russian cruiser russian class armored cruisers built imperial_russian_navy decade 20th century assigned world war captured german cruiser run aground month war ship torpedoed german submarine october exploded crew survived warship lost russians war design description feet long overall maximum beam feet draught feet displaced long tons ship crew officers men named honour earlier russian cruiser captured japanese russo japanese war ships named greek goddess ship vertical triple expansion steam engines designed total indicated horsepower developed indicated horsepower sea trials drove ship maximum speed knots mph steam engines provided belleville boilers carry maximum long tons coal range unknown main armament consisted inch calibre guns single turrets fore aft inch gun mounted casemates sides ship hull anti torpedo boat defense provided millimetre calibre guns mounted casemates hull superstructure remaining guns located inch gun casemates pivot mounts gun shields mounted millimetre hotchkiss guns ship submerged inch torpedo tubes mounted broadside ship krupp armour waterline belt millimetres thick machinery spaces fore aft reduced millimetres upper belt casemates millimetres thick armour deck millimetres thick central battery single plate consisted millimetre plate millimetre plates gun turrets protected millimetres armour conning tower walls millimetres thick service built saint_petersburg construction began june formally laid august ship launched november completed february spent entire career august month world war german light cruiser ran aground near island escort destroyer failed pull rescued crew protected cruiser appeared opened fire germans blew ship failed demolish rest ship failed destroy naval discovered russians copy later given british proved enormously helpful reading german wireless traffic armoured cruiser unsuccessfully searched german ships danzig night august months later october torpedoed german submarine blew loss hands russian warship sunk war wreck october finnish newspaper reported wreck discovered group outside near coast finland group waited publishing find ship lying pieces upside depth metres wreck severely damaged sinking covered number details large wooden emblem russian double headed eagle intact inch turrets resting bow section september reported previously largely untouched wreck looted
Russian cruiser Pallada (1906)