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Almaz
Class overview
OperatorsRussian cruiser Almaz Imperial Russian Navy
Preceded byPamiat Merkuria
Succeeded byNone
Built1902–1903
In service1903–1934
In commission1903–1920
Planned1
Completed1
Scrapped1
History
Russian cruiser AlmazRussian Empire
NameAlmaz (Russian: Алмаз)
NamesakeDiamond
OperatorImperial Russian Navy
BuilderBaltic Works, Saint Petersburg
Laid down25 September 1902[Note 1]
Launched2 June 1903
CompletedDecember 1903
ReclassifiedSeaplane tender, 1915
FateScrapped 1934
General characteristics
TypeUnprotected cruiser
Displacement3,285 long tons (3,338 t)
Length365 ft 8 in (111.5 m) o/a
Beam43 ft 6 in (13.3 m)
Draught17 ft 3 in (5.3 m)
Installed power7,500 ihp (5,600 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts, vertical triple expansion steam engines
  • 16 Belleville water-tube boilers
Speed19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement336
Armament
  • 4 × 75 mm (3 in) guns
  • 8 × 47 mm (2 in) guns
General characteristics 1915
Armament
  • 7 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
  • 4 × 76.2 mm (3 in) AA guns
Aircraft carried4 flying boats

Almaz (Russian: Алмаз; literally "Diamond") was a 2nd-class cruiser in the Imperial Russian Navy, built by Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg, Russia,[1] as a yacht for Viceroy Yevgeni Alekseyev.[2]


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  1. ^ Mason, Herbert B. (1908). Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping. Chichester House. pp. 21. Almaz cruiser.
  2. ^ Pleshakov, Konstantin (2002). The Tsar's last armada: the epic journey to the Battle of Tsushima. New York: Basic Books. p. 64. ISBN 0-465-05791-8.

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