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Almaz

Almaz

Survived

Imperial Russian Navy

TypeCruiser
WarRusso-Japanese War
Main guns4 × 75 mm (3 in) guns

Armed yacht rated as a cruiser. With the destroyers Bravy and Grozny, one of only three Russian ships to reach Vladivostok after Tsushima.

Imperial Russian cruiser Almaz. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × 75 mm (3 in) guns
  • 8 × 47 mm (2 in) guns
BuilderBaltic Works, Saint Petersburg
Laid down25 September 1902
Launched2 June 1903
Displacement3,285 long tons (3,338 t)
Length365 ft 8 in (111.5 m) o/a
Speed19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement336

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

Career

Launched

2 June 1903

27–28 May 1905

Reached Vladivostok

Fate

Survived

Scrapped 1934