Russian cruiser Varyag

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Russian cruiser Varyag was a famed early 20th-century Russian protected cruiser best known for its heroic but doomed stand against the Japanese fleet at the Battle of Chemulpo Bay during the Russo-Japanese War.

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Russian cruiser Varyag canonical 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf protected cruiser
warship
armament 12 × 152 mm (6-inch) main guns
smaller-calibre secondary guns
torpedo tubes
builder William Cramp & Sons
builtAt Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
capturedBy Japan
category Russo-Japanese War cruisers
cruisers of the Imperial Russian Navy
ships built in Philadelphia
commandingOfficer Vsevolod Rudnev NERFINISHED
commemoratedBy song "Cruiser Varyag"
completed 1901
conflict Russo-Japanese War
surface form: Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
crewComplement about 570 officers and men
dateOfBattle 1904-02-09
displacement 6500 tons (approximate standard)
era early 20th century
fateAtChemulpo scuttled by crew to avoid capture
finalFate wrecked and scrapped
flagshipRole principal Russian warship at Chemulpo
hullMaterial steel
JapaneseName Soya
laterService Royal Navy (briefly, as an interned vessel)
launched 1899-10-31
legacy iconic ship in Russian and Soviet naval tradition
length 129.6 m (approximate overall)
locationOfBattle Chemulpo (Incheon)
surface form: Chemulpo Bay, near Incheon, Korea
maximumSpeed 23 knots (design speed)
namedAfter Varyag (Varangian Norsemen)
notableEngagement Battle of Chemulpo Bay
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
Imperial Russian Navy
Korean People's Navy
Soviet Navy
propulsion coal-fired boilers
triple-expansion steam engines
raisedBy Imperial Japanese Navy
returnedTo Russia
returnedToRussia 1916
serviceAs training ship in Imperial Japanese Navy
serviceDuring World War I
shipClass Varyag
surface form: Varyag-class cruiser
shipType protected cruiser
statusAtBattle outnumbered and outgunned by Japanese squadron
symbolOf Russian naval heroism
war Russo-Japanese War

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Russian Pacific Squadron notableShip Russian cruiser Varyag
Battle of Chemulpo Bay involvedShip Russian cruiser Varyag
this entity surface form: Varyag