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Vitiaz-class cruiser

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Class overview
Operators Imperial Russian Navy
Preceded byNone
Succeeded byAdmiral Kornilov
Built1883–1887
In commission1886–1914
Completed2
Lost1
Scrapped1
General characteristics
TypeProtected cruiser
Displacement3,537 long tons (3,594 t)
Length260 ft 6 in (79.4 m)
Beam45 ft (13.7 m)
Draft19 ft 11 in (6.1 m)
Installed powerapproximately 3,000 ihp (2,200 kW)
Propulsion1 shaft, 1 Compound steam engine, 10 cylindrical water-tube boilers
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement330 officers and crewmen
Armament
  • 10 × 1 - 6-inch (152 mm)/28 guns
  • 4 × 1 - 3.4-inch (86 mm) guns
  • 8 × 1 - 37-millimeter (1.5 in)/23 guns
  • 3 × 15-inch (381 mm) submerged torpedo tubes
ArmorDeck: 1.5 in (38 mm)

The Vitiaz-class ships were a pair of partially protected cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the mid-1880s.

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References

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  • Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "Russia". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. New York: Mayflower Books. pp. 170–217. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
  • Watts, Anthony J. (1990). The Imperial Russian Navy. London: Arms and Armour. ISBN 0-85368-912-1.