Bogatyr class cruiser

Oleg

The Bogatyr class were a group of Protected Cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy. Unusually for the Russian navy, two ships of the class were built for the Baltic Fleet and two ships for the Black Sea Fleet.

[edit] General characteristics

From Conway's All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1860-1906

Displacement: 6645 tons
Length: 134 m
Beam: 16.6 m
Draught: 6.3 m
Machinery: 2 shaft VTE steam engines, 16 Normand type boilers, 23,000 hp
Speed: 23 knots
Armament: 12 - 6 inch guns (2 twin turrets and 8 single guns), 12 - 11 pdr guns, 8 - 47mm guns, 2 - 37mm guns, 2 - 15 inch torpedo tubes ( the 6 inch guns were replaced by 130mm guns in subsequent refits for all ships)
Armour: 80 mm max deck, 127 mm inch turrets, 80 mm casemates, 140 mm conning tower
Crew: 589

Battle Damage to cruiser Oleg inflicted at Battle of Tsushima, Photo taken June, 1905 at Manila bay

Bogatyr - built by Vulkan yard , Stettin, Germany. Laid down 1898, launched Jan 1901, Completed 1902, Scrapped 1922 her machinery was used to repair the Komintern
Oleg - built by New Admiralty yard, St Petersburg. Laid down 1901, launched Aug 1903, Completed 1904, fought at Battle of Tsushima, escaped, and was interned at Manila. Finally sunk by British CMB4 in Kronstadt harbour on 17 June 1919. The wreck was salvaged and scrapped
Kagul (renamed Ochakov, later General Kornilov)- built by Sevastopol dockyard. Laid down 1900, launched October 1902, Completed 1905, seized by the White forces in Russian Civil War and interned in Bizerta in 1920, sold for scrap in 1933
Pamiat Merkuria (later Komintern) - built by Nikolayev dockyard. Laid down 1900, Launched June 1903, completed 1907. Mutinied during the revolution of 1905 which delayed completion. Survived the Russian Civil War and served in the Soviet Navy, Black Sea Fleet as the Komintern. Damaged by German bombers in World War II she was sunk as a breakwater in Poti, Georgia on 10 October 1942, after her guns had been removed for use as shore bateries.
A fifth ship, Vityaz, being built in St Petersburg was so badly damaged by a fire after laying down that she was cancelled