Russian cruiser Almaz

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Almaz
Career Russian Navy Ensign
Name: Almaz
Ordered: 1901
Builder: Baltic Shipyard, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Laid down: 12 April 1902
Launched: 20 May 1903
Completed: December 1903
Fate: Scrapped, 1930s
General characteristics
Type: Cruiser
Displacement: 3,285 long tons (3,338 t)
Length: 99.1 m (325 ft 2 in) w/l
111.5 m (365 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam: 13.3 m (43 ft 8 in)
Draught: 5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion: 2 shaft reciprocating VTE
16 Belleville boilers
7,945 hp (5,925 kW)
800 tons coal
Speed: 19.5 knots (22.4 mph; 36.1 km/h)
Range: 3,350 nmi (6,200 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement: 295
Armament: 1903 :
• 4 × 75 mm (3 in) guns
• 8 × 47 mm (2 in) guns
1905 :
• 3 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
• 10 × 75 mm (3 in) guns
• 2 × 47 mm (2 in) 3-pounder guns

Almaz (in Russian language: Алмаз - "Diamond") was a 2nd-class cruiser in the Imperial Russian Navy, built by Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg, Russia,[1] as a yacht for Viceroy Alexeev,[2] the naval minister of the Russian Empire. [citation needed]

Service history

Almaz was commissioned into the Baltic Fleet in 1903. She took part in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) and fought at the Battle of Tsushima. In 1907 she was reclassified as an Aviso. In 1911 she was part of the Black Sea Fleet, and was rebuilt as a seaplane tender in 1914. In 1920 she was interned at Bizerta with the remainder of Tsarist Wrangel Fleet.

References

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