Russian cruiser Svetlana (1896)

Svetlana
Class overview
Name	Svetlana
Operators	Imperial Russian Navy
Preceded by	Admiral Kornilov
Succeeded by	Pallada class
Built	1895–97
In commission	1897–1905
Completed	1
Lost	1
History
Russian Empire
Name	Svetlana (Russian: Светлана)
Builder	Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, Le Havre, France
Laid down	8 December 1895
Launched	7 October 1896
Commissioned	3 April 1899
Fate	Sunk, 28 May 1905, during the Battle of Tsushima
General characteristics
Type	Protected cruiser
Displacement	3,862 long tons (3,924 t)
Length	331 ft 4 in (101 m)
Beam	42 ft 8 in (13 m)
Draft	18 ft 8 in (5.7 m)
Installed power	18 Belleville boilers 8,500 ihp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines,
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement	401 officers and crewmen
Armament	6 × 1 - 6-inch (152 mm) Canet guns 10 × 1 - 47-millimeter (1.9 in) Hotchkiss guns 2 × 15-inch (381 mm) torpedo tubes 20 mines
Armor	Deck: 1–2 in (25–51 mm) Conning tower: 4 in (102 mm)

The Russian cruiser Svetlana (Russian: Светлана) was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy. She was the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Russian Navy and was used as an imperial yacht in peacetime. She was sunk in combat during Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War.