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Oryol

Oryol

Captured

Imperial Russian Navy, then Imperial Japanese Navy

TypePre-dreadnought battleship
ClassBorodino
WarRusso-Japanese War
Main guns2 × twin 12 in (305 mm) guns

Service

1904–1905Oryol
from 1905Iwami

Captured at Tsushima

Surrendered at Tsushima.

Imperial Russian battleship Oriol at Kronstadt, August 1904. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 2 × twin 12 in (305 mm) guns
  • 6 × twin 6 in (152 mm) guns
  • 20 × single 75 mm (3 in) guns
  • 20 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
  • 4 × single 15 in (381 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Krupp armor
  • Belt: 5.7–7.64 inches (145–194 mm)
  • Deck: 1–2 inches (25–51 mm)
  • Turrets: 10 inches (254 mm)
BuilderGalerniy Island Shipyards, Saint Petersburg
Laid down1 June 1900
Launched19 July 1902
Displacement14,151 long tons (14,378 t)
Length397 ft (121 m) (o/a)
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement28 officers, 826 enlisted men

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

Career

Launched

19 July 1902

27–28 May 1905

Surrendered with Nebogatov

Fate

Captured

Sunk as target, 10 July 1924