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The cruiser Bayan (Russian: Баян) was the name ship of the four Bayan-class armoured cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The ship had to be built in France because there was no available capacity in Russia. Bayan was assigned to the First Pacific Squadron after completion and based at Port Arthur from the end of 1903. She suffered minor damage during the Battle of Port Arthur at the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05 and supported destroyers as they patrolled outside the harbour. After bombarding Japanese positions in July 1904, the ship struck a mine and was out of action for the next several months. Bayan was sunk during the Siege of Port Arthur and was then salvaged by the Japanese after the war.

Bayan at anchor
History
Russian Empire
NameBayan
NamesakeBoyan
OrderedMay 1898
BuilderForges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
Laid downMarch 1899
Launched12 June 1900
CompletedDecember 1902
CapturedBy Japan, 1 January 1905
FateSunk, 9 December 1904
Japan
NameAso
NamesakeMount Aso
Acquired1 January 1905
Commissioned22 August 1905
In service1908
Reclassified
Stricken1 April 1930
FateSunk as a target, 4 August 1932
General characteristics
Class and type Bayan-class armoured cruiser
Displacement7,802 long tons (7,927 t)
Length449 ft (136.9 m)
Beam57 ft 6 in (17.5 m)
Draught22 ft (6.7 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range3,900 nmi (7,200 km; 4,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement573
ArmamentAs built:
2 × single 8 in (203 mm) guns
8 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns
20 × single 75 mm (3 in) guns
2 × single 15 in (380 mm) torpedo tubes

As Aso:

2 × single 8 in (200 mm) guns
8 × single 6.0 in (152 mm) guns
16 × single 3 in (76 mm) guns
2 × single 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour

Renamed Aso by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) she served as a training ship after extensive repairs. The ship was converted into a minelayer in 1917 and was decommissioned in 1930 to serve as a target ship. She was eventually sunk as a target in 1932.

Design and description

Unlike previous Russian armoured cruisers, the Bayan-class ships were designed as scouts for the fleet.[1] They were 449 feet 7 inches (137.0 m) long overall and 443 feet (135.0 m) between perpendiculars. They had a maximum beam of 57 feet 6 inches (17.5 m), a draft of 22 feet (6.7 m) and displaced 7,802 long tons (7,927 t). The ships had a crew of 573 officers and men.[2]

The Bayan class had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving a single propeller shaft using steam provided by 26 Belleville boilers. Designed for a total of 16,500 indicated horsepower (12,304 kW) intended to propel the cruisers at 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph),[3] the engines actually developed 17,400 ihp (13,000 kW) during Bayan's sea trials in October 1902 and drove the ship to a maximum speed of 20.9 knots (38.7 km/h; 24.1 mph). She could carry a maximum of 1,100 long tons (1,118 t) of coal, which gave her a range of 3,900 nautical miles (7,200 km; 4,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).[4]

Bayan's main armament consisted of two 8-inch (203 mm) 45-calibre guns in single turrets fore and aft of the superstructure. Her eight 6-inch (152 mm) guns were mounted in casemates on the sides of the ship's hull.[5] Anti-torpedo boat defence was provided by twenty 75-millimetre (3.0 in) 50-calibre guns; eight of these were mounted in casemates on the side of the hull and in the superstructure. The remaining guns were located above the six-inch gun casemates in pivot mounts with gun shields. Bayan also mounted eight 47-millimetre (1.9 in) and two 37-millimetre (1.5 in) Hotchkiss guns. The ship had two submerged 15-inch (381 mm) torpedo tubes, one on each broadside.[4]

The ship used Harvey armour throughout. Her waterline belt was 7.9 inches (200 mm) thick over her machinery spaces. Fore and aft, it reduced to 3.9 inches (100 mm). The upper armour strake and the armour protecting the casemates was 2.4 inches (60 mm) thick. The thickness of the armoured deck was 2 inches (50 mm); over the central battery it was a single plate, but elsewhere it consisted of a 1.2-inch (30 mm) plate over two 0.39-inch (10 mm) plates. The gun turret sides were protected by 5.9 inches (150 mm) of armour and their roofs were 1.2 inches thick. The barbettes were protected by armour plates 6.7-inch (170 mm) thick. The sides of the conning tower were 6.3 inches (160 mm) thick.[6]

Construction and career

Bayan, named after the bard Boyan,[7] had to be ordered in May 1898 from the French shipyard Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée in La Seyne-sur-Mer because there was no capacity available in Russian shipyards.[8] The ship was laid down in February 1899 and launched on 12 June 1900.[Note 1] Bayan was completed in February 1903[9] and, under the command of Captain 1st Rank Robert Wiren,[10] made port visits in Greece, Italy and North Africa before sailing for Kronstadt. Arriving in April 1903, she was only there for several months before departing for Port Arthur on 7 August.[11] Together with the French-built battleship Tsesarevich, Bayan arrived on 2 December and they were both assigned to the First Pacific Squadron.[12]

On the night of 8/9 February 1904, the IJN launched a surprise attack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur. Bayan was not hit by the initial torpedo-boat incursion and sortied the following morning when the Combined Fleet, commanded by Vice Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō, attacked. Tōgō had expected the surprise night attack by his ships to be much more successful than it was, anticipating that the Russians would be badly disorganized and weakened, but they had recovered from their surprise and were ready for his assault. The Japanese vessels had been spotted by the protected cruiser Boyarin, which was patrolling offshore, and alerted the Russian defences. Tōgō chose to attack the Russian coastal defences with his main armament and engage the ships with his secondary guns. Splitting his fire proved to be a poor decision as the Japanese eight-inch (203 mm) and six-inch guns inflicted inconsequential damage on the Russian ships, which concentrated all their fire on their opponents with some effect. Bayan suffered superficial damage from nine hits and numerous splinters; 6 crewmen were killed and 35 injured. The ship fired 28 eight-inch, 100 six-inch and 160 seventy-five-millimetre shells during the battle.[13]

 
Bayan sunk at her mooring in Port Arthur.

The damage to Bayan was repaired in several days and subsequently the cruiser patrolled off Port Arthur. Together with the protected cruiser Novik, the ship sortied on 11 March 1904 to support the destroyer Steregushchiy. Under attack by Japanese destroyers, the ship was sunk before help arrived.[14] Early on the morning of 13 April, the Russian destroyer Strashnii fell in with four Japanese destroyers in the darkness while on patrol. Once her captain realized his mistake, the Russian ship attempted to escape but failed after a Japanese shell struck one of her torpedoes and caused it to detonate. By this time Bayan had sortied to provide support, but was only able to rescue five survivors before a Japanese squadron of protected cruisers attacked. Vice Admiral Stepan Makarov led a force of two battleships and three cruisers out to support Bayan and also ordered the rest of the First Pacific Squadron to follow as soon as they could. In the meantime, the Japanese had reported the Russian sortie to Tōgō and he arrived with all six Japanese battleships. Heavily outnumbered, Makarov ordered his ships to retreat and to join the rest of the squadron that was just exiting the harbour. En route, however, his flagship, Petropavlovsk, struck a mine and sank almost instantly.[15]

Bayan sailed with the rest of the Pacific Squadron on 23 June in an abortive attempt to reach Vladivostok. The new squadron commander, Rear Admiral Wilgelm Vitgeft, ordered the squadron to return to Port Arthur when it encountered the Japanese fleet shortly before sunset, as he did not wish to engage his numerically superior opponents in a night battle.[16] After bombarding Imperial Japanese Army positions on 27 July, the ship struck a mine[17] and was under repair until September.[11] After the death of Vitgeft during the Battle of the Yellow Sea on 10 August, Wiren was promoted to rear admiral and became the commander of the First Pacific Squadron. Bayan was subsequently trapped in Port Arthur[18] and sunk at her mooring by five 28-centimetre (11 in) howitzer shells on 9 December.[19]

Japanese service

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Aso.
 
Aso at Maizuru, 1908

After the war, Bayan's wreck was refloated on 24 June and towed to Dairen. There she was given temporary repairs and commissioned as Aso[19] (named after a volcano in Kumamoto Prefecture)[20] on 22 August. The next day she was towed to Maizuru, Japan for permanent repairs that lasted until July 1908.[19] During this time, her boilers were replaced by Miyabara water-tube boilers and the majority of her armament was replaced with Japanese weapons. Aso was armed with two original 8-inch 45 caliber guns, Eight 6-inch 45 caliber Armstrong GG guns and sixteen 3-inch 40 caliber Armstrong N guns.[21]

On 7 September 1908, Aso, together with the ex-Russian protected cruiser Soya, was assigned to the Training Squadron. On 14 March 1909 they began a training cruise that took their naval cadets to the West Coast of the United States and Canada and Hawaii before they returned to Yokosuka on 7 August. The next year the two ships made a cruise to Australia and Southeast Asia that last from 1 February to 3 July 1910. They were briefly relieved of their assignment to the Training Squadron on 25 September before rejoining it on 1 April 1911. The next training cruise lasted from 25 November 1911 to 28 March 1912 and took the cadets to the same destinations as the 1910 cruise. On 20 April 1912, Aso was transferred away from the Training Squadron[22] and she was refitted in March 1913. During this refit, her eight-inch guns were replaced by a pair of six-inch guns 50 caliber guns and her torpedo tubes were removed.[23] Aso and Soya were reassigned to the Training Squadron on 1 December 1914 and they made their last training cruise from 20 April to 23 August 1915,[22] during which they visited Rabaul, New Guinea, and Fremantle, Australia.[24]

 
Aso at Yokosuka, 1924

In 1917, Aso was converted into a minelayer,[25] with a capacity of 420 mines,[21] although she was not formally reclassified as such until 1 April 1920.[25] Aso was stricken from the navy list on 1 April 1930 and renamed Hai Kan No. 4.[21] She was sunk on 4 August 1932 by two submarine torpedoes after serving as a target for the heavy cruisers Myōkō and Nachi.[26]

Notes

  1. ^ All dates used in this article are New Style

Footnotes

  1. ^ Vinogradov & Fedechkin, p. 4
  2. ^ McLaughlin, p. 75
  3. ^ Campbell, p. 190
  4. ^ a b McLaughlin, pp. 68, 75
  5. ^ Watts, p. 100
  6. ^ McLaughlin, p. 68
  7. ^ Silverstone, p. 373
  8. ^ McLaughlin, pp. 60–61, 68
  9. ^ Watts, p. 99
  10. ^ Kowner, p. 409
  11. ^ a b McLaughlin, p. 78
  12. ^ Corbett, I, p. 51
  13. ^ Vinogradov & Fedechkin, pp. 60–65
  14. ^ Vinogradov & Fedechkin, p. 68
  15. ^ Corbett, I, pp. 179–182
  16. ^ Warner & Warner, pp. 305–306
  17. ^ Corbett, I, pp. 357, 466
  18. ^ Corbett, II, pp. 46, 77–78, 103–104
  19. ^ a b c Lacroix & Wells, p. 656
  20. ^ Silverstone, p. 326
  21. ^ a b c Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 76
  22. ^ a b Lacroix & Wells, pp. 656–657
  23. ^ Budzbon, p. 226
  24. ^ Hirama, p. 142
  25. ^ a b Lengerer, p. 52
  26. ^ Lacroix & Wells, p. 109

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The cruiser Bayan Russian Bayan was the name ship of the four Bayan class armoured cruisers built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the first decade of the 20th century The ship had to be built in France because there was no available capacity in Russia Bayan was assigned to the First Pacific Squadron after completion and based at Port Arthur from the end of 1903 She suffered minor damage during the Battle of Port Arthur at the beginning of the Russo Japanese War of 1904 05 and supported destroyers as they patrolled outside the harbour After bombarding Japanese positions in July 1904 the ship struck a mine and was out of action for the next several months Bayan was sunk during the Siege of Port Arthur and was then salvaged by the Japanese after the war Bayan at anchorHistoryRussian EmpireNameBayanNamesakeBoyanOrderedMay 1898BuilderForges et Chantiers de la Mediterranee La Seyne sur Mer FranceLaid downMarch 1899Launched12 June 1900CompletedDecember 1902CapturedBy Japan 1 January 1905FateSunk 9 December 1904JapanNameAsoNamesakeMount AsoAcquired1 January 1905Commissioned22 August 1905In service1908ReclassifiedAs a training ship 1908 As a minelayer 1 April 1920Stricken1 April 1930FateSunk as a target 4 August 1932General characteristicsClass and typeBayan class armoured cruiserDisplacement7 802 long tons 7 927 t Length449 ft 136 9 m Beam57 ft 6 in 17 5 m Draught22 ft 6 7 m Installed power26 Belleville boilers 16 500 ihp 12 300 kW Propulsion2 shafts 2 vertical triple expansion steam enginesSpeed21 kn 39 km h 24 mph Range3 900 nmi 7 200 km 4 500 mi at 10 knots 19 km h 12 mph Complement573ArmamentAs built 2 single 8 in 203 mm guns 8 single 6 in 152 mm guns 20 single 75 mm 3 in guns 2 single 15 in 380 mm torpedo tubesAs Aso 2 single 8 in 200 mm guns 8 single 6 0 in 152 mm guns 16 single 3 in 76 mm guns 2 single 18 in 460 mm torpedo tubesArmourBelt 3 9 7 9 inches 100 200 mm Deck 2 0 inches 50 mm Gun turrets 6 3 inches 160 mm Barbettes 6 7 in 170 mm Conning tower 6 3 in 160 mm Renamed Aso by the Imperial Japanese Navy IJN she served as a training ship after extensive repairs The ship was converted into a minelayer in 1917 and was decommissioned in 1930 to serve as a target ship She was eventually sunk as a target in 1932 Contents 1 Design and description 2 Construction and career 2 1 Japanese service 3 Notes 4 Footnotes 5 Bibliography 6 External linksDesign and description EditUnlike previous Russian armoured cruisers the Bayan class ships were designed as scouts for the fleet 1 They were 449 feet 7 inches 137 0 m long overall and 443 feet 135 0 m between perpendiculars They had a maximum beam of 57 feet 6 inches 17 5 m a draft of 22 feet 6 7 m and displaced 7 802 long tons 7 927 t The ships had a crew of 573 officers and men 2 The Bayan class had two vertical triple expansion steam engines each driving a single propeller shaft using steam provided by 26 Belleville boilers Designed for a total of 16 500 indicated horsepower 12 304 kW intended to propel the cruisers at 21 knots 39 km h 24 mph 3 the engines actually developed 17 400 ihp 13 000 kW during Bayan s sea trials in October 1902 and drove the ship to a maximum speed of 20 9 knots 38 7 km h 24 1 mph She could carry a maximum of 1 100 long tons 1 118 t of coal which gave her a range of 3 900 nautical miles 7 200 km 4 500 mi at 10 knots 19 km h 12 mph 4 Bayan s main armament consisted of two 8 inch 203 mm 45 calibre guns in single turrets fore and aft of the superstructure Her eight 6 inch 152 mm guns were mounted in casemates on the sides of the ship s hull 5 Anti torpedo boat defence was provided by twenty 75 millimetre 3 0 in 50 calibre guns eight of these were mounted in casemates on the side of the hull and in the superstructure The remaining guns were located above the six inch gun casemates in pivot mounts with gun shields Bayan also mounted eight 47 millimetre 1 9 in and two 37 millimetre 1 5 in Hotchkiss guns The ship had two submerged 15 inch 381 mm torpedo tubes one on each broadside 4 The ship used Harvey armour throughout Her waterline belt was 7 9 inches 200 mm thick over her machinery spaces Fore and aft it reduced to 3 9 inches 100 mm The upper armour strake and the armour protecting the casemates was 2 4 inches 60 mm thick The thickness of the armoured deck was 2 inches 50 mm over the central battery it was a single plate but elsewhere it consisted of a 1 2 inch 30 mm plate over two 0 39 inch 10 mm plates The gun turret sides were protected by 5 9 inches 150 mm of armour and their roofs were 1 2 inches thick The barbettes were protected by armour plates 6 7 inch 170 mm thick The sides of the conning tower were 6 3 inches 160 mm thick 6 Construction and career EditBayan named after the bard Boyan 7 had to be ordered in May 1898 from the French shipyard Forges et Chantiers de la Mediterranee in La Seyne sur Mer because there was no capacity available in Russian shipyards 8 The ship was laid down in February 1899 and launched on 12 June 1900 Note 1 Bayan was completed in February 1903 9 and under the command of Captain 1st Rank Robert Wiren 10 made port visits in Greece Italy and North Africa before sailing for Kronstadt Arriving in April 1903 she was only there for several months before departing for Port Arthur on 7 August 11 Together with the French built battleship Tsesarevich Bayan arrived on 2 December and they were both assigned to the First Pacific Squadron 12 On the night of 8 9 February 1904 the IJN launched a surprise attack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur Bayan was not hit by the initial torpedo boat incursion and sortied the following morning when the Combined Fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō attacked Tōgō had expected the surprise night attack by his ships to be much more successful than it was anticipating that the Russians would be badly disorganized and weakened but they had recovered from their surprise and were ready for his assault The Japanese vessels had been spotted by the protected cruiser Boyarin which was patrolling offshore and alerted the Russian defences Tōgō chose to attack the Russian coastal defences with his main armament and engage the ships with his secondary guns Splitting his fire proved to be a poor decision as the Japanese eight inch 203 mm and six inch guns inflicted inconsequential damage on the Russian ships which concentrated all their fire on their opponents with some effect Bayan suffered superficial damage from nine hits and numerous splinters 6 crewmen were killed and 35 injured The ship fired 28 eight inch 100 six inch and 160 seventy five millimetre shells during the battle 13 Bayan sunk at her mooring in Port Arthur The damage to Bayan was repaired in several days and subsequently the cruiser patrolled off Port Arthur Together with the protected cruiser Novik the ship sortied on 11 March 1904 to support the destroyer Steregushchiy Under attack by Japanese destroyers the ship was sunk before help arrived 14 Early on the morning of 13 April the Russian destroyer Strashnii fell in with four Japanese destroyers in the darkness while on patrol Once her captain realized his mistake the Russian ship attempted to escape but failed after a Japanese shell struck one of her torpedoes and caused it to detonate By this time Bayan had sortied to provide support but was only able to rescue five survivors before a Japanese squadron of protected cruisers attacked Vice Admiral Stepan Makarov led a force of two battleships and three cruisers out to support Bayan and also ordered the rest of the First Pacific Squadron to follow as soon as they could In the meantime the Japanese had reported the Russian sortie to Tōgō and he arrived with all six Japanese battleships Heavily outnumbered Makarov ordered his ships to retreat and to join the rest of the squadron that was just exiting the harbour En route however his flagship Petropavlovsk struck a mine and sank almost instantly 15 Bayan sailed with the rest of the Pacific Squadron on 23 June in an abortive attempt to reach Vladivostok The new squadron commander Rear Admiral Wilgelm Vitgeft ordered the squadron to return to Port Arthur when it encountered the Japanese fleet shortly before sunset as he did not wish to engage his numerically superior opponents in a night battle 16 After bombarding Imperial Japanese Army positions on 27 July the ship struck a mine 17 and was under repair until September 11 After the death of Vitgeft during the Battle of the Yellow Sea on 10 August Wiren was promoted to rear admiral and became the commander of the First Pacific Squadron Bayan was subsequently trapped in Port Arthur 18 and sunk at her mooring by five 28 centimetre 11 in howitzer shells on 9 December 19 Japanese service Edit For other ships with the same name see Japanese ship Aso Aso at Maizuru 1908 After the war Bayan s wreck was refloated on 24 June and towed to Dairen There she was given temporary repairs and commissioned as Aso 19 named after a volcano in Kumamoto Prefecture 20 on 22 August The next day she was towed to Maizuru Japan for permanent repairs that lasted until July 1908 19 During this time her boilers were replaced by Miyabara water tube boilers and the majority of her armament was replaced with Japanese weapons Aso was armed with two original 8 inch 45 caliber guns Eight 6 inch 45 caliber Armstrong GG guns and sixteen 3 inch 40 caliber Armstrong N guns 21 On 7 September 1908 Aso together with the ex Russian protected cruiser Soya was assigned to the Training Squadron On 14 March 1909 they began a training cruise that took their naval cadets to the West Coast of the United States and Canada and Hawaii before they returned to Yokosuka on 7 August The next year the two ships made a cruise to Australia and Southeast Asia that last from 1 February to 3 July 1910 They were briefly relieved of their assignment to the Training Squadron on 25 September before rejoining it on 1 April 1911 The next training cruise lasted from 25 November 1911 to 28 March 1912 and took the cadets to the same destinations as the 1910 cruise On 20 April 1912 Aso was transferred away from the Training Squadron 22 and she was refitted in March 1913 During this refit her eight inch guns were replaced by a pair of six inch guns 50 caliber guns and her torpedo tubes were removed 23 Aso and Soya were reassigned to the Training Squadron on 1 December 1914 and they made their last training cruise from 20 April to 23 August 1915 22 during which they visited Rabaul New Guinea and Fremantle Australia 24 Aso at Yokosuka 1924 In 1917 Aso was converted into a minelayer 25 with a capacity of 420 mines 21 although she was not formally reclassified as such until 1 April 1920 25 Aso was stricken from the navy list on 1 April 1930 and renamed Hai Kan No 4 21 She was sunk on 4 August 1932 by two submarine torpedoes after serving as a target for the heavy cruisers Myōkō and Nachi 26 Notes Edit All dates used in this article are New StyleFootnotes Edit Vinogradov amp Fedechkin p 4 McLaughlin p 75 Campbell p 190 a b McLaughlin pp 68 75 Watts p 100 McLaughlin p 68 Silverstone p 373 McLaughlin pp 60 61 68 Watts p 99 Kowner p 409 a b McLaughlin p 78 Corbett I p 51 Vinogradov amp Fedechkin pp 60 65 Vinogradov amp Fedechkin p 68 Corbett I pp 179 182 Warner amp Warner pp 305 306 Corbett I pp 357 466 Corbett II pp 46 77 78 103 104 a b c Lacroix amp Wells p 656 Silverstone p 326 a b c Jentschura Jung amp Mickel p 76 a b Lacroix amp Wells pp 656 657 Budzbon p 226 Hirama p 142 a b Lengerer p 52 Lacroix amp Wells p 109Bibliography EditBudzbon Przemyslaw 1985 Russia In Gray Randal ed Conway s All the World s Fighting Ships 1906 1921 Annapolis Maryland Naval Institute Press pp 291 325 ISBN 0 85177 245 5 Campbell N J M 1979 Russia In Chesneau Roger amp Kolesnik Eugene M eds Conway s All the World s Fighting Ships 1860 1905 New York Mayflower Books pp 170 217 ISBN 0 8317 0302 4 Corbett Julian S 1994 Maritime Operations in the Russo Japanese War Annapolis Maryland amp Newport Rhode Island Naval Institute Press amp Naval War College Press ISBN 1 55750 129 7 Hirama Yoichi 2004 Japanese Naval Assistance and its Effect on Australian Japanese Relations In Phillips Payson O Brien ed The Anglo Japanese Alliance 1902 1922 London and New York RoutledgeCurzon pp 140 58 ISBN 0 415 32611 7 Jentschura Hansgeorg Jung Dieter amp Mickel Peter 1977 Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1869 1945 Annapolis Maryland United States Naval Institute ISBN 0 87021 893 X Kowner Rotem 2006 Historical Dictionary of the Russo Japanese War Lanham Maryland The Scarecrow Press ISBN 0 8108 4927 5 Lacroix Eric amp Wells Linton 1997 Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War Annapolis Maryland Naval Institute Press ISBN 0 87021 311 3 Lengerer Hans 2008 The Imperial Japanese Minelayers Itsukushima Okinishima and Tsugaru In Jordan John ed Warship 2008 London Conway pp 52 66 ISBN 978 1 84486 062 3 McLaughlin Stephen 1999 From Ruirik to Ruirik Russia s Armoured Cruisers In Preston Antony ed Warship 1999 2000 London Conway Maritime Press ISBN 0 85177 724 4 Silverstone Paul H 1984 Directory of the World s Capital Ships New York Hippocrene Books ISBN 0 88254 979 0 Vinogradov Sergey amp Fedechkin Aleksey 2011 Bronenosnyi kreyser Bayan i yego potomki Ot Port Artura do Moonzunda in Russian Moscow Yauza EKSMO ISBN 978 5 699 51559 2 Warner Denis amp Warner Peggy 2002 The Tide at Sunrise A History of the Russo Japanese War 1904 1905 2nd ed London Frank Cass ISBN 0 7146 5256 3 Watts Anthony J 1990 The Imperial Russian Navy London Arms and Armour ISBN 0 85368 912 1 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bayan ship 1898 Image gallery of Bayan class cruisers Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Russian cruiser Bayan 1900 amp oldid 1073079057, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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