Russian cruiser Pallada (1906)

Pallada at anchor
History
Russian Empire
NamePallada
NamesakePallas Athena
BuilderAdmiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Laid downAugust 1905[Note 1]
Launched10 November 1906
Completed21 February 1911
FateSunk by U-26, 11 October 1914
General characteristics
Class and typeBayan-class armored cruiser
Displacement7,750 long tons (7,874 t) standard
Length449.6 ft (137.0 m)
Beam57 ft 6 in (17.5 m)
Draught22 ft (6.7 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement568 (597 at sinking)
Armament
Armour

Pallada (Russian: Паллада) was the last of the four Bayan-class armored cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She was assigned to the Baltic Fleet during World War I where she captured codebooks from the German cruiser Magdeburg that had run aground during the first month of the war. The ship was torpedoed by a German submarine in October 1914 and exploded; none of the crew survived. Pallada was the first warship lost by the Russians during the war.
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