The 254 mm 45 caliber Pattern 1891 was a Russian naval gun developed in the years before the Russo-Japanese War that armed coastal defense ships and pre-dreadnought battleships during the Russo-Japane
A twin gun turret aboard the battleship Rostislav.
254 mm 45 caliber model 1891 coastal gun on Durlacher mount in Kuivasaari. Manufactured by Obukhov in 1906, serial number 114.
Apraksin in Kronstadt 1901.
Admiral Ushakov and Imperator Aleksandr II in 1902.
Obukhov State Plant
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Obukhov State Plant is a major Russian metallurgy and heavy machine-building plant in St. Petersburg, Russia.
254 mm 45 caliber Pattern 1891
…40 caliber Pattern 1895 guns of the same period. They were constructed of an A tube and three layers of reinforcing hoops and a jacket. By 1901 the Obukhov State Plant had delivered 30 guns of which 27 were installed on ships. In addition to the guns installed on ships some were employed as coastal artillery, including…
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Obukhov State Plant in 1902