Askold (Askold Class)

Laid down	20th July 1899
Launched	15th March 1900
Completed	N/A
Commissioned	25th January 1902
Fate	Scrapped: 1922 at Hamburg, Germany
Builders	Germaniawerft, Kiel Germany
Complement	565
Dimensions
Displacement	5905 tons std
Dimensions	433' 3" x 49' 2"
Draught	20' 3"
Armament
Main guns	12 x 5.9"/45 (12 x 1)
Secondary guns	12 x 3"/50 (12 x 1)
Torpedo tubes	4 x 14.9" 1 bow, 1 stern, 2 beam
Other weapons	6 x 47mm
Countermeasures	None
Armour	Deck: 2" - 3" C.T.: 5.9"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft	None
Flightdeck	None
Hangar	None
Catapults	None
Arrestor system	None
Aviation fuel	None
Electronics Fit
Radar	None
Sonar	None
ECM	None
Other	N/A
Machinery
Engines	9 x Schulz Thornycroft boilers 3 x vertical triple expansion
Power output	20620ihp
Speed	23.6kts
Shafts	3
Range	6500NM @ 10kts
Fuel	1050 tons coal

Askold was overhauled in France and Britain between 1916 and 1917. In December 1917, she came under Bolshevik control in the Arctic. In July 1918, she was captured by British forces, and taken to Gareloch, Scotland, and renamed Glory IV.

During 1921, the British government offered to return the ship, but a Russian commission viewed the ship, and decided not to accept the offer due to her poor condition.

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