Russian cruiser Almaz

Almaz
Career
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, as a yacht for Viceroy Alexeev, 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.