes
          Normal service:         13138 tonnes
          Full load:              13873 tonnes
          Loading submergence 1968 tonnes/metre
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     Estimated overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
          Relative margin of stability: 1.19
          Shellfire needed to sink: 6243 kg = 15.9 x 30.5-cm shells
               (Approximates weight of penetrating
               shell hits needed to sink ship,
               not counting critical hits)
          Torpedoes needed to sink: 1.9
               (Approximates number of 'typical'
               torpedo hits needed to sink ship)
          Relative steadiness as gun platform, 71 percent
               (50 percent is 'average')
          Relative rocking effect from firing to beam, 0.48
          Relative quality as a seaboat: 1.52
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     Hull form characteristics:
          Block coefficient: 0.60
          Sharpness coefficient: 0.45
          Hull speed coefficient 'M' = 5.04
          'Natural speed' for length = 19.7 knots
          Power going to wave formation
               at top speed: 50 percent

     Estimated hull characteristics and strength:
          Relative underwater volume absorbed by
               magazines and engineering spaces: 91 percent
          Relative accommodation and working space: 100 percent

          Displacement factor: 95 percent
               (Displacement relative to loading factors)

          Relative cross-sectional hull strength: 0.92
               (Structure weight per square
               metre of hull surface: 658 kg)
          Relative longitudinal hull strength: 2.47
               (for 5.00 m average freeboard;
               freeboard adjustment +0.12 m)
          Relative composite hull strength: 1.01
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[Machine-readable parameters: Spring Style v. 1.2.1]
388.68 x 76.10 x 25.91; 16.40 -- Dimensions
0.60 -- Block coefficient
1899 -- Year laid down
18.00 / 6000 / 10.00; Reciprocating -- Speed / radius / cruise
 0 tons -- Miscellaneous weights
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4 x 12.01; 2; 0 -- Main battery; turrets; superfiring
   :
12 x 5.91; 0 -- Secondary battery; turrets
  Main deck battery
   :
16 x 2.99 -- Tertiary (QF/AA) battery
  Gun-shields
   :
8 x 1.85 -- Fourth (light) battery
6 / 2 / 18.11 -- TT / submerged / size
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9.84 / 5.91 / 7.87 / 0.00; 92 -- Belt armor; relative extent
3.74 / 9.84 -- Deck / CT
9.84 / 5.91 / 0.98 / 0.00 -- Battery armor

     (Note: For portability, values are stored in Anglo-American units)

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