Russian cruiser Svetlana (1896)
Russian cruiser Svetlana
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Svetlana |
| Operators: |
 Imperial Russian Navy
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| Preceded by: | Admiral Kornilov |
| Succeeded by: | Pallada class |
| Built: | 1895–97 |
| In commission: | 1897–1905 |
| Completed: | 1 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| History | |
 Russian Empire
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| Name: | Svetlana (Russian: Светлана) |
| Builder: | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, Le Havre, France |
| Laid down: | 8 December 1895 |
| Launched: | 7 October 1896 |
| Commissioned: | 3 April 1899 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 28 May 1905, during the Battle of Tsushima |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Protected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 3,862 long tons (3,924 t) |
| Length: | 331 ft 4 in (101.0 m) |
| Beam: | 42 ft 8 in (13.0 m) |
| Draft: | 18 ft 8 in (5.7 m) |
| Installed power: | 8,500 ihp (6,300 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 vertical triple expansion steam engines, 18 Belleville water-tube boilers |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Complement: | 401 officers and crewmen |
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The Russian cruiser Svetlana (Russian: Светлана) was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy. She was the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Russian Navy and was used as a royal yacht in peacetime. She was sunk in combat during Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War.
Svetlana was constructed to provide Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich Romanov with a royal yacht. As the younger brother of Tsar Alexander III and uncle of Tsar Nicholas II, Grand Duke Alexei was commander-in-chief of the Imperial Russian Navy. The order was placed with Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée at Le Harve, France based on the design of the French Friant-class cruiser.
The cruiser was equipped with six 152-mm Canet guns, ten 47-mm Hotchkiss guns and two torpedoes; however, its armor was slightly less than that of her French sister ships. In place of the armor, Svetlana had luxurious facilities for the Grand Duke, including wooden decks, and an apartment with living room, study and bedroom and a large bathroom, together with a rooms for his servants.
The shakedown cruiser of Svetlana was with a 388-man crew in the Mediterranean from Toulon. After successful completion of testing, she was sent directly to Lisbon to represent Russia at the 400th anniversary celebrations of the opening of a sea route to India by Vasco de Gama, where she hosted the Portuguese royal family. After returning via Le Harve for final repairs, she went to Kiel, where she was visited by officers from the Imperial German Navy before continuing on to her home port of Kronstadt on 23 June 1898.
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