russian cruiser cruiser russian ship class armoured cruisers built imperial_russian_navy decade 20th century ship built france available capacity russia assigned completion based port arthur end suffered minor damage beginning russo japanese war supported destroyers patrolled outside harbour bombarding japanese positions july ship struck action months sunk siege port arthur salvaged japanese war imperial_japanese_navy served training ship extensive repairs ship converted decommissioned serve target ship eventually sunk target design description unlike previous russian armoured cruisers class ships designed scouts fleet feet inches long overall feet perpendiculars maximum beam feet inches draft feet displaced long tons ships crew officers men class vertical triple expansion steam engines driving single propeller shaft steam provided belleville boilers designed total indicated horsepower intended propel cruisers knots mph engines actually developed ihp sea trials october drove ship maximum speed knots mph carry maximum long tons coal gave range nautical miles knots mph main armament consisted inch calibre guns single turrets fore aft superstructure inch guns mounted casemates sides ship hull anti torpedo boat defence provided millimetre calibre guns mounted casemates hull superstructure remaining guns located inch gun casemates pivot mounts gun shields mounted millimetre millimetre hotchkiss guns ship submerged inch torpedo tubes broadside ship harvey armour waterline belt inches thick machinery spaces fore aft reduced inches upper armour armour protecting casemates inches thick thickness armoured deck inches central battery single plate consisted inch plate inch plates gun turret sides protected inches armour roofs inches thick barbettes protected armour plates inch thick sides conning tower inches thick construction career named ordered french shipyard sur capacity available russian shipyards ship laid february launched june completed february command captain 1st rank port visits greece italy north_africa sailing arriving april months departing port arthur august french built battleship arrived december assigned night february launched surprise attack russian fleet port arthur hit initial torpedo boat sortied following morning combined fleet commanded vice admiral attacked expected surprise night attack ships successful anticipating russians badly disorganized weakened recovered surprise ready assault japanese vessels spotted protected cruiser patrolling offshore alerted russian defences chose attack russian coastal defences main armament engage ships secondary guns splitting fire proved poor decision japanese inch inch guns inflicted damage russian ships concentrated fire opponents effect suffered superficial damage hits numerous splinters crewmen killed injured ship fired inch inch seventy millimetre shells battle damage repaired days subsequently cruiser patrolled port arthur protected cruiser ship sortied march support destroyer attack japanese destroyers ship sunk help arrived early morning april russian destroyer fell japanese destroyers darkness patrol captain realized mistake russian ship attempted escape failed japanese shell struck torpedoes caused detonate time sortied provide support able rescue survivors japanese squadron protected cruisers attacked vice admiral led force battleships cruisers support ordered rest follow soon meantime japanese reported russian sortie arrived japanese battleships heavily outnumbered ordered ships retreat join rest squadron exiting harbour flagship struck naval sank instantly sailed rest june abortive attempt reach new squadron commander rear admiral ordered squadron return port arthur encountered japanese fleet shortly sunset wish engage numerically superior opponents night battle bombarding positions july ship struck repair september death battle yellow sea august promoted rear admiral commander subsequently trapped port arthur sunk shells december japanese service war wreck refloated june towed given temporary repairs commissioned named volcano august day towed japan permanent repairs lasted july time boilers replaced water tube boilers rearmed japanese built weapons size seventy millimetre guns replaced inch guns september russian protected cruiser assigned training squadron march began training cruise took naval cadets west_coast united_states canada hawaii returned august year ships cruise australia southeast_asia february july briefly relieved assignment september rejoining april training cruise lasted november march took cadets destinations cruise april transferred away training squadron refitted march refit inch guns replaced pair inch guns torpedo tubes removed reassigned december training cruise april august visited new_guinea converted capacity mines formally reclassified april stricken navy list april renamed sunk august submarine torpedoes serving target heavy cruisers
Russian cruiser Bayan (1900)