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| Name | Petropavlovsk |
| Namesake | Battle of Petropavlovsk |
| Builder | Galernii Island Shipyard, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Laid down | 19 May 1892[Note 1] |
| Launched | 9 November 1894 |
| In service | 1899 |
| Fate | Sunk by mine off Port Arthur, 13 April 1904 |
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| Class and type | Petropavlovsk-class pre-dreadnought battleship |
| Displacement | 11,354 long tons (11,536 t) |
| Length | 376 ft (114.6 m) |
| Beam | 70 ft (21.3 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft 3 in (8.61 m) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Range | 3,750 nmi (6,940 km; 4,320 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 725 |
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Petropavlovsk (Russian: Петропавловск) was the lead ship of her class of three pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the last decade of the 19th century. The ship was sent to the Far East almost immediately after entering service in 1899, where she participated in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion the next year and was the flagship of the First Pacific Squadron.
At the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, Petropavlovsk took part in the Battle of Port Arthur, where she was lightly damaged by Japanese shells and failed to score any hits in return. On 13 April 1904, the ship sank after striking one or more mines near Port Arthur, in northeast China. Casualties numbered 27 officers and 652 enlisted men, including Vice Admiral Stepan Makarov, the commander of the squadron, and the war artist Vasily Vereshchagin. The arrival of the competent and aggressive Makarov after the Battle of Port Arthur had boosted Russian morale, which plummeted after his death.
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