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Askold

Interned

Imperial Russian Navy

TypeProtected cruiser
WarRusso-Japanese War
Main guns12 - 6-inch (152 mm) Canet guns

Interned at Shanghai after the Battle of the Yellow Sea.

The Imperial Russian protected cruiser Askol'd on the trials in Kiel, Germany. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 12 - 6-inch (152 mm) Canet guns
  • 12 - 75-millimetre (3 in) Canet guns
  • 8 - 47-millimetre (2 in) Hotchkiss rapid-fire guns
  • 2 - 37-millimetre (1 in) Hotchkiss guns
  • 2 – 7.62 mm Maxim machine guns
  • 6 - 15-inch (381 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Krupp armour
  • Sloping deck: 2–4-inch (51–102 mm)
  • Conning tower 6-inch (152 mm)
BuilderGermaniawerft, Kiel, German Empire
Laid down8 June 1899
Launched15 March 1900
Commissioned25 January 1902
Displacement5,910 t (5,820 long tons) (full load)
Length132.5 m (434 ft 9 in)
Speed23.8 knots (44.1 km/h; 27.4 mph)
Complement580 officers and crewmen

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

Career

Launched

15 March 1900

Battle of Port Arthur
Survived

8–9 February 1904

Battle of the Yellow Sea
Interned

10 August 1904

Broke through; interned at Shanghai

Fate

Interned

Scrapped, 1922