Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-05-30
THE VESSELS DEsTk YED.
Some Of Them in Russian Fleet Sent
20 Bottom by Togo.

Toxic, May 29.-2.5O p. MIN the
battle fought, Saturday, in the straits
of Korea. the Russian battleships Bo-
rodinO and Alexander Ill. the armored
cruisers Admiral Nakhimoff, Dmitri
Donskoi and Vladimir Monomach, the
coast defence ironclad Admiral Oush-
akoff, the protected cruisers Svetlana
and Jemtchug, the repair ship Yamt-
chatka and the cruiser ca Irtessim,
We're sunk.
The battleships Orel and Nicholai I
and the defence ironclads Admiral Sc
niavin and General Admiral Apraxine
were captured.
The BorodinO was first-class bat
tlesbip completed in 1904, of 1876 tons
displacement and 5000 horse power,
giving her a speed of about Is knots.
She had an ormOred belt of from four
to nine inches of krupp steel and from
6 to 10 inches of armor over her gun
positions and bulkheads. Her arma-
ment consisted of four 12-inch guns
II 6-inch guns and over 40 smaller rap
id-fire guns. Her crew numbered 740
officers and men.
The Alexander III was a sister ship
of the Borodino and was also complet-
ed i'm 1904
The Admiral Nakimoff was an ar
mored cruiser of S524 tons displacement
and 5000 indicated horse power, giving
her a speed of 16 knots. She had eight
inches of compound armor over her
gun positions, carried eight S-inch
guns. 10 6-inch guns and about 20
smaller, rapid-fire guns. She had a COM
plcment of about 567 officers and men.
The Dhitri Donskoi was an armored
cruiser of 6200 tons, sheathed. of 1000
indicated horse power and having
speed of about 16 knots. She had an
armored belt six inches thick and had
10 inches of armor over her bulkheads
and heavy gun positions. Her arma-
ment consisted of six 6-inch guns, 10
47-inch guns and 16 quick-firing guns
Her crew numbered $40 officers and
men.
The Vladimir Monomach was a
sheathed cruiser of 5593 tons and 1000
indicated horse power. She was COM
pleted i'm 1885. had a belt of compound
armor to 10 inches thick, a protected
deck of two inches of steel and car
ricd five S-inch guns, II 6-inch guns
10 6uilS. l1GT CREW
numbered $50 officers and men.
The Admiral Oushakoff. a coast de-
fence ironclad, was of 464S tons dis
placement and 5000 indicated horse
power. She was completed i'm 1895, had
an armored belt 10 inches thick. a pro-
tected deck of three inches of steel and
from Z to s inches of armor over her
heavy gun positions. Her armament
consisted of four 9-inch guns, four g.
inch guns and six 1.S-inch guns, in ad-
dition to number of smaller rapid
fire guns. Her speed was 16 knots
and she carried 3lS officers and men.
The Svietlana was a protected cruis-
er of 1862 tons displacement, had 3S2S
indicated horse power, was COMPLETED
in 1897 and had speed of about 20
knots. She had 2-inch protected deck
of steel and four inches of armor over
her gun positions. Her armament con-
sisted of six 5.9-inch (CaneD guns and
IL 1.s-inch guns. She had a complement
of 800 officers and men.
The protected cruiser Jemtchug was
Of 500 tons displacement and Ii. 900 in
dicated morse power, giving her u |
speed of about % knots. She was COM
pleted in 1908, had protected deck of
two inches of steel and carried six Al
inch guns, six 1.S-inch guns and two
1.4-inch guns. Her crew numbered $40
officers and men.
The repair ship Kamtchatka was a
most important unit of Admiral Ro-
1estVenskys fleet. She is understood to |
have been fitted up with every scien- |
tine appliance available for the repair |
OF warships and was described as be- |
ing floating workshop" She was
launched at the new admiralty yards. |
St petersburg, Nov. l, 1907. She was