I.R.N. Rossia
1897
(Hai 376)
(Painted by John Olsen)
- Class: Rossia - 1 armoured cruiser of 1894
- Displacement: 13,675t
- Dimensions: 480ft 6in oa x 68ft 6in x 26ft max
- Machinery: 32 Belleville boilers, 3-shaft VTE, 15,500ihp = 20.2 kts. Coal 2500t max
- Armor: Harvey-nickel, Belt 8in-4in, battery 5in bulkheads only, CT 12in
- Armament: 4-8in/45, 16-6in/45, 12-11pdr, 20-3pdr, 16-1pdr, 5-15in TT aw
- Complement: 842
- Builder: Baltic Works
- Laid Down: 1894
- Launched: May 1896
- Completed: 1897
- Notes: Considerably damaged by Japanese armored cruisers at Ulsan in 1904 with heavy casualties but still able to steam well. In World War I she was employed in the Baltic, at times as a minelayer with 100 mines.
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