Varyag (Varyag Class)

Laid down	10th May 1899
Launched	19th October 1999
Completed	N/A
Commissioned	2nd January 1901
Fate	Scrapped: 1923 - 1925 in Germany
Builders	William Cramp, Philadelphia United States
Complement	570
Dimensions
Displacement	6400 tons std 7020 tons max
Dimensions	419' 6" x 52' 2"
Draught	22' 6"
Armament
Main guns	12 x 5.9"/45 (12 x 1)
Secondary guns	As built: 12 x 75mm/50 (12 x 1) Refitted: 6 x 75mm/50 (6 x 1)
Torpedo tubes	6 x 17.9" 1 bow, 1 stern, 4 beam
Other weapons	None
Countermeasures	None
Armour	Deck: 2" C.T.: 6"
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	As built: 30 x Niclausse boilers 2 x vertical triple expansion Refitted: 30 x Mijabara boilers 2 x vertical triple expansion
Power output	20000ihp
Speed	24.6kts
Shafts	2
Range	4500NM @ 10kts
Fuel	1350 tons coal

Varyag was stationed at Port Arthur on 27th January 1904 when the Japanese fleet arrived to blockade the port. Varyags commander, Captain Rudnev, took his ship to engage the enemy in company with a gunboat. She was soon badly damaged, and the order was given to scuttle and abandon ship.

After the war, she was raised and repaired by the Japanese, and used as a training ship with the name of Soya. In April 1916, the Russian government repurchased the ship, and she arrived at Murmansk in November 1916.

In February 1917, Varyag arrived at Liverpool, England, needing urgent repairs. She was still there during the revolution, and was seized by the Royal Navy. In 1923 she was stationed off Liverpool as a hulk, when she ran aground and was stranded there in the same year. Repairs were not made and she was sold to a German company to be scrapped.

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