Zhemchug
| |
History | |
---|---|
Russian Empire | |
Name | Zhemchug |
Builder | Nevsky Shipyards, St Petersburg, Russia |
Laid down | 19 January 1901 |
Launched | 14 August 1903 |
Commissioned | 26 July 1904 |
Fate | Sunk in the Battle of Penang, 28 October 1914 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Izumrud-class protected cruiser |
Displacement | 3,103 long tons (3,153 t) |
Length | |
Beam | 12.2 m (40 ft) |
Draught | 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in) |
Installed power |
|
Propulsion | 3 shaft; 3 triple-expansion steam engines |
Speed | 24.5 knots (45.4 km/h; 28.2 mph) |
Range | 2,090 nmi (3,870 km; 2,410 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 354 officers and crewmen |
Armament |
|
Armour |
|
Zhemchug (Russian: Жемчуг, "Pearl") was the second of the two-vessel Izumrud class of protected cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was sunk during World War I by the German light cruiser Emden in the Battle of Penang in 1914.