Russian cruiser Novik (1900)
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 Russian Empire
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| Name: | Novik |
| Ordered: | 1898 |
| Builder: | Schichau shipyards, Germany |
| Laid down: | February 1900 |
| Launched: | 2 August 1900 |
| Commissioned: | 3 May 1901 |
| Fate: | Scuttled, 20 August 1904 |
 Empire of Japan
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| Name: | Suzuya |
| Acquired: | by Japan as prize of war, 1904 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1 April 1913 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Protected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 3,080 long tons (3,129 t) |
| Length: | 110 m (360 ft 11 in) w/l |
| Beam: | 12.2 m (40 ft 0 in) |
| Draught: | 5 m (16 ft 5 in) |
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| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
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| Complement: | 340 |
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Novík (Russian: Новик) was a protected cruiser in the Imperial Russian Navy, built by Schichau shipyards in Elbing near Danzig, Germany.
Novik was ordered as a part of a program to bolster the Russian Pacific Fleet with a 3000-ton class reconnaissance cruiser. Shipbuilders from several countries offered designs, and eventually the German shipbuilders Schichau, better known for its torpedo boats was selected. The new cruiser was launched on 2 August 1900 and her trials began on 2 May 1901. Some initial vibration problems were experienced with her screws, but testing was completed on 23 April 1902 with five test runs at an average speed of 25.08 knots. This made Novik one of the fastest cruisers in the world at the time, which so impressed the Russian naval leadership that a near copy was made in the Russian Izumrud class. On 15 May 1902, Novik was assigned to the Russian naval base at Kronstadt.
On 14 September 1902, Novik departed Kronstadt for the Pacific, via the Kiel Canal, stopping at Brest, Cadiz, Naples and Piraeus, where she rendezvoused with the battleship Imperator Nikolai I. She departed Greece for Port Said on 11 December, but was forced to turn back due to severe weather, only transiting the Suez Canal on 20–21 December. Afterwards, she called on Jeddah, Djibouti, Aden, Colombo and Sabang, reaching Singapore on 28 February 1903, Manila, Shanghai and finally arriving at Port Arthur on 2 April 1903.
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