Russian cruiser Bogatyr
 Bogatyr
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| Name | Bogatyr |
| Builder | Vulcan Stettin |
| Yard number | 247 |
| Laid down | 22 December 1899 |
| Launched | 30 July 1901 |
| Commissioned | 20 August 1902 |
| Decommissioned | 1918 |
| Renamed | 1918 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Bogatyr-class protected cruiser |
| Displacement | 5910 tons ( full load ) |
| Length | 134 m (439 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 16.6 m (54 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 6.29 m (20 ft 8 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Range | 3,000 nautical miles (5,556 km; 3,452 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 581 officers and crewmen |
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The cruiser Bogatyr (Russian: Богаты́рь), launched 1901, was the lead ship of the Bogatyr class of four protected cruisers built between 1898 and 1907 for the Imperial Russian Navy.
Background
After the completion of the
Vulcan Stettin
, also in Germany. Although Askold was the fastest cruiser in the Russian fleet at the time of its commissioning, Bogatyr was selected for further development into a new class of ships.
Operational history
Bogatyr was laid down at the
Russian Baltic Fleet
.
During the Russo-Japanese War
At the start of the
siege howitzers and over 1000 troops intended for the siege of Port Arthur, was sunk in June 1904.[1] In response, the Imperial Japanese Navy assigned Vice Admiral Kamimura Hikonojō
with a squadron of eight cruisers to pursue and destroy the Russian squadron.
However, on 15 May 1904, Bogatyr struck a rock in Amur Bay, and was so badly damaged that she could not be adequately repaired for the remainder of the war, and largely remained docked at Vladivostok.
After the end of the war, Bogatyr was repaired, and reassigned to the
Mediterranean when a large earthquake struck Sicily on 28 December 1908. Together with the Slava, Tsesarevich, and Admiral Makarov, Bogatyr assisted rescue efforts at Messina. Some crewmen were killed by aftershocks while attempting to rescue people from the rubble. In 1912, Bogatyr underwent a complete refit and modernization program at Kronstadt
.
World War I service
At the start of
code book. For the remainder of the year and early into 1915, Bogatyr covered minelaying operations in the Baltic, as well as laying mines herself. Mines laid by Bogatyr are credited with sinking the German light cruiser SMS Augsburg off Bornholm
.
On 2 July 1915, Bogatyr participated in the Battle of Åland Islands during which she drove the German light cruiser SMS Albatross onto the beach. In late 1915, she was refit and repaired in Kronstadt, and her main armament was upgraded to 130 mm/55 B7 Pattern 1913 guns. Through 1916, she mostly operated in the Baltic, off the coasts of Finland and Sweden, to interdict German convoys.
Following the
Red Navy. After the armistice with Germany in December 1917, Bogatyr was demobilized at Helsinki. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk required the Soviets to evacuate their base at Helsinki in March 1918 or have them interned by newly independent Finland even though the Gulf of Finland was still frozen over. Bogatyr sailed to Kronstadt in what became known as the 'Ice Voyage'
, and was placed into reserve shortly after her arrival.
In 1922, as with many ships of the former Imperial Russian Navy, Bogatyr was scrapped in Germany.
References
- ^ Brook, p. 34
Sources
- Brook, Peter (2000). "Armoured Cruiser vs. Armoured Cruiser: Ulsan 14 August 1904". In Preston, Antony (ed.). Warship 2000–2001. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-791-0.
- Budzbon, Przemysław (1985). "Russia". In Gray, Randal (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 291–325. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "Russia". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. New York: Mayflower Books. pp. 170–217. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Caruana, J. & Wetherhorn, Aryeh (1998). "Question 27/97: Vladivostok at War". Warship International. XXXV (3). International Naval Research Organization: 314. ISSN 0043-0374.
- Frampton, Victor; Head, Michael; McLaughlin, Stephen & Spurgeon, H. L. (2003). "Russian Warships off Tokyo Bay". Warship International. XL (2): 119–125. ISSN 0043-0374.
- McLaughlin, Stephen (1999). "From Ruirik to Ruirik: Russia's Armoured Cruisers". In Preston, Antony (ed.). Warship 1999–2000. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-724-4.
- Watts, Anthony J. (1990). The Imperial Russian Navy. London: Arms and Armour. ISBN 0-85368-912-1.
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