Russian cruiser Aurora

Aurora, moored in Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 2022
History
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Name	Aurora
Namesake	Aurora
Ordered	June 1896
Builder	Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg
Laid down	23 May 1897
Launched	11 May 1900[1]
Completed	10 July 1903
Commissioned	16 July 1903
Decommissioned	17 November 1948
Honours and awards	Order of the October Revolution Order of the Red Banner
Fate	Museum ship since 1956
Status	Ceremoniously commissioned
Notes	Participated in: Dogger Bank incident (1904) Battle of Tsushima (1905) October Revolution (1917) Siege of Leningrad (1941–44)
General characteristics
Class and type	Pallada-class protected cruiser
Displacement	6,731 t (6,625 long tons)
Length	126.8 m (416 ft 0 in)
Beam	16.8 m (55 ft 1 in)
Draught	7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Installed power	24 Belleville boilers 11,610 ihp (8,660 kW)
Propulsion	3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range	7,200 km (4,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	590[2]
Armament	1903: 8 × 152 mm (6 in) guns 24 × 75 mm (3 in) guns 8 × 37 mm guns 3 × torpedo tubes (two underwater) 1917: 14 × 152 mm guns 4 × 76.2 mm (3 in) AA guns 1 × QF 2-pounder naval gun[3]

Aurora (Russian: Авро́ра, romanized: Avrora, IPA: [ɐˈvrorə]) is a Russian protected cruiser, currently preserved as a museum ship in Saint Petersburg. Aurora was one of three Pallada-class cruisers, built in Saint Petersburg for service in the Pacific. All three ships of this class served during the Russo-Japanese War. Aurora survived the Battle of Tsushima and was interned under US protection in the Philippines, and eventually returned to the Baltic Fleet. One of the first incidents of the October Revolution in Russia took place on the cruiser Aurora, which reportedly fired the first shot, signalling the beginning of the attack on the Winter Palace.