Russian battleship Oslyabya

Oslyabya leaving Bizerte, French Tunisia, 1903
History
Russian Empire
NameOslyabya
NamesakeRodion Oslyabya
BuilderNew Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg
Cost11,340,000 rubles
Laid down21 November 1895[Note 1]
Launched8 November 1898
In service1903
FateSunk at the Battle of Tsushima, 27 May 1905
General characteristics
Class and typePeresvet-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement14,408 long tons (14,639 t)
Length434 ft 5 in (132.4 m)
Beam71 ft 6 in (21.8 m)
Draft26 ft 3 in (8.0 m)
Installed power
Propulsion3 shafts, 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range6,200 nmi (11,500 km; 7,100 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement27 officers, 744 enlisted men
Armament
Armor
  • Belt: 4–9 inches (102–229 mm)
  • Deck: 2–3 inches (51–76 mm)
  • Turrets: 9 inches (229 mm)

Oslyabya (Russian: Ослябя) was the second of the three Peresvet-class second-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy at the end of the nineteenth century, although construction delays meant that she was the last to be completed. The ship was part of the Second Pacific Squadron sent to the Far East during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, and served as the flagship of Rear Admiral Baron Dmitry von Fölkersam. Oslyabya was sunk on 27 May 1905 at the Battle of Tsushima, and was the first all-steel battleship to be sunk by naval gunfire alone. Sources differ on the exact number of casualties, but over half her crew went down with the ship.
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