Russian cruiser Almaz

Russian cruiser Almaz

"Almaz" (Алмаз - "Diamond") was a 2nd-class cruiser in the Imperial Russian Navy, built by Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg, Russia,cite book|last=Mason|first=Herbert B. |title=Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping|publisher=Chichester House|date=1908|pages=p21|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0O5AEbIB51sC&pg=PA21&dq=Almaz+cruiser&lr=lang_en&num=20&as_brr=3&ei=tsJySPinAqPujAHZnJWTAw] as a yacht for Viceroy Alexeev,cite book |author=Pleshakov, Konstantin |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=The Tsar's last armada: the epic journey to the Battle of Tsushima |edition= |language= |publisher=Basic Books |location=New York |year=2002 |origyear= |pages= p64|quote= |isbn=0-465-05791-8 |oclc= |doi= |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=i19MJULGbNcC&pg=PA64&vq=almaz&dq=Almaz+cruiser&lr=lang_en&num=20&as_brr=3&source=gbs_search_s&sig=ACfU3U3IeF_Ct3-NOXXM8a7m-tp5HEFJOg#PPA64,M1|accessdate=] the naval minister of the Russian Empire. Fact|date=July 2008

Service history

"Almaz" was commissioned into the Baltic Fleet in 1903. She took part in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) and fought at the Battle of Tsushima. In 1907 she was reclassified as an Aviso. In 1911 she was part of the Black Sea Fleet, and was rebuilt as a seaplane tender in 1914. In 1920 she was interned at Bizerta with the remainder of Tsarist Wrangel Fleet.

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