Russian cruiser Varyag (1899)
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Varyag (Russian: Варя́г) sometimes also spelled Variag, was a Russian protected cruiser. Varyag became famous for her crew's stoicism at the Battle of Chemulpo Bay. She was acquired as a prize of war during the Russo-Japanese War by the Imperial Japanese Navy, who renamed her Soya and was later returned to the Russian Imperial Navy during World War I.
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Varyag c. 1904 | |
History | |
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Russian Empire | |
Name | Varyag |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Yard number | 301 |
Laid down | October 1898 |
Launched | 31 October 1899 |
Commissioned | 2 January 1901 O.S.: (14 January 1901 N.S.) |
Fate | Scuttled, 9 February 1904 |
Empire of Japan | |
Name | Soya |
Acquired | by Japan as prize of war |
Commissioned | 9 July 1907 |
Fate | Returned to Russia, 5 April 1916 |
Russian Empire | |
Name | Varyag |
Acquired | 5 April 1916 |
Out of service | seized by Great Britain February 1918 |
Fate | Ran aground 1920, scrapped 1925 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Protected cruiser |
Displacement | 6,500 long tons (6,604 t) |
Length | 129.6 m (425 ft 2 in) w/l |
Beam | 15.8 m (51 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; triple-expansion steam engines |
Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Complement | 570 |
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