Knyaz Suvorov

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Knyaz Suvorov was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy that served as the flagship of Admiral Rozhestvensky’s fleet and was sunk at the Battle of Tsushima during the Russo-Japanese War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf pre-dreadnought battleship
warship
armament 152 mm secondary guns
305 mm main guns
associatedEvent destruction of the Russian Second Pacific Squadron
associatedWith Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky
battle Battle of Tsushima
class Borodino-class battleship
conflict Russo-Japanese War
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
designPeriod late 19th century
engagedBy Japanese battleships
Japanese cruisers
Japanese torpedo craft
era pre-dreadnought era
fate sunk at the Battle of Tsushima
flagshipOf Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky
Second Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet
surface form: Second Pacific Squadron
fleet Second Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet
surface form: Second Pacific Squadron
historicalSignificance symbol of Russian defeat at Tsushima
namedAfter Alexander Suvorov
navalTechnologyGeneration pre-dreadnought battleship generation
navalTheater Russia Far East
surface form: Far East
notableFor loss at the Battle of Tsushima
service as Admiral Rozhestvensky’s flagship
operator Imperial Russian Navy
participatedIn voyage from the Baltic to the Far East
partOf Second Pacific Squadron of the Russian Baltic Fleet
surface form: Russian Baltic Fleet (detached Second Pacific Squadron)
propulsion coal-fired triple-expansion steam engines
role flagship
serviceBranch Russian Navy
shipClassRole frontline capital ship
shipType battleship
sunkBy Imperial Japanese Navy
surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy forces
sunkDuring Russo-Japanese War
sunkIn Korea Strait
surface form: Tsushima Strait
sunkOnDate 1905-05-27
theaterOfOperations Sea of Japan
usedAs line-of-battle ship
usedIn blue-water operations

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