Russian battleship Peresvet

Peresvet at anchor, 1901
History
Russian Empire
NamePeresvet
NamesakeAlexander Peresvet
BuilderBaltic Yard, Saint Petersburg
Cost10,540,000 rubles
Laid down21 November 1895[Note 1]
Launched19 May 1898 (1898-05-19)
In serviceAugust 1901
CapturedJanuary 1905 by the Japanese after the siege of Port Arthur
FateScuttled, 7 December 1904
Japan
NameSagami
NamesakeSagami Province
AcquiredRefloated, 29 June 1905
In service20 July 1908
ReclassifiedAs 1st-class coast defense ship
FateSold to Russia, March 1916
Russian Empire
AcquiredBought, March 1916
RenamedPeresvet
ReclassifiedAs armored cruiser, 5 April 1916
FateSunk by mine off Port Said, Egypt, 4 January 1917
General characteristics
Class and typePeresvet-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement13,810 long tons (14,032 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 men
ArmamentAs built:
2 × twin 10 in (254 mm) guns
11 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns
20 × single 75 mm (3 in) guns
20 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
8 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) guns
5 × 15 in (381 mm) torpedo tubes
45 × mines

As Sagami:

2 × twin 10 in (254 mm) guns
10 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns
16 × single 12-pdr (3 in (76 mm)) guns
2 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor

Peresvet (Russian: Пересвет) was the lead ship of the three Peresvet-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy at the end of the nineteenth century. The ship was transferred to the Pacific Squadron upon completion and based at Port Arthur from 1903. During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, she participated in the Battle of Port Arthur and was seriously damaged during the Battle of the Yellow Sea and again in the siege of Port Arthur. The ship was scuttled before the Russians surrendered, then salvaged by the Japanese and placed into service with the name Sagami (相模).

Partially rearmed, Sagami was reclassified by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) as a coastal defense ship in 1912. In 1916, the Japanese sold her to the Russians, their allies since the beginning of World War I. En route to the White Sea in early 1917, she sank off Port Said, Egypt, after striking mines laid by a German submarine.
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