Japanese cruiser Soya
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 The Japanese cruiser Soya, formerly the Russian cruiser Varyag |
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| Career |  |
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| Built: | William Cramp & Sons, USA |
| Ordered: | 1898 |
| Laid down | October 1899 |
| Launched: | 1900 |
| Completed: | by Russia January 27 1904; to Japan August 22 1905 |
| Fate: | Returned to Russia, April 5 1916 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 6,500 tons |
| Length: | 126.8 meters at waterline |
| Beam: | 15.8 meters |
| Draught: | 5.94 meters |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft reciprocating, 30 boilers; 20,000 HP |
| Speed: | 23 knots |
| Fuel: | 1250 tons coal 4500 nm @ 10 knots |
| Complement: | 571 |
| Armament: |
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| Armor: | 37-75 mm deck armor; 150 mm conning tower |
The Soya was a protected cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy, originally built for the Imperial Russian Navy as the Varyag, by William Cramp and Sons of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It was scuttled during the Battle of Chemulpo Bay by its crew to avoid capture 09 February 1904, by the Japanese Navy.
After the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese raised the badly damaged wreck of the Varyag from Chemulpo harbor, repaired it, and commissioned it into the Imperial Japanese Navy as the 2nd class cruiser Soya on 22 August 1905. It was named after the northernmost cape of Hokkaido, Soya Misaki.
During World War I Russia and Japan became allies and the Soya was transferred back to Russia on 5 April 1916, and its original name of Varyag restored.
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