Russian battleship Knyaz Suvorov

Knyaz Suvorov, 1904
History
Russian Empire
Name	Knyaz Suvorov (Князь Суворов)
Namesake	Prince Alexander Suvorov
Builder	Baltic Works, Saint Petersburg
Cost	13,841,000 rubles
Laid down	8 September 1901[Note 1]
Launched	25 September 1902
In service	September 1904
Fate	Sunk at the Battle of Tsushima, 27 May 1905
General characteristics
Class and type	Borodino-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	14,415 long tons (14,646 t)
Length	397 ft (121.0 m) (o/a)
Beam	76 ft 1 in (23.2 m)
Draft	29 ft 2 in (8.9 m)
Installed power	20 Belleville boilers 15,575 ihp (11,614 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)
Range	2,590 nmi (4,800 km; 2,980 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	782 (designed)
Armament	2 × twin 12 in (305 mm) guns 6 × twin 6 in (152 mm) guns 20 × single 75 mm (3 in) guns 20 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 4 × 15 in (381 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Krupp armor Belt: 5.7–7.64 inches (145–194 mm) Deck: 1–2 inches (25–51 mm) Turrets: 10 inches (254 mm)

Knyaz Suvorov (Russian: Князь Суворов) was one of five Borodino-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Completed after the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, she became the flagship of Vice admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky, commander of the Second Pacific Squadron. The squadron 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. During the Battle of Tsushima on 27 May 1905, the ship fell out of the battle line after a shell hit her bridge, killing her helmsman and wounding her captain and Rozhestvensky. Knyaz Suvorov was eventually torpedoed and sunk by Japanese torpedo boats; other than 20 wounded officers evacuated by a destroyer, there were no survivors.
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