The Liurik-class warship is equipped with 4 12-inch l40 cannons and 8 10-inch cannons. The front armor thickness of the main turret is 10 inches, and the thickness of the side string armor belt is as high as 8.5 inches! It has very strong firepower and defense. After changing the cannon, the first battlecruiser that killed the British in the front is probably not a big problem. (The specific data can be found in Chapter 237)

Moreover, because this class of warships was the first warship built by the Germans with a displacement of more than 16,000 tons, it can be said to be a practice. In addition, the price given by the Russians is very high, a warship of 1.8 million to 1.85 million pounds! So the Germans used some new technologies when building this warship, such as kerosene mixed boiler! This is actually the first main ship to use this boiler! (Liulik started construction earlier than the German Caesar-class battleship.)

To be honest, after this warship came out, the world navy had a fierce quarrel over its positioning. In order to downplay the impact of the export of this class of warships, the German Navy claimed that the Liurik-class warship was a fast cruiser... No problem, a fast cruiser with a standard displacement of 18,000 tons! At that time, in order to conceal the data of this warship, it was claimed that the tonnage of this warship was only 15,000 tons, which was almost the same as the British's strong first-class cruiser...

Of course, this claim will definitely not deceive the insider. It is 165 meters long and 22 meters wide. In addition, 4 12-inch guns, 8 10-inch second-class main guns, and thick armored belts, you told me that the displacement is 15,000 tons? People who really understand the industry do not believe it. It just makes each other better. After all, Russia and Britain were still enemies back then. The British were definitely dissatisfied with Germany exporting warships to Russia. Although they would not directly retaliate, the Germans also wanted to give a step that everyone could go down!

However, when the Russians obtained this class of warships, they decisively called them a fast battleship and directly deployed them in the Far East. And that's not all. The Russians' other main battleship in the Russo-Japanese War, the Borodino-class battleship, is actually a simplified version of the Liurik-class fast battleship, which weakened the speed, divided the warehouse, and reduced the reserve buoyancy. Therefore, in the Russo-Japanese War, Russia's most powerful battleship was the four Liurik-class battleships in Essen, rather than the Borodino-class battleships in Makanov.

These warships are much newer than those of Mainz in Germany and the Japanese Asama-class armored cruisers. After all, they were ordered at the end of 1898. The longest ship in service was only less than 15 years old after 1900. In the Russian-Japanese naval battle that shocked China and foreign countries, Essen was not good at going out, and when he touched a mine and was forced to return, he brought three Liurik-class warships to the battlefield and killed two Japanese armored cruisers, Asahi and Asahi. He then successfully turned in. You should know that in this naval battle, the Russian Navy killed a total of three Japanese main battleships!

After the war, Makanov's remaining three main battleships returned to Europe. These four Liurik-class warships remained in the Far East. Compared with the Russian Far East fleet almost died in name only after the end of the Russo-Japanese War in history, Russia still maintained a considerable military presence in the Far East on this plane. As for the reasons, it can be attributed to the following points.
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