Aurora cruiser
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The Aurora cruiser is a historic Russian warship famed for its role in the 1917 October Revolution and preserved today as a museum ship in Saint Petersburg.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aurora cruiser canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic ship
ⓘ
museum ship ⓘ protected cruiser ⓘ |
| armament |
152 mm guns
ⓘ
75 mm guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| beam | 16.8 m ⓘ |
| builder | Baltic Shipyard ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1903-07-29 ⓘ |
| constructionSite |
St. Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
|
| country | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| crew | up to 570 ⓘ |
| damagedDuring | Siege of Leningrad ⓘ |
| designation | Ship of the Russian Navy for military-patriotic education ⓘ |
| displacement | 6731 tons ⓘ |
| draft | 6.4 m ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | object of cultural heritage of Russia ⓘ |
| homePort |
St. Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
|
| laidDown | 1897-06-23 ⓘ |
| launched | 1900-05-11 ⓘ |
| length | 126.8 m ⓘ |
| mooredOn |
Bolshaya Nevka
ⓘ
surface form:
Bolshaya Nevka River
|
| museumLocation |
Petrogradskaya Embankment
ⓘ
surface form:
Petrogradskaya Embankment, Saint Petersburg
|
| name | Aurora ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Eos
ⓘ
surface form:
Aurora (Roman goddess of dawn)
|
| operator |
Imperial Russian Navy
ⓘ
Russian Navy ⓘ Soviet Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Tsushima
ⓘ
Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form:
October Revolution
Russo-Japanese War ⓘ |
| propulsion |
coal-fired boilers
ⓘ
triple-expansion steam engines ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | symbol of the October Revolution ⓘ |
| removedArmament | World War II for shore batteries ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | fired a blank shot signaling the start of the assault on the Winter Palace in the October Revolution ⓘ |
| shipClass | Pallada-class cruiser ⓘ |
| status | museum ship ⓘ |
| survived |
World War I
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| topSpeed | 19 knots ⓘ |
| underwentModernization |
1916
ⓘ
1923–1927 ⓘ 1984–1987 ⓘ 2014–2016 ⓘ |
| usedAs |
cadet accommodation
ⓘ
training ship ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.