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Izumrud

Izumrud

Scuttled

Imperial Russian Navy

TypeProtected cruiser
ClassIzumrud
WarRusso-Japanese War
Main guns8 × 120 mm (4.7 in) Canet guns

Broke out after Tsushima, ran aground in Vladimir Bay and was blown up by her crew.

Руссий крейсер "Изумруд", погиб в 1905 году. Photo: Неизвестен, умер более 70 лет назад., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 8 × 120 mm (4.7 in) Canet guns
  • 4 × 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss guns
  • 6 × 7.62 mm Maxim machine guns
  • 4 × 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Krupp armour
  • 32–76 mm (1.3–3.0 in) on sloping deck
  • 32 mm (1.3 in) on belt
BuilderNevski Works, Russia
Laid down1 January 1901
Launched1 October 1903
CommissionedJanuary 1904
Displacement3,103 long tons (3,153 t)
Length111 m (364 ft 2 in)
Speed24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Complement350

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

Career

Launched

1 October 1903

27–28 May 1905

Broke out; wrecked in Vladimir Bay

Fate

Scuttled

Wrecked near Vladivostok, 29 May 1905