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|Name=''Peresvet''
|Builders=*[[Baltic Yard|Baltic Works]], [[Saint Petersburg]]
* [[Admiralty Shipyard|New Admiralty Shipyard]], Saint Petersburg
|Operators=*{{navy|Russian Empire}}
* {{navy|Empire of Japan}}
|Class before={{ship|Russian battleship|Rostislav||2}}
|Class after={{ship|Russian battleship|Potemkin||2}}
|Subclasses=''Pobeda''
|Cost=
|Built range=1898–1903
|In service range=
|In commission range=1901–22
|Total ships completed=3
|Total ships lost=2
|Total ships scrapped=1
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|Ship type=[[Pre-dreadnought battleship]]
|Ship displacement={{convert|13320|-|14408|LT|t|0}}
|Ship length= {{convert|434|ft|5|in|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam= {{convert|71|ft|6|in|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft={{convert|26|ft|3|in|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=3 shafts, 3 [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion|Vertical triple-expansion steam engines]]
|Ship speed={{convert|18|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|6200|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn}}
|Ship complement=27 officers, 744 men
|Ship power=*{{convert|14500|ihp|abbr=on|0|lk=in}}
* 30 [[Belleville boiler]]s
|Ship armament=*2 × twin [[254mm 45 caliber Pattern 1891|{{convert|10|in|0|abbr=on}}]] guns
* 11 × single [[152 mm 45 caliber Pattern 1892|{{convert|6|in|0|abbr=on}}]] guns
* 20 × single [[75mm 50 caliber Pattern 1892|{{convert|75|mm|in|0|abbr=on}}]] guns
* 20 × single [[QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss|{{convert|47|mm|in|abbr=on}}]] guns
* 8 × single {{convert|37|mm|in|abbr=on}} guns
* 5 × single {{convert|15|in|0|abbr=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s
* 45 [[Naval mine|mines]]
|Ship armor=*[[Belt armor|Belt]]: {{convert|7|-|9|in|mm|0}}
* [[Deck (ship)|Deck]]: {{convert|1.46|-|3|in|mm|0}}
* [[Gun turret|Turrets]]: {{convert|9|in|mm|0}}
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The '''''Peresvet'' class''' was a group of three [[pre-dreadnought battleship]]s built for the [[Imperial Russian Navy]] around the end of the 19th century. {{ship|Russian battleship|Peresvet||2}} and {{ship|Russian battleship|Pobeda||2}} were transferred to the [[Russian Pacific Fleet|Pacific Squadron]] upon completion and based at [[Lüshunkou District|Port Arthur]] from 1901 and 1903, respectively. All three ships were lost by the Russians in the [[Russo-Japanese War]] of 1904–05; ''Peresvet'' and ''Pobeda'' participated in the [[Battle of Port Arthur|Battles of Port Arthur]] and the [[Battle of the Yellow Sea|Yellow Sea]] and were sunk during the [[siege of Port Arthur]]. ''Oslyabya'', the third ship, sailed to the Far East with the [[Pacific Fleet (Russia)|Second Pacific Squadron]] to relieve the Russian forces blockaded in Port Arthur and was sunk at the [[Battle of Tsushima]] with the loss of over half her crew.

''Peresvet'' and ''Pobeda'' were [[marine salvage|salvaged]] after the Japanese captured Port Arthur and incorporated into the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]. ''Peresvet'' was sold back to the Russians during [[World War I]], as the two countries were by now allies, and sank after hitting German [[naval mines|mines]] in the Mediterranean in early 1917 while ''Pobeda'', renamed ''Suwo'', remained instead in Japanese service and participated in the [[Battle of Tsingtao]] in late 1914. She became a gunnery [[training ship]] in 1917. The ship was disarmed in 1922 to comply with the terms of the [[Washington Naval Treaty]] and probably [[ship breaking|scrapped]] around that time.

==Design and description==
[[File:Peresvet Brassey's.png|thumb|left|{{center|Right elevation and deck plan as depicted in ''[[Brassey's Naval Annual]]'' 1902}}]]
After the humiliating Russian defeat during the [[Crimean War]] of 1854–55, [[General Admiral]] [[Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia|Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich]] understood that Russia would never be able to outbuild Britain or France, but still needed a maritime strategy that could defend Russia, give the fleet a useful role in peacetime and act as a deterrent. He decided that a ''[[guerre de course]]'' (commerce-raiding) strategy was Russia's only effective means of attacking the [[British Empire]] or France if war broke out and built a series of fast, long-range, [[armored cruiser]]s like {{ship|Russian cruiser|Rossia||2}} and {{ship|Russian cruiser|Rurik|1892|2}} to implement his strategy.<ref>McLaughlin 1999, pp. 44–45</ref> The British responded by building the second-class battleships of the {{sclass|Centurion|battleship|4}} to defeat the cruisers and the Russians countered with the three ships of the ''Peresvet'' class that were designed to support their armored cruisers. This role placed a premium on high speed and long range at the expense of heavy armament and armor.<ref>McLaughlin 2003, p. 108</ref>

As was common with Russian ships of the time, changes were made while the ships were under construction. The most important was the revision of the [[secondary armament]] from eight {{convert|6|in|mm|0|adj=on}} and five {{convert|4.7|in|mm|0|adj=on}} guns to eleven 6-inch guns and additional light guns. Only two ships were originally planned, but a third was ordered to keep the [[Baltic Yard|Baltic Works]] shipyard busy until a new design could be prepared. Ironically, it was completed before the second ship, despite having been [[laid down]] over three years later.<ref>McLaughlin 2003, pp. 107, 109–110</ref>

The ''Peresvet''-class ships were {{convert|434|ft|5|in|m|1}} [[length overall|long overall]], with a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|71|ft|6|in|m|1}} and a [[Draft (hull)|draft]] of {{convert|26|ft|3|in|m|1}}. Designed to [[displacement (ship)|displace]] {{convert|12674|LT|t|lk=in}}, they were {{convert|500|-|1700|LT|t}} overweight and actually displaced {{convert|13320|-|14408|LT|t}}. To reduce [[biofouling]], the hulls of the first two ships were sheathed with wood and copper, but this was eliminated in ''Pobeda'' to reduce weight. The vessels had a partial [[double bottom]] and the hull was divided by 10 watertight transverse [[bulkhead (partition)|bulkheads]]; a centerline bulkhead divided the forward engine rooms. Each crew consisted of 27 officers and 744 enlisted men.<ref>McLaughlin 2003, pp. 107–110</ref>

The ships were powered by three [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion|vertical triple-expansion steam engines]], each driving one [[propeller shaft]], using steam generated by 30 [[Belleville boiler]]s. The engines were rated at {{convert|14500|ihp|lk=in|0}}, using [[forced draught|forced draft]], and designed to reach a top speed of {{convert|18|kn|lk=in}}. All three ships slightly exceeded their specifications and reached top speeds of {{convert|18.3|-|18.5|kn}} from {{convert|14532|-|15578|ihp}} during their [[sea trial]]s. They carried a maximum of {{convert|2060|LT|t}} of coal which allowed them to steam for {{convert|6200|nmi|lk=in}} at a speed of {{convert|10|kn}}. Their electrical equipment consisted of four steam-driven [[dynamo]]s with a total capacity of {{convert|555|kW|lk=in}}.<ref>McLaughlin 2003, pp. 107–108, 114</ref>

===Armament===
[[File:Oslybya23.jpg|thumb|left|''Oslyabya'' leaving [[Tallinn|Revel]], October 1904]]
The ships' [[main battery]] consisted of four 45-[[caliber (artillery)|caliber]], [[254mm 45 caliber Pattern 1891|{{convert|10|in|mm|0|adj=on}}]] guns mounted in electrically powered twin-[[gun turret]]s, one forward and one aft of the [[superstructure]]. These guns had major development problems as they proved to be too weak to use a full-strength charge of propellant and had to be reworked and the charge reduced. The guns in ''Peresvet'' and ''Oslyabya'' were the original model and could be elevated to a maximum of +35°, while the reinforced guns used in ''Pobeda'' could only elevate to a maximum of +25°. The guns were designed to fire once every 40 seconds, but in service they fired at half that rate. The ships carried 75 [[Cartridge (firearms)|rounds]] for each gun.<ref name=m57>McLaughlin 2003, pp. 107, 112</ref> The older guns fired a {{convert|225.2|kg|lb|adj=on|order=flip}} shell at a [[muzzle velocity]] of {{convert|692|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on|order=flip}} while ''Pobeda''{{'}}s newer ones may have reached a muzzle velocity of {{convert|790|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on|order=flip}}. At an elevation of +6°, the gun had a range of {{convert|8010|m|yd|order=flip}}.<ref>Friedman, pp. 256–257</ref> The secondary armament of the ''Peresvet''-class ships consisted of eleven [[152 mm 45 caliber Pattern 1892|45-caliber, 6-inch]] [[Canet guns|Canet]] Model 1891 [[quick-firing gun|quick-firing (QF) guns]], 10 mounted in [[casemate]]s on the sides of the hull and one underneath the [[forecastle]] as a [[bow chaser]]. Each gun was provided with 220 rounds.<ref name=m57/> They fired shells that weighed {{convert|41.4|kg|lb|order=flip}} with a muzzle velocity of {{convert|792.5|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on|order=flip}}. They had a range of {{convert|11523|m|yd|order=flip}} when fired at an elevation of +20°.<ref>Friedman, p. 260</ref>

Smaller guns were carried for close-range defense against [[torpedo boat]]s. These included 20 [[List of British ordnance terms#QF|quick-firing (QF)]] {{convert|75|mm|adj=on|sp=us}} [[75mm 50 caliber Pattern 1892|Canet Model 1891]] guns. Of these guns, eight were mounted in [[embrasure]]s in the hull, four on the main deck, four on the battery deck and the last four at the corners of the superstructure on the forecastle deck. The ships carried 300 rounds for each gun.<ref name=m57/> The gun had a muzzle velocity of {{convert|862|m/s|ft/s|abbr=on|order=flip}} with its {{convert|4.91|kg|lb|adj=on|order=flip}} shells. It had a range of about {{convert|7869|m|yd|order=flip}} at an elevation of +20°.<ref>Friedman, p. 264</ref> The smaller guns included twenty QF [[QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss|{{convert|47|mm|adj=on|sp=us}}]] [[Hotchkiss gun]]s in hull embrasures and on the superstructure. Each gun had 810 rounds provided.<ref>McLaughlin 2003, pp. 112–113</ref> They fired a {{convert|3.2|lb|kg|adj=on}} shell.<ref>Friedman, p. 118</ref> Eight {{convert|37|mm|adj=on|sp=us}} Hotchkiss guns were positioned between the 47-millimeter guns on the forecastle deck.<ref name=m3>McLaughlin 2003, p. 113</ref> They fired a {{convert|1.1|lb|kg|adj=on}} shell at a muzzle velocity of {{convert|1540|ft/s|m/s|abbr=on}}.<ref>Friedman, p. 120</ref>

The ''Peresvet'' class had five {{convert|15|in|mm|0|adj=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s, three of which were above water, one in the bow and one pair of [[Broadside (naval)|broadside]] tubes, and two broadside underwater tubes. The ships carried a total of 12 torpedoes. They also carried 45 [[Naval mine|mines]] to be laid to protect their [[anchorage (shipping)|anchorage]] in remote areas.<ref name=m3/>

The ships were fitted with Liuzhol [[Stadiametric rangefinding|stadiametric rangefinders]] that used the angle between two vertical points on an enemy ship, usually the [[waterline]] and the [[crow's nest]], to estimate the range. The gunnery officer consulted his references to get the range and calculated the proper elevation and [[deflection (ballistics)|deflection]] required to hit the target. He transmitted his commands via a Geisler electro-mechanical [[Fire-control system#Naval fire control|fire-control transmission system]] to each gun or turret. ''Oslyabya'' and the rest of the Second Pacific Squadron were also fitted with Perepelkin [[telescopic sight]]s for their guns, but their crews were not trained in how to use them.<ref>Forczyk, pp. 27–28, 57</ref>

===Protection===
The first two ships used [[Harvey armor]] for most of their armored vertical surfaces except for the gun turrets and their support tubes, which were made from [[Krupp armor]]. ''Pobeda'', however, used Krupp armor for all of her heavy vertical armor. Over the machinery spaces, the maximum thickness of their waterline [[Belt armor|armor belt]] was {{convert|9|in|mm|0}} which reduced to {{convert|7|in|mm|0}} abreast the [[magazine (artillery)|magazines]]. The belt tapered to a thickness of {{convert|5|in|mm|0}} over the machinery spaces and {{convert|4|in|mm|0}} over the magazines. The belt covered {{convert|312|ft|m|1}} of the ships' length and was {{convert|7|ft|9|in|1}} high, of which the upper {{convert|36|in|1}} was intended to be above the waterline, but the ships were significantly overweight. So much of the belt was submerged that ''Peresvet'' only had {{convert|14|in|mm|0}} of armor exposed at normal load; at [[Full-load displacement|full load]] the effect was even greater and the belt was completely submerged. ''Oslyabya'' was even more overweight and only had {{convert|3|in|mm|0}} of her belt armor showing at normal load. The belt in both ships terminated in 7-inch transverse bulkheads, leaving the ends of the ships unprotected. The transverse bulkheads of the waterline belt in ''Pobeda'' were eliminated as the belt was extended to the ends of the ship with 4-inch armor plates. Above the waterline belt in all three ships was a shorter [[strake]] of armor that protected the middle of the ships. It was {{convert|188|ft|m|1}} long and 4 inches thick. The ends of the upper belt were closed off by 4-inch angled transverse bulkheads.<ref name=m34>McLaughlin 2003, pp. 113–114</ref>

The sides of the gun turrets were 9 inches thick and {{convert|2.5|in|mm|0}} of armor protected their roofs; their supporting tubes were {{convert|8|in|mm|0}} thick. The face of the casemates for the 6-inch guns was five inches thick and their rears were protected by {{convert|2|in|mm|adj=on}} armor plates. The casemates at each end of the ships were protected by 5-inch transverse bulkheads. Bulkheads {{convert|0.75|in|mm|0}} thick separated the 75-millimeter gun positions. ''Peresvet'' had two [[conning tower]]s, each with sides 6 inches thick, but the other two ships only had a forward conning tower with 9-inch sides. A communications tube 3 inches thick connected each conning tower to the armored deck in all three ships. The flat part of the deck in the central [[armored citadel]] consisted of a {{convert|1.46|in|mm|adj=on}} plate over the normal 0.75-inch structural steel deck plate; the sloped portion connected to the lower edge of the waterline belt and was 2.5 inches thick. Outside the citadel the armored deck consisted of {{convert|2.25|in|mm|0|adj=on}} plates laid over the {{convert|1|in|mm|0}} deck plating. On the first two ships the deck armor consisted of [[mild steel]]; in ''Pobeda'' it was a chrome-nickel steel alloy.<ref name=m34/>

==Ships==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Construction data
!scope="col" |Ship
!scope="col" |Builder<ref name=s7>McLaughlin 2003, p. 107</ref>
!scope="col" |[[Laid down]]<ref name=s7/>
!scope="col" |[[Ceremonial ship launching|Launched]]<ref name=s7/>
!scope="col"| Entered service<ref name=s7/>
!scope="col"|Cost<ref name=m2>McLaughlin 2003, p. 112</ref>
|-
|scope="row"|{{ship|Russian battleship|Peresvet||2}} (''Пересвет'')
|[[Baltic Works]], [[Saint Petersburg]]
|21 November 1895<ref group=Note>All dates used in this article are [[Adoption of the Gregorian calendar#Adoption in Eastern Europe|New Style]]</ref>
|19 May 1898
|1901
|10,540,000 [[rubles]]
|-
|scope="row"|{{ship|Russian battleship|Oslyabya||2}} (''Ослябя'')
|[[Admiralty Shipyard|New Admiralty Shipyard]], Saint Petersburg
|21 November 1895
|8 December 1898
|1903
|11,340,000 rubles
|-
|scope="row"|{{ship|Russian battleship|Pobeda||2}} (''Победа'')
|Baltic Works, Saint Petersburg
|21 February 1899
|10 May 1900
|1902
|10,050,000 rubles
|}

==Careers==
[[File:Oslyabya1903Bizerte.jpg|thumb|''Oslyabya'' leaving [[Bizerte]], [[Tunisia]], 1903]]
''Peresvet'', named after [[Alexander Peresvet]], a Russian [[monk]] who fought against the Golden Horde at the [[Battle of Kulikovo]] in 1380, and ''Pobeda'' (the Russian word ''pobeda'' means "victory") steamed to the [[Far East]] almost immediately after entering service in 1901 and 1902 respectively. Upon her arrival, ''Peresvet'' became the [[flagship]] of the squadron's second-in-command, [[Rear Admiral]] Prince [[Pavel Ukhtomsky]].<ref name=m5>McLaughlin 2003, p. 115</ref> During the [[Battle of Port Arthur]] (February 1904) on the second day of the war, ''Peresvet'' was not hit, but ''Pobeda'' was hit once [[amidships]], sustaining little damage but losing two men killed and four wounded.<ref>Forczyk, p. 43</ref> ''Pobeda'' struck a mine during the squadron's [[sortie]] on 13 April and remained under repair for almost two months.<ref name=m5/> Both ships had some of their anti-torpedoboat guns and secondary armament removed during the summer to bolster the defenses of the port. They participated in the [[Battle of the Yellow Sea]] on 10 August 1904; ''Pobeda'' was only lightly damaged by 11 large-caliber hits, but ''Peresvet'', hit 39 times, suffered a considerable amount of flooding. More guns were landed after the squadron's return to Port Arthur, but the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] captured the hills overlooking the harbor in November, and this allowed Japanese {{convert|28|cm|adj=on|sp=us}} [[siege gun]]s to fire directly at the Russian ships. ''Pobeda'' and ''Peresvet'' were hit many times, and ''Pobeda'' sank on 7 December 1904 from the accumulated damage. ''Peresvet'' was [[scuttled]] in shallow water on the same day.<ref>McLaughlin 2003, pp. 115, 163–164</ref>

[[File:Peresviet Port Arthur LOC 3f06353u.jpg|thumb|right|''Peresvet'' scuttled in Port Arthur]]
Construction of ''Oslyabya'', named after [[Rodion Oslyabya]] (another monk who had fought at the Battle of Kulikovo), was greatly delayed, and the ship found herself ''en route'' to the Far East when the Russo-Japanese War began in February 1904. She was ordered home and assigned to the Second Pacific Squadron that was intended to relieve the forces in Port Arthur. The ship served as the flagship of Rear Admiral Baron [[Dmitry von Fölkersam]], second-in-command of the squadron, but he died two days before the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905. ''Oslyabya'' led the Second [[Division (naval)|Division]] of the squadron during the battle and was the target of numerous Japanese ships during the early part of the battle. Many of the hits on the ship were along the waterline and caused extensive flooding. Efforts to counteract the resulting [[list (watercraft)|list]] destroyed her remaining stability and she sank just over an hour after the Japanese opened fire—the first modern battleship to be sunk solely by gunfire.<ref>Forczyk, pp. 61–62</ref> Sources differ on the exact number of casualties, but the lowest figure given is 471.<ref>McLaughlin 2003, p. 168</ref>{{#tag:ref|Campbell says that 385 survivors were rescued by Russian destroyers, but 514 men went down with the ship, while Forczyk agrees with McLaughlin.<ref>Campbell 1978, p. 131</ref>|group=Note}}

===In Japanese service===
[[File:Suou1908Yokosuka.jpg|thumb|''Suwo'' at anchor, [[Yokosuka]], 10 October 1908]]
The Japanese raised, repaired, and rearmed ''Peresvet'' and ''Pobeda''. They incorporated the refurbished vessels into the Imperial Japanese Navy as ''Sagami'' and ''Suwo'', respectively, and reclassified them as first-class [[coastal defense ship]]s.<ref name=j0>Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 20</ref> After the beginning of World War I in 1914, ''Sagami'' was sold to Russia in March 1916 and arrived in [[Vladivostok]] on 3 April 1916, where she resumed her former name of ''Peresvet''.<ref name=m5/> The Russian Navy intended the ship for service with the Russian Arctic flotilla, and ''Peresvet'' sailed for the Arctic, but struck two mines off [[Port Said, Egypt]], on 4 January 1917. The mines, laid by the German submarine {{SMU|U-73||6}}, sank ''Peresvet'' with the loss of 167 lives after she had caught fire.<ref>Preston, p. 207</ref>

During World War I ''Suwo'' served as the flagship for the Japanese squadron during the [[siege of Tsingtao]] from 27 August to 7 November 1914.<ref>Stephenson, pp. 136, 162, 166</ref> The ship served as flagship of the Second Squadron of the [[2nd Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)|Second Fleet]] in 1915–1916 before becoming a gunnery-[[training ship]] for the rest of the war.<ref>Preston, p. 186</ref> In April 1922, in compliance with the [[Washington Naval Treaty]], ''Suwo'' was disarmed at the [[Kure Naval Arsenal]].<ref name=j0/> During the removal of her armor, the ship capsized on 13 July.<ref name=m5/> She was probably scrapped in 1922–1923, but at least one source suggests she was re-floated and [[hulk (ship)|hulked]], serving until being broken up at Kure in 1946.<ref name=j0/><ref>Campbell 1979, p. 182
</ref><ref>McLaughlin 2008, p. 49</ref>{{#tag:ref| Fukui Shinzo does not list her, however, in the authoritative ''Japanese Naval Vessels at the End of World War II''.|group= Note}}

==Notes==
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==Footnotes==
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==References==
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  | date         = September 2008
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* {{cite journal
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Peresvet class battleship}}
* [http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/peresviet_class.htm#Peresviet A photogallery of the Peresvet-class battleships]

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