Russian cruiser Pamiat Azova
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| Class and type: | Armoured cruiser |
| Name: | Pamiat Azova |
| Builder: | Baltic Works, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Laid down: | 1886 |
| Launched: | 1 July 1888 |
| Commissioned: | 1890 |
| Renamed: | Dvina in 1909 |
| Reclassified: | torpedo school ship in 1909 |
| Refit: | 1904 |
| Fate: | Sunk by British torpedo boats on 18 August 1919 |
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| Displacement: | 6,674 tons |
| Length: | 384 ft 6 in (117.9 m) |
| Beam: | 56 ft 6 in (17.22 m) |
| Draught: | 26 ft 10 in (8.18 m) |
| Propulsion: | As built:
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| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Range: | Carried 1,200 tons coal |
| Complement: | 640 |
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The Pamiat Azova (Память Азовa meaning Memory of Azov) was a unique armoured cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the late 1880s. She was decommissioned from front line service in 1909, converted into a depot ship and sunk by British torpedo boats during the British Campaign in the Baltic 1918-19, in the Russian Civil War.
[edit] Design
The ship was designed as a commerce raider and rigged with sails to extend range. Her machinery was re-built in 1904 with Belville type boilers. She was built by Baltic works and launched on 1 July 1888.
[edit] Service
The ship served with the Baltic Fleet and took part in a round the World Cruise with Crown Prince Nicholas on board. This led to a Fabergé egg, the Memory of Azov being made to commemorate this event. There was a mutiny aboard the cruiser in 1906 near Reval and the ship was placed in reserve. In 1909 she was converted into a torpedo boat depot ship and renamed Dvina. She was sunk by the British torpedo boat CMB79 in Kronstadt Harbour on 18 August 1919. The wreck was raised and scrapped.
[edit] References
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905
- battleships-cruisers.com
- Pamiat Azova statistics
