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Several old ships due for scrapping have arrived in their bases after their transfer from Russian Federation Black Sea Fleet. These ships are: Battleships Pantelmeion and Ioann Zlatoust, and Armored Cruiser Riurik. Their artillery will be incorporated into coast artillery defenses of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Vladivostok, and Cam Ranh Bay, the Russian Federation naval base in French Indochina.

Armored Cruiser Riurik's two dual 254mm/50 turrets will be incorporated into Vladivostok's defenses, while Battleships Pantelmeion and Ioann Zlatoust weaponry will reinforce Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy and Cam Ranh Bay respectively.

These additions, upon completion, will produce following Order of Battle for Russian Pacific Fleet Coast Artillery:

Pacific Fleet Sector Coast Artillery
Vladivostok Sector
Dunay Battery
2 triple 305mm/52 turrets – Existing installation
2 dual 234mm/54 turrets – New installation, unused turrets from the Sviatoslav class
4 dual 150mm turrets – Existing installation
12 single 130mm open mounts
4 100mm AA – Existing installation
8 37mm AA – Existing installation

Ekypazhniy Battery
2 triple 356mm/52 turrets – Existing installation
2 Dual 254mm/50 turrets - New installation, from the armored cruiser Riurik
4 dual 150mm turrets – Existing installation
12 single 130mm open mounts – Existing installation
8 100mm AA – Existing installation
16 37mm AA – Existing installation
1 Airfield – 1 Patrol Regiment, 1 Fighter Regiment, 1 Torpedo Bomber Regiment

Slavyanka Battery
2 triple 305mm/52 turrets – Existing installation
2 dual 234mm/54 turrets – New installation, unused turrets from the Sviatoslav class
4 dual 150mm turrets – Existing installation
12 single 130mm open mounts – Existing installation
4 100mm AA – Existing installation
8 37mm AA – Existing installation

Vladivostok Naval Base
24 100mm AA – Existing installation
48 37mm AA – Existing installation
1 Airfield – 2 Fighter Regiments

Nikolaievsk Sector
Oremif Battery
4 dual 150mm turrets – Existing installation
8 single 130mm turrets – Existing installation
4 100mm AA – Existing installation
8 37mm AA – Existing installation

Rodzhestvenskoye Battery
4 Dual 150mm turrets – Existing installation
8 single 130mm turrets – Existing installation
4 100mm AA – Existing installation
8 37mm AA – Existing installation

Nikolaievsk Naval Base
8 100mm AA – Existing installation
16 37mm AA – Existing installation
1 Airfield - 1 Fighter Regiment, 1 Patrol regiment, 1 Torpedo Bomber Regiment

Magadan Sector
Vesely Battery
4 Dual 150mm Turrets – Existing installation
8 Single 130mm turrets – Existing installation
4 100mm AA – Existing installation
8 37mm AA – Existing installation
1 Airfield - 1 Fighter Regiment, 1 Patrol Regiment, 1 Torpedo Bomber Regiment

Magadan Naval Base
8 single 130mm turrets – Existing installation
16 100mm AA – Existing installation
32 37mm AA – Existing installation
1 Airfield - 1 Fighter Regiment

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy Sector
Each side of Bay mouth
1 Dual 305mm/40 turrets – New installation, from the predreadnought battleship Pantelmeion.
2 Dual 203mm turrets - New installation, from the predreadnought battleship Pantelmeion.
6 Single 130mm turrets – Existing installation
4 100mm AA – Existing installation
8 37mm AA – Existing installation

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy Naval Base
16 100mm AA – Existing installation
32 37mm AA – Existing installation
1 Airfield – 1 Fighter Regiment, 1 Patrol Regiment, 1 Torpedo Bomber Regiment


Cam Ranh Bay Sector
2 Dual 305mm/40 turrets – New installation, from the predreadnought battleship Ioann Zlatoust
2 Dual 203mm/50 turrets - New installation, from the predreadnought battleship Ioann Zlatoust
8 Single 130mm mounts – Existing installation
14 single 76mm mounts - New installation, from the predreadnought battleship Ioann Zlatoust
8 100mm AA – Existing installation
16 37mm AA – Existing installation
1 Airfield - 1 Fighter Regiment, 1 Patrol Regiment, 1 Torpedo Bomber Regiment

It's good to see that the Rodina will be well defended ..

Bernhard

Except for Vladivostok, there was no capital ship-caliber coast artillery in the Far East. Now at least the main naval bases have some. Those old ships sure come in handy! But that's all the predreads Russia has, except for the Estafey, the gunnery training ship. She'll become a museum.

But I've still got a bunch of French predreads and armored cruisers to dispose of... And a lot of colonial possessions to put them in!

..but I've never really given much thought to coastal battery's. After seeing this post how ever it kinda inspires me to think about it.

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..but I've never really given much thought to coastal battery's. After seeing this post how ever it kinda inspires me to think about it.

Do. In conjunction with mines and warships, they can be seriously effective. Check out the battle of the Irben Strait, in the Baltic, August 1915. Two German dreadnoughts with escorting cruisers, against the Russian predread Slava. Despite the German dreads having five times Slava's gun power, those mine and shore equalizers made it slow going.

Then in 1917, the Germans made an even bigger effort, with Moltke, Third Squadron - Konig, Bayern, Grosser Kurfurst, Markgraf - and Fourth Squadron - Friedrich der Grosse, Konig Albert, Kaiser, Kaiserin, and Prinzregent Luitpold - against the Russian predreads Slava and Tsarevich. That's 10 German dreadnoughts against two Russian predreads, coast artillery, and mines. Slava was eventually sunk, after a prolonged game of hide-and-seek among the islands and mines, but I've salvaged her guns for the Baltic battery named after her!

I've added a page on Coast Artillery to my website, with the new installation at Big Diomede Island as the first example.

It's found here.