 Borodino at Kronstadt, August 1904
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| History | |
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 Russian Empire | |
| Name | Borodino (Бородино) |
| Namesake | Battle of Borodino |
| Builder | New Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg |
| Cost | 14,573,000 rubles |
| Laid down | 23 May 1900[Note 1] |
| Launched | 8 September 1901 |
| In service | August 1904 |
| Fate | Sunk at the Battle of Tsushima, 27 May 1905 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Borodino-class pre-dreadnought battleship |
| Displacement | 14,091 long tons (14,317 t) |
| Length | 397 ft (121 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 76 ft 1 in (23.2 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft 2 in (8.9 m) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Range | 2,590 nmi (4,800 km; 2,980 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 782 (designed) |
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Borodino (Russian: Бородино) was the lead ship of her class of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the first decade of the twentieth century. Completed after the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, Borodino was assigned to the Second Pacific Squadron that was sent to the Far East a few months after her completion to break the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur. The Japanese captured the port while the squadron was in transit and their destination was changed to Vladivostok. The ship was sunk during the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905 due to explosions set off by a Japanese shell hitting a magazine. There was only a single survivor from her crew of 855 officers and enlisted men.
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