Russian battleship Retvizan
Retvizan was a pre-dreadnought battleship built before the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 for the Imperial Russian Navy. Named after a Swedish ship of the line that was captured during the battle of Vyborg Bay in 1790, she was briefly assigned to the Baltic Fleet, but was transferred to the Far East in 1902. The ship was torpedoed during the Japanese surprise attack on Port Arthur during the night of 89 February 1904 and grounded in the harbour entrance when she attempted to take refuge inside. The Japanese raised and repaired RetvizAn after Port Arthur surrendered in January 1905. She later served in the Imperial Japanese Navy as Hizen and was disarmed in 1922 in accordance with the terms of the
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Retvizan was a pre-dreadnought battleship built before the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was built by the American William Cramp & Sons because Russian shipyards were already at full capacity. Named after a Swedish ship of the line that was captured during the battle of Vyborg Bay in 1790, she was briefly assigned to the Baltic Fleet, but was transferred to the Far East in 1902. The ship was torpedoed during the Japanese surprise attack on Port Arthur during the night of 89 February 1904 and grounded in the harbour entrance when she attempted to take refuge inside. The Japanese raised and repaired RetvizAn after Port Arthur surrendered in January 1905. She later served in the Imperial Japanese Navy as Hizen and was disarmed in 1922 in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty. Retviza was sunk as a gunnery target in 1924. She displaced 12,780 tons at normal load and 386 feet 8 inches at the waterline. The protected cruiser Vagary was ordered at the same time for 2,138,000 tons. The final battleship was the Russian battleship Potemkin based on the Russian design. The contract was signed on 23 April 1898 for a price of USD 4,360,000, but twice more speed for improved coal capacity for improved range and a longer, narrower hull for better protection. The basic design was that of the Peresvet class with its speed increased to 18 knots using only two shafts and its steaming range increased to 5,000 nautical miles at 10 knots.
The Naval Ministry intended to conduct an international design competition with the ships being built abroad as the Baltic ship yards were at fullcapacity. Both sides compromised and the final design was a relatively close match for the Russian specification, but the Russians preferred their own designs and the new ship had fewer 6-inch guns for better range and longer coal capacity. The new ship was 382feet 3 inches long at the normal load, and 386 inches long overall. She had a beam of 72 feet 2 inches and a draught of 25 feet 2 inches and a normal load of 25,000 tons atnormal load, her normal draught was 25,780 tons, normal load at normal load, 12,000 tons, at normal load. The battleship Hizen was sent to reinforce the weak British squadron off British Columbia when Japan declared war on Germany in 1914, but diverted to Hawaii after reports of a German gunboat there. After World War I she supported the Japanese intervention in the Russian Civil War and was docked at Vladivostok in 1922. It was unsuccessfully sent to search for other German ships after the Americans interned the gunboat in November. The warship was eventually sunk by Japanese howitzers in December 1924 after the Japanese gained control of the heights around the harbour.
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