sharlin
Banned
Sorry about the mix up, I tend to think of the Gangut's as battlecruisers, they were called Baltic Battlecruisers in some circles at the time, armour similar in thickness to a Lion/Tiger class BC (9 inch belt etc) just much more extensive light armour elsewhere and a fairly high speed (24 knots) which is a knot slower than the first RN's Battlecruisers. Sorry for the confusion 
Re the Russian armoured Cruiser formation, they'd probably take the 3 surviving Bayans and the Rurik as their flagship. That last ship bares some special attention she was roughly equivalent to the Germans Blucher, more a battlecruiser than armoured cruiser in terms of scale, armament and protection. Save the Blucher she was probably the finest example of her kind ever made and also one of the last, she's well armed, 4 x 10 inch guns and 4 x 8 inch guns on a broadside. The Germans were always wary of that ship in the OTL WW1. She's faster than any of the AC's the Germans have in the region unless they pull the Scharnhorst and Gnisenau in but they are half a world away and the Blucher's with the 1st Scouting Group.
The Bayans are old but rugged designs (supprising for a French designed ship of that period) and roughly similar to the RN's Cressy/Good Hope class in terms of weapon lay out (and number) and protection but they are old and fairly slow at 21 knots, but thats fine as the Rurik could only do 21 knots although she touched 23 on trials when fully loaded, although no one likes forcing tripple expansion engines for long periods of time, very bad things tend to happen to the machinery (but thats only if you force them for a multiple hour time period and then don't give them a thorough check up afterwards.)
Re the Russian armoured Cruiser formation, they'd probably take the 3 surviving Bayans and the Rurik as their flagship. That last ship bares some special attention she was roughly equivalent to the Germans Blucher, more a battlecruiser than armoured cruiser in terms of scale, armament and protection. Save the Blucher she was probably the finest example of her kind ever made and also one of the last, she's well armed, 4 x 10 inch guns and 4 x 8 inch guns on a broadside. The Germans were always wary of that ship in the OTL WW1. She's faster than any of the AC's the Germans have in the region unless they pull the Scharnhorst and Gnisenau in but they are half a world away and the Blucher's with the 1st Scouting Group.
The Bayans are old but rugged designs (supprising for a French designed ship of that period) and roughly similar to the RN's Cressy/Good Hope class in terms of weapon lay out (and number) and protection but they are old and fairly slow at 21 knots, but thats fine as the Rurik could only do 21 knots although she touched 23 on trials when fully loaded, although no one likes forcing tripple expansion engines for long periods of time, very bad things tend to happen to the machinery (but thats only if you force them for a multiple hour time period and then don't give them a thorough check up afterwards.)
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