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Peresvet |
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Later names |
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Sagami (1908) |
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Peresvet (1916) |
Type: |
Battleship (a) |
Class: |
Peresvet |
Builder: |
Baltiysky Zavod St. Petersburg, Russia |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Launched: |
May 19, 1898 |
Keel Laid: |
November 21, 1895 |
Commissioned: |
August 1901 |
Fate: |
Sunk by mine laid by SMS U-73 (Kapitänleutnant Gustav Seiss.) Location: Mediterranean Sea, 10 NM of Port Said, Egypt. Between 116 and 167 men lost. (Scuttled by Russians Dec. 7, 1904 at Port Arthur (Dalian), Laionig Provence, China after being damaged by Japanese shore guns. Raised by the Japanese June 29, 1905 and repaired, renamed Sagami. Sold to Russia in Mar. 1916 and renamed Peresvet. Sunk by mine while returning to Russia.) |
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Notes |
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a: |
Reclassified by Japan as Coast Defense Ship 1908. Reclassified as Armored Cruiser by Russia in 1916. |
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Other spellings include Peresviet and Peresvyet. |
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Page published Oct. 25, 2007 |