| Russian cruiser Svetlana (1896) | |
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 Russian cruiser Svetlana | |
| Class overview | |
| Name: | Svetlana |
| Operators: |
 Russian Navy |
| Preceded by: | Admiral Kornilov |
| Succeeded by: | Pallada-class cruiser |
| Built: | 1895–97 |
| In commission: | 1897–1905 |
| Completed: | 1 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Career (Russian Empire) |  |
| Name: | Svetlana (Russian: Светлана) |
| Operator: | Imperial Russian Navy |
| Builder: | Arsenal de Le Havre, Le Havre, France |
| Laid down: | December 1895 |
| Launched: | December 1896 |
| Completed: | 1897 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 28 May 1905, during the Battle of Tsushima |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Protected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 3,862 long tons (3,924 t) |
| Length: | 331 ft 4 in (101.0 m) |
| Beam: | 42 ft 8 in (13.0 m) |
| Draft: | 18 ft 8 in (5.7 m) |
| Installed power: | 8,500 ihp (6,300 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 vertical triple expansion steam engines, 18 Belleville water-tube boilers |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Complement: | 401 officers and crewmen |
| Armament: |
6 × 1 - 6-inch (152 mm)/45 guns |
| Armor: |
Deck: 1–2 in (25–51 mm) Conning tower: 4 in (102 mm) |
For other ships of the same name, see Svetlana (disambiguation).
The Russian cruiser Svetlana was a protected cruiser built in France in the mid-1890s. In peacetime, she was used as a yacht for the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Russian Navy. The Svetlana was lost in the Battle of Tsushima.
Footnotes[]
References[]
- Robert Gardiner, ed (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Watts, Anthony J. (1990). The Imperial Russian Navy. London: Arms and Armour. ISBN 0-85368-912-1.
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Coordinates: 37°06′N 129°50′E / 37.1°N 129.833°E
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