Bogatyr-class cruiser

Oleg in April 1918
Class overview
NameBogatyr class
Operators
Preceded byAskold
Succeeded byNovik
Built1898–1907
In commission1902–1942
Planned5
Completed4
Lost1
General characteristics
TypeProtected cruiser
Displacement6,645 long tons (6,752 t)
Length134 m (439 ft 8 in)
Beam16.6 m (54 ft 6 in)
Draught6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Complement589
Armament
Armour
NotesSunk in the Baltic Naval War, 1919

The Bogatyr class were a group of protected cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy. Unusually for the Russian navy, two ships of the class were built for the Baltic Fleet and two ships for the Black Sea Fleet.


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