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Pallada

Pallada

Sunk

Imperial Russian Navy, then Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeProtected cruiser
ClassPallada
WarRusso-Japanese War
Main guns8 × 152 mm (6 in) guns

Service

1902–1905Pallada
from 1905Tsugaru

Raised after the fall of Port Arthur

Torpedoed on the opening night of the war; sunk in harbour in December 1904. Raised by Japan.

The Russian cruiser Pallada; later commissioned as the Japanese cruiser Tsugaru, circa 1903 Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 8 × 152 mm (6 in) guns
  • 24 × 75 mm (3 in) guns
  • 8 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns
  • 3 × 380 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Deck: 50–62 mm (2.0–2.4 in)
  • Conning tower: 150 mm (5.9 in)
BuilderAdmiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Laid down1 December 1895
LaunchedAugust 1899
Displacement6,731 long tons (6,839 t)
Length126.8 m (416 ft)
Speed19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement578

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

Career

Launched

August 1899

8–9 February 1904

Torpedoed at anchor in the opening night attack

10 August 1904

Returned to Port Arthur

Fate

Sunk

Expended as target, 1924