1892 lithograph
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History | |
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Russian Empire | |
Name | Pamiat Azova |
Builder | Baltic Works, St. Petersburg, Russia |
Laid down | 1886 |
Launched | 1 July 1888 |
Commissioned | 1890 |
Renamed | Dvina in 1909 |
Reclassified | torpedo school ship, 1909 |
Refit | 1904 |
Fate | Sunk by British torpedo boats, 18 August 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Armoured cruiser |
Displacement | 6,674 t (6,569 long tons) |
Length | 384 ft 6 in (117.20 m) |
Beam | 56 ft 6 in (17.22 m) |
Draught | 26 ft 10 in (8.18 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
Complement | 640 |
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Armour |
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Pamiat Azova (Russian: Память Азовa) was a unique armoured cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the late 1880s. She was decommissioned from front line service in 1909, converted into a depot ship and sunk by British torpedo boats during the Baltic Naval War, part of the Russian Civil War.