Everything about Russian Cruiser Novik 1900 totally explained
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| Career |
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Builder:
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Schichau shipyards, Germany |
Ordered:
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1898 |
| Laid down |
August 1900 |
Launched:
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1901 |
Completed:
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to Japan 1904 |
Fate:
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Scrapped, 1 April 1913 |
| General characteristics |
Displacement:
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3,080 tons |
Length:
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110.0 meters at waterline |
Beam:
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12.2 meters |
Draught:
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5.0 meters |
Propulsion:
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2-shaft reciprocating VTE; 12 boilers; 18,000 HP |
Speed:
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25 knots |
Fuel:
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500 tons coal
5000 nautical miles @ 10 knots; 500 nm @ 20 knots |
Complement:
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340 |
Armament:
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- 6 × 120 mm guns
- 8 x 47 mm guns
- 2 x 37 mm guns
- 5 x 450 mm torpedoes
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Armor:
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50 mm deck armor;
28 mm conning tower
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Novík was a
protected cruiser in the
Imperial Russian Navy, built by
Schichau shipyards in
Elbing near
Danzig,
Germany.
Background
Novik was a very fast ship for the time, but smaller than most contemporary cruisers, and perhaps a forerunner of later
light cruisers. It was built by the German shipbuilders
Schichau at the end of the 19th century, and her performance so impressed the Russian naval leadership that a near copy was made in the Russian
Izumrud class.
Service life
The
Novik performed heroically in various engagements during the
Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. One of the few ships in the Russian fleet to offer combat during the initial
Battle of Port Arthur, it closed to within 3000 yards of the Japanese fleet to deliver a
torpedo.
In the
Battle of the Yellow Sea, the Russian fleet attempted to run the Japanese blockade of
Port Arthur. The attempt failed, and most of the Russian ships returned to port but several managed to escape to be interned in various neutral ports. The
Novik reached the neutral German port of
Tsingtao in company of the
Battleship Tsesarevich, but choosing to avoid internment, Commander
Maximilian Schultz chose to outrace its Japanese pursuers around the Japanese home islands towards
Vladivostok. The
Novik was pursued by the
Japanese cruiser Tsushima, which was later joined by the
Japanese cruiser Chitose. Spotted by a Japanese transport ship while coaling at
Sakhalin,
Novik was trapped in
Aniva Bay, near
Korsakov, Sakhalin on
7 August 1904. Realizing that he was hopelessly outgunned and after sustaining considerable damage, Commander Schultz ordered the
Novik scuttled to make salvage impossible.
Nevertheless, the Japanese thought highly enough of the vessel to seize it as a
prize of war, and it was repaired and commissioned into the
Imperial Japanese Navy as the
Suzuya. It was declared obsolete and scrapped in 1913.
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For record of the RUS Novik after to being captured by Japan, see Japanese cruiser Suzuya (1904).Further Information
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