Knyaz Suvorov

Knyaz Suvorov was one of five Borodino-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Completed after the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, she became the flagship of Vice admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky, commander of the Second Pacific Squadron. The squadron was sent to the Far East a few months after her completion to break the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur. The Japanese captured the port while the squadron was in transit and their destination was changed to Vladivostok. During the Battle of Tsushima on 27 May 1905, the ship fell out of the battle line after a shell hit her bridge, killing her helmsman and wounding her captain and Rozhestvensky. Knyaz Suvorov was eventually torpedoed and sunk by Japanese torpedo boats; other than 20 wounded officers who were earlier evacuated by a destroyer, there were no survivors.

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length 121 metre, draft 7.9 metre, beam 23.2 metre, speed 17.5 knot, 
battleship, Borodino-class battleship, Imperial Russian Navy, Baltic Shipyard, 

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Frameless

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Postcard of Community of Saint Eugenia - Squadron battleship "Knyaz Suvorov" by Vsevolozhsky after Prokudin-Gorsky

Naval ships of Russia by Apostoli - 131. Squadron battleship "Knyaz Suvorov"

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Czar Nicholas II aboard battleship

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Knyaz'Suvorov1904Reval		Commons
commons	image		Postcard of Community of Saint Eugenia - Squadron battleship "Knyaz Suvorov" by Vsevolozhsky after Prokudin-Gorsky		Commons
commons	image		Naval ships of Russia by Apostoli - 131. Squadron battleship "Knyaz Suvorov"		Commons
commons	image		Knyaz'Suvorov1904Kronshtadt		Commons
commons	image		Knyaz Suvorov		Commons
commons	image		Czar Nicholas II aboard battleship		Commons
commons	image		Nicholas2-and-Rozhestvenskiy		Commons