Russian cruiser Almaz
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| Career |  |
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| Builder: | Baltic Shipyard Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Ordered: | 1901 |
| Laid down | 12 April 1902 |
| Launched: | 20 May 1903 |
| Completed: | December 1903 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1930's |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,285 tons |
| Length: | 99.1 meters at waterline, 111,5 meters max. |
| Beam: | 13.3 meters |
| Draught: | 5.0 meters |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft reciprocating VTE; 16 belleville boilers; 7,945 HP |
| Speed: | 19,5 knots |
| Fuel: | 800 tons coal max. 3350 [nautical mile]]s @ 10 knots |
| Complement: | 295 |
| Armament (1903): |
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| Armament (1905): |
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| Armor: |
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Almaz was a 2nd-class cruiser in the Imperial Russian Navy, built by Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg, Russia, as a yacht for naval minister of Russian empire.
[edit] Service life
- 1903 - At the Baltic Fleet
- 1904-1905 Performed in Russo-Japanese War and in the Battle of Tsushima
- 1907 - Reclassified to aviso
- 1911 - At the Black Sea Fleet
- 1914 - rebuilt as seaplane tender
- 1920 - Interned at Bizerta with the remainder of Wrangel Fleet
