Russian cruiser Boyarin (1901)
| Boyarin | |
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Boyarin |
| Builder: | Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Laid down: | 1899 |
| Launched: | June 1901 |
| Completed: | 1902 |
| Commissioned: | 1 September 1902 |
| Fate: | Sunk by mine, 12 February 1904 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Light cruiser |
| Displacement: | 3,200 long tons (3,251 t) |
| Length: | 105.2 m (345 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.5 m (41 ft) |
| Draught: | 4.88 m (16 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
2 shaft reciprocating vertical triple-expansion (VTE) steam engines 16 Belleville coal-fired boilers 11,500 hp (8,600 kW) |
| Speed: | 22 knots (25 mph; 41 km/h) |
| Complement: | 266 |
| Armament: |
• 6 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns • 8 × 47 mm (2 in) guns • 4 × 37 mm (1 in) guns • 5 × 381 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes |
| Armour: |
Krupp armour; Deck: 50 mm (2.0 in) Conning tower: 76 mm (3 in) |
The Boyarin (Russian: Боярин - "Nobleman") was a light cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy. It was built by Burmeister & Wain in Copenhagen, Denmark. It served in the Russian Pacific Fleet and was sunk by a Russian mine near the entrance to Port Arthur, Manchuria.
Design
She was a contemporary of the Novik and built for scouting missions.
Armament
The main armament consisted of 120mm Canet guns in shielded mountings, with 47 mm guns in casemates and five torpedo tubes
Protection
The armour used was Krupp plate with a 51 mm deck
Machinery
The powerplant consisted of two shafts with triple expansion steam engines and 16 Belleville type boilers.
Service
The ship was commissioned in 1902 and sailed to the Pacific arriving in Port Arthur in 1903. She struck a Russian moored mine near the entrance to Port Arthur harbour on 12 February 1902. An attempt to tow her to safety was made but she broke her tow , drifted onto another mine and sank.
See also
Media related to Cruiser Boyarin at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1906
