The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-30
SHIPS THAT RUSSIA LOST.
FOUR WERE BATTLESHIPS OF
MOST MODERN TYPE.


vcyage-The Three ArmOred Cruisers
and Ono Battieship Were OF Old
style-Kamtchntka . Serious Loss.
Thebattleships Kniaz suvaron admiral
Rojestvensky's flagship, Borodino and
1mperator Alexander III. reported sunk, and
the Orel, reported captured were sister ships
and the flower Of the Baltic feet. They
were completed In 1904, and this was their
maiden voyage.
Following are their specifications: Dis
placement, 1886 tons; speed. 10 knots;
armament. four 10 inch guns, twelve
inch guns, forty light and machine guns;
six torpedo tubes. two submerged; armor,
inch above the belt, o inch on bulkheads.
10 inch on heavy gun positions, inch
over secondary battery. Their compile
ment was 7Ao men.
On these four ships Russia based her
hopes Of regsining her sea supremacy. and
they were apparently FOCUS for Japanese
The battleship Nioolai l.. reported cap
tured, is Of an older and smaller type.
Built in 1892, she has ee72 tons displaoe-
noent and Q trial speed Of las knots. She
carried two II inch, four Q inch and eight
inoh guns and SIX torpedo tubes. She
has q compound armor belt to
inches thick, and to 10 inches OF armor
over her batteries. She was overhauled
and partly rebuilt In 1900. Her compile
ment is $40 men.
The three armored cruisers reported
sunk were all rather out Of date. They
we're built between 1885 and 1883. Tho
Admiral Nakhimoh had a displacement Of
1924 tons and q speed Of 1877 knots. Her
main armament consisted Of eight 8 inch
and ten inch guns and four torpedo tubes.
Che had o inch compound armor over her
gun positions. Her complement was 587
officers and men.
The Dmitri Donskoi displaced Q, 200 tons
and had speed Of 1914 knots. She carried
six inch, ten Al inch andsixteen quickfring
guns and four torpedo tubes. Ten inches
OF arnor protected her bulkheads and bat
teries. Her complement WAS $40.
The Vladimir Monomach was Of 5,5ss
tons displacement and 1872 knots speed.
She carried Ave inch, twelve inch and
eighteen quickfiring guns and two torpedo
tubes. She carried a crew OF $50.
The protected cruisers Svietlana and
semtchug. reported sunk, were smaller
but more modern. The Svietlana was built
In 1897 displaced 1852 tons and made 2o.2
knots on her trial trip. She carried six
SO inch Canet guns and ten 1.s inch quick
frers. She had a ~ inch armor protection
on her deck and inches over her batteries.
Her complement was 800.
The Semtchug was as fast a. any vessel
in the Baltic fleet. her trial speed being
% Knots. She was completed In 1904. Her
displacement was 8 100 tons; armament six
~ inch guns, six l.s inch guns and two
- faN
by 2 inches Of steel. She carried a crew Of
$40 officers and men.
The coast defense vessel Admiral Ousha-
koff, reported sunk, and the Seniavin. cap
tured, were sister ships. Their description
"a as follows: Built 1895; displacement. 4e4s
TONS speed. 10 knots; guns, four inch, four
q inch, six l.s inch. and four torpedo tubes;
armor, 8 inches on the protected deck and
Ito over heavy batteries; complement, sls.
The Admiral Apraxin, coast defense vee-
eel reuofted captured. Is described as fol-
lows; Tonnage, 4, 1925; built 1893; speed, 10
knots: armament, three 10 inch. four inch.
fourteen rapidfire guns and four torpedo
tubes: arrnor, 8 inches on decks, to over
heavy pun positions. She carried a crew
Of 3ls.
The repair ship Kamtchatka. reported
sunk, was a floating workshop. built and
equipped on the most modern lines and
launched at St. Petersburg In 1902. She
was Of 1900 tons displacement and was
available also as a transport ship, having
quarters for 1000 men.
The cruiser -Irtessin' or 'Irtessim, re-
ported in the list Of sunken vessels. does
not appear in any naval register. She may
have been an auxiliary, or this may be
mistake in transmitting the name OF the
Izumrud, sister vessel to the protected
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