Russian battleship Slava

	Slava
History
Russian Empire
Name	Slava
Operator	Imperial Russian Navy
Ordered	30 January 1900
Builder	Baltic Shipyard, Saint Petersburg
Laid down	1 November 1902
Launched	29 August 1903
Commissioned	October 1905
Stricken	29 May 1918
Fate	Scuttled near the island of Muhu, 17 October 1917
General characteristics
Class and type	Borodino-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	14,415 long tons (14,646 t) (normal); 15,275 long tons (15,520 t) full load;
Length	397 ft 3 in (121.1 m)
Beam	76 ft 1 in (23.2 m)
Draft	29 ft 2 in (8.9 m)
Installed power	15,800 ihp (11,800 kW); 20 water-tube boilers;
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 vertical 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	846
Armament	2 × twin 12-inch (305 mm) guns; 6 × twin 6-inch (152 mm) guns; 20 × single 75-millimeter (3.0 in) guns; 4 × single 47-millimeter (1.9 in) saluting guns; 4 × 15-inch (381 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Krupp armor; Waterline belt: 145–194 mm (5.7–7.6 in); Deck: 25.4–51 mm (1–2 in); Turrets: 254 mm (10.0 in); Barbettes: 178–229 mm (7–9 in); Conning tower: 203 mm (8.0 in);

Slava (Russian: Слава "Glory") was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships. Completed too late to participate in the Battle of Tsushima during the Russo-Japanese War, she survived while all of her sister ships were either sunk during the battle or surrendered to the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Serving in the Baltic Sea during World War I, Slava was the largest ship of the Russian Gulf of Riga Squadron that fought the German High Seas Fleet in the Battle of the Gulf of Riga in August 1915. She repeatedly bombarded German positions and troops for the rest of 1915 and during 1916. During the Battle of Moon Sound in 1917, Slava was badly damaged by the German dreadnought SMS König, significantly increasing her draft. The shallow channel made it impossible to escape and she was scuttled in the Moon Sound Strait between the island of Muhu (Moon) and the mainland. The Estonians scrapped her during the 1930s.
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History
Slava
Russian Empire
Name	Slava
Operator	Imperial Russian Navy
Ordered	30 January 1900^{[Note 1]}
Builder	Baltic Shipyard, Saint Petersburg
Laid down	1 November 1902
Launched	29 August 1903
Commissioned	October 1905
Stricken	29 May 1918
Fate	Scuttled near the island of Muhu, 17 October 1917
General characteristics
Class and type	Borodino-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	14,415 long tons (14,646 t) (normal) 15,275 long tons (15,520 t) full load
Length	397 ft 3 in (121.1 m)
Beam	76 ft 1 in (23.2 m)
Draft	29 ft 2 in (8.9 m)
Installed power	15,800 ihp (11,800 kW) 20 water-tube boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 vertical 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	846
Armament	2 × twin 12-inch (305 mm) guns 6 × twin 6-inch (152 mm) guns 20 × single 75-millimeter (3.0 in) guns 4 × single 47-millimeter (1.9 in) saluting guns 4 × 15-inch (381 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Krupp armor Waterline belt: 145–194 mm (5.7–7.6 in) Deck: 25.4–51 mm (1–2 in) Turrets: 254 mm (10.0 in) Barbettes: 178–229 mm (7–9 in) Conning tower: 203 mm (8.0 in)