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Boyarin

Boyarin

Sunk

Imperial Russian Navy

TypeProtected cruiser
WarRusso-Japanese War
Main guns6 120 mm (4.7 in) Canet guns

Sunk by a mine in February 1904.

Imperial Russian protected cruiser Boyarin. Picture taken in Copenhagen. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 6 120 mm (4.7 in) Canet guns
  • 8 Hotchkiss rapid fire 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
  • 4 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss guns
  • 2 Maxim machine guns
  • 5 381 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Krupp armour; deck: 50 mm (2.0 in)
  • conning tower: 76 mm (3 in)
BuilderBurmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark
Laid down24 September 1900
Launched26 May 1901
Commissioned1 September 1902
Displacement3,200 long tons (3,251 t)
Length105.2 m (345 ft)
Speed22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Complement16 officers + 315 cew

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

Career

Launched

26 May 1901

Battle of Port Arthur
Survived

8–9 February 1904

Fate

Sunk

Sunk by mine 12 February 1904