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Admiral Seniavin

Admiral Seniavin

Captured

Imperial Russian Navy, then Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeCoast-defence battleship
ClassAdmiral Ushakov
WarRusso-Japanese War
Main guns4 × 10″ guns

Service

1896–1905Admiral Seniavin
from 1905Mishima

Captured at Tsushima

Surrendered at Tsushima.

Imperial Russian coastal battleship IJN Admiral Senyavin, 1901. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

As built

  • 4 × 254 mm (10 in) guns
  • 4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
  • 10 × 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
  • 12 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns
  • 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes

As Mishima

  • 6 × 152 mm (6.0 in) guns
  • 2 × 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss guns

Armour

  • Belt: 250 mm (9.8 in)
  • Deck: 75 mm (3 in)
  • Turret: 200 mm (7.9 in)
BuilderBaltic Works, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Laid down2 August 1892
Launched22 August 1894
Commissioned1896
Displacement4,165 long tons (4,232 t) normal 4,270 long tons (4,339 t) max
Length84.6 m (277 ft 7 in) w/l
Speed16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement406

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

22 August 1894

27–28 May 1905

Renamed IJN Mishima

28 May 1905 · Captured at Tsushima

Fate

Captured

Sunk as target, 5 May 1936