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Knyaz Suvorov Imperial Russian Battleship

Knyaz Suvorov

Weapon Quantity Ammo

Main gun 304,8 /L=40 4 248

Secondary gun 152.4 /L=45 12 2160

QF gun 75 /L=50 20 3500

QF gun 47 /L=43 20 10800

Machine gun 7,62 4

Landing gun 64 /L=19 2 200

T-Tube 381 2 4

T-Tube 381 2 4

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The Fleet battleship Knyaz Suvorov was the 4 ship of the Borodino class. The ship hosted the headquater of the 2 Pacific Ocean Squadron. Her underwater hull protection proved very resistant while the unarmoured top of her hull was practically destroyed by Japanese high-explosive shells.The Ship was disabled by the Japanese gunfire at the 40 minute of the Tsushima battle and sink in the evening by 3 or 4 destroyer torpedoes.Nobody of her crew survived except the squadron Commander and several officers of his headquater rescued by the destroyer Buiniy.

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