RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP KNYAZ SUVOROV

Battleship ''Knyaz Suvorov''
Career	Russian Naval Ensign
Builder:	Baltic Works, Saint Petersburg
Laid down:	July, 1901
Launched:	September, 1902
Commissioned:	September, 1904
Fate:	Sunk, Battle of Tsushima, 27 May 1905
General Characteristics
Displacement:	13,516 tons standard; 14151 tons full load
Length:	397 ft (121 m)
Beam:	76 ft (23.2 m)
Draught:	26 ft (7.9 m)
Propulsion:	Two Shaft Reciprocating Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) Steam Engines; 12 Bellville coal fired Boilers; 15,800 shp (12 mW)
Fuel:	Coal, 1580 tons
Speed:	18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:	28 officers, 754 men
Armament: (305 mm)	★ 4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns (2 × 2) ★ 12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns (6 × 2) ★ 20 × 75 mm (20 × 1) ★ 20 × 47 mm (20 × 1) ★ 4 × 15 in (381 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Krupp armour ★ Belt - 7.6 in (193 mm) ★ Turrets - 10 in (254 mm) max ★ Deck - 2 in (51 mm) ★ Anti-torpedo bulkhead - 1 in (25 mm)

The '''Knyaz Suvorov''' (Russian: Князь Суворов) was a ''Borodino''-class battleship built by Baltic Works, St Petersburg. Laid down July 1901, it was launched in September 1902 and completed in September 1904. This ship was named after the great 18th-century Russian general Alexander Suvorov.

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Service Life

References

Service Life

The ''Knyaz Suvorov'' had a short existence, serving for less than 9 months within the Imperial Russian Navy. She was completed at the beginning of September and had virtually no comprehensive sea trials, on 26 September, 1904 ''Suvorov'' participated in a naval review for the Tsar. As a result, her crew was newly assigned and largely inexperienced.
On 15 October, she left Russia together with the rest of the ''Second Pacific Squadron'' to the Far East.
''Knyaz Suvorov'' was the flagship of Admiral Rozhestvensky at Tsushima, where it was sunk on 27 May 1905. She suffered numerous hits from explosive shells and eventually three torpedo hits.

References

★ Antony Preston, World's Worst Warships (2002) Conways Maritime Press

★ Tomitch, V. M., Warships of the Imperial Russian Navy (1968) Volumne 1, Battleships