Warjag
1901
(Mercator M-312)
- Class: Warjag -- 1 protected cruiser of 1897
- Displacement: 6500t
- Dimensions: 425ft oa x 52ft x 20ft 8in max
- Machinery: 30 Niclausse boilers, 2-shaft VTE, 21,000ihp = 23.2kts. Coal 1300t max
- Armour: Deck 1.5in with 3in slopes, CT 6in, ammunition hoists 1.5in
- Armament: 12-6in/45, 12-11pdr, 8-1pdr, 2-1pdr, 6-15in TT aw, 22 mines
- Complement: 580
- Builder: William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, United States
- Laid Down: Oct 1898
- Launched: 31 Oct 1899
- Commissioned: 2 Jan 1901
- Actions: Warjag was badly damaged by Asama at Chemulpo 9 Feb 1904. Scuttled after the action, she was raised and served in the Japanese Navy as the Soya. Sold back to Russia in 1916, she was sent to the White Sea and in Feb 1917 arrived at Liverpool for repairs that were never carried out. Remained as a hulk in British waters until scrapped in 1921.
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