I.R.N. Askold
1902
(Navis 643N)
- Class: Askold -- 1 protected cruiser of 1898
- Displacement: 5905t
- Dimensions: 437ft oa x 49ft 2in x 20ft 4in max
- Machinery: 9 Schultz-Thornycroft boilers, 3-shaft VTE, 20,420ihp = 23.8kts. Coal 720/1100t
- Armour: Deck 2in with 3in slopes and 4in engine room, CT 6in
- Armament: 12-6in/45, 12-11pdr, 8-3pdr, 2-1pdr pompom, 6-15in TT 2 sub
- Complement: 576
- Builder: Deutsche Werft, Kiel
- Laid Down: Aug 1898
- Launched: 3 Mar 1900
- Completed: 1901
- Actions: Served in Russian Pacific Fleet during Russo-Japanese War. Interned at Shanghai after the Battle of the Yellow Sea, 10 Aug 1904. Became flagship of the Siberian flotilla in 1906. Sailed to Mediterranean and took part in the Dardanelles operations in 1915 during World War I. Seized by the Royal Navy after the Russian Revolution and renamed Glory IV. Returned to the Soviets after the Russian Civil War and scrapped in Germany in 1922.
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