Russian cruiser Diana (1899)
Diana and Retvizan in transit at Weh Island, Dutch East Indies, on their way to Port Arthur in 1903
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| Name: | Diana |
| Namesake: | Diana |
| Builder: | Admiralty Shipyard, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Laid down: | 23 May 1897 |
| Launched: | 30 September 1899 |
| Commissioned: | 10 December 1901 |
| Fate: | Scrapped at Bremen in 1922 |
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| Class and type: | Pallada-class protected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 6657 tons |
| Length: | 126.8 m (416 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.8 m (55 ft) |
| Draft: | 6.6 m (22 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Triple shaft. Three triple expansion reciprocating steam engines; 24 coal-fired Belleville boilers. Total power 11,600 hp |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range: | 3,700 nautical miles (6,900 km; 4,300 mi) |
| Complement: | 19/540 |
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Diana (Russian: Диана) was the second of three Pallada-class protected cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy. The cruiser served during the Russo-Japanese War and took part in the Battle of the Yellow Sea on 10 August 1904. Later, she served as part of Russian Baltic Fleet during World War I.
Diana was the second of the three vessels in the Pallada class, built at the Admiralty Shipyard in St Petersburg, Russia. The class was intended to reinforce the Russian presence in the Far East. She was laid down on 4 June 1897, launched on 12 October 1899 and commissioned on 23 December 1901.
Soon after commissioning in late 1901, Pallada and Diana were assigned to the Russian Pacific Fleet based at Port Arthur. The ships departed Kronstadt on 17 October 1902, but the journey involved a number of difficulties due to inclement weather, mechanical failures and the consumption of more coal than originally anticipated. After numerous stops of refueling, the ships reached Nagasaki on 8 April 1903, where they rendezvoused with Askold, where she was placed at the disposal of Russian envoy A. Pavlov for his negotiations between the governments of Korea and Japan. She finally reached Port Arthur on 24 April.
Diana was damaged near her waterline during attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy on Port Arthur on the morning of 9 February 1904, by the cruiser squadron commanded by Admiral Dewa Shigeto, but was repaired in a few days. She fired eight 152-mm and 100-mm shots at Admiral Dewa’s cruisers.
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