Russian battleship Borodino

Borodino at Kronstadt, August 1904
History
Russian Empire
Name	Borodino (Бородино)
Namesake	Battle of Borodino
Builder	New Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg
Cost	14,573,000 rubles
Laid down	23 May 1900[Note 1]
Launched	8 September 1901
In service	August 1904
Fate	Sunk at the Battle of Tsushima, 27 May 1905
General characteristics
Class and type	Borodino-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	14,091 long tons (14,317 t)
Length	397 ft (121 m) (o/a)
Beam	76 ft 1 in (23.2 m)
Draft	29 ft 2 in (8.9 m)
Installed power	20 Belleville boilers 16,300 ihp (12,155 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 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)

Borodino (Russian: Бородино) was the lead ship of her class of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the first decade of the twentieth century. Completed after the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, Borodino was assigned to the Second Pacific Squadron that 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. The ship was sunk during the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905 due to explosions set off by a Japanese shell hitting a magazine. There was only a single survivor from her crew of 855 officers and enlisted men.
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