Russian cruiser Vladimir Monomakh

Vladimir Monomakh after her 1892–93 refit
History
Russian Empire
Name:	Vladimir Monomakh
Namesake:	Vladimir II Monomakh
Builder:	Baltic Shipyard, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Cost:	3,348,847 rubles
Laid down:	22 February 1881
Launched:	22 October 1882
Completed:	13 July 1883
Struck:	28 September 1905
Fate:	Scuttled at the Battle of Tsushima, 28 May 1905
General characteristics as built
Type:	Armoured cruiser
Displacement:	5,593 long tons (5,683 t)
Length:	296 ft 3 in (90.3 m)
Beam:	52 ft 0 in (15.85 m)
Draught:	26 ft 3 in (8 m)
Installed power:	7,000 ihp (5,200 kW)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 2 Compound steam engines 6 cylindrical boilers
Speed:	15.2 knots (28.2 km/h; 17.5 mph)
Range:	6,200 nmi (11,500 km; 7,100 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	591
Armament:	4 × 8 in (203 mm) guns 12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns 4 × 9-pounder guns 10 × Hotchkiss guns 3 × 381 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes (above waterline)
Armour:	Compound armour Belt: 9–4.75 in (229–121 mm) Deck: 3 in (76 mm) Battery: 3–4 in (76–102 mm)

Vladimir Monomakh (Russian: Владимир Мономах) was an armoured cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the 1880s. The vessel was named after Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kiev. She spent most of her career in the Far East, although the ship was in the Baltic Sea when the Russo-Japanese War began in 1904. Vladimir Monomakh was assigned to the Third Pacific Squadron and participated in the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905. She was tasked to protect the Russian transports and was not heavily engaged during the daylight portion of the battle. The ship was torpedoed during the night and was scuttled the following morning by her captain to prevent her capture by the Japanese.

Vladimir Monomakh was classified as a semi-armored frigate and was an improved version of the preceding Minin. The ship was designed with high endurance and high speed to facilitate her role as a commerce raider able to outrun enemy battleships. She was laid out as a central battery ironclad with the armament concentrated amidships. The iron-hulled ship was fitted with a ram and was sheathed in wood and copper to reduce fouling. The ship's hull was subdivided by ten transverse bulkheads and she had a double bottom 1.73 metres (5 ft 8 in) deep. Her crew numbered approximately 550 officers and men. Vladimir Monomakh was 307 feet 9 inches (93.8 m) long overall. She had a beam of 51 feet 10 inches (15.8 m) and a draft of 25 feet (7.6 m). The ship displaced 5,593 long tons (5,683 t) at deep load.