Everything about Russian Cruiser Pallada 1899 totally explained
| Career |
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Built by:
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Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Laid down |
1 December 1895 |
Launched:
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August 1899 |
Commissioned:
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Fate:
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Prize of war to Japan, 1905.
Subsequently served as Japanese cruiser Tsugaru, decommissioned 1920, expended as target 1924.
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| General characteristics |
Displacement:
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6,731 tons |
Length:
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416 feet |
Beam:
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55.1 feet |
Draught:
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24 feet |
Propulsion:
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3 shafts, VTE; 26 Belleville boilers, 13,000 hp
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Speed:
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19 knots |
Range:
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Complement:
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578 |
| Armament: |
- 8 x 152 mm guns
- 24 x 75 mm guns
- 8 x 37 mm guns
- 3 x 15 inch torpedoes
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Armor:
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50-62 mm deck armor;
150 mm conning tower
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The
RUS Pallada was the
lead ship in the
Pallada-class of
protected cruisers in the
Imperial Russian Navy. It was built in
Admiralty Shipyard,
Saint Petersburg,
Russia. The new class was a major improvement on previous Russian cruisers, although the armor protection was light.
Background
The
Pallada-class consisted of three cruisers built expressly with the intention of strengthening the Russian fleet in the Far East.
Pallada and
Diana were both laid down in December 1895 but
Pallada was launched first in August 1899, followed by
Diana in October 1899. The
Aurora, which survives in St Petersburg as a museum ship, was laid down in June 1897 and wasn't launched until May 1900. Soon after commissioning, both the
Pallada and the
Diana were assigned to the Russian First Pacific Squadron at
Port Arthur,
Manchuria.
Operational history
In the initial
Japanese attacks on Port Arthur on the night of
8 February 1904, the
Pallada was
torpedoed on the port side amidships, but despite a fire in its coal bunker, it wasn't seriously damaged.
In August 1904 at the
Battle of the Yellow Sea, after being struck by a
torpedo, the
Pallada managed to make its way back to Port Arthur, and was thus unable to break through the Japanese blockade along with a number of other Russian cruisers. Thereafter,
Pallada was trapped in the harbor. Its guns were removed to help strengthen the land defenses and most of its crew was reassigned to serve as
infantry. The
Pallada was sunk by Japanese 11-inch siege howitzers on
8 December 1904.
After the end of the war, the wreck of the
Pallada was raised and towed to Japan, where it was repaired and commissioned into the
Imperial Japanese Navy as a
prize of war. Renamed the
IJN Tsugaru, it served as a training vessel and later as a minelayer until decommissioned in 1922 and sunk as a target in 1924.
The protected cruiser
Pallada shouldn't be confused with its namesake, the
armored cruiser Pallada, sunk by a
German submarine in the
Baltic Sea during
World War I.
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For the record of the RUS Pallada
after being captured by Japan, see Japanese cruiser Tsugaru
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