ex-Russian coastal battleship General-Admiral Graf Apraksin, which later became the Japanese IJN Okinoshima
Career
Builder:	New Admiralty Works, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Laid down:	October 1894
Launched:	May 12 1896
Commissioned:	1899 (Russia): June 6 1905 (Japan)
Fate:	Wrecked 1925
General Characteristics
Displacement:	4,126 tons (normal); 5,050 tons (max)
Length:	84.6 meters @ waterline
Beam:	16.0 meters
Draught:	5.79 meters
Propulsion:	Two Shaft Reciprocating Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) Engines; 20 boilers; 5,250 shp
Fuel:	260 tons coal; Range: 3,000 nm @ 10 knots
Speed:	16 knots
Complement:	404
Armament:	3 × 254 mm guns 4 × 120 mm guns 10 × 47 mm guns 12 × 37 mm guns 4 x 450 mm torpedos
Armor:	belt 250 mm; deck 75 mm; turret 200mm

IJN Okinoshima (沖ノ島) was one of eight Russian pre-dreadnought battleships captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... A torpedo in Rail terminology refers to a small explosive device strapped to the top of the rail to alert an approaching train of immediate danger ahead. ... HMS Magnificent, a pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1894 The term pre-dreadnought refers to the last type of battleship before HMS Dreadnought (1906). ... HMS Victory in 1884. ... Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... Insert non-formatted text here Combatants Imperial Russia Empire of Japan Strength 500,000 Soldiers 400,000 Soldiers Casualties 25,331 Killed 146,032 Wounded 47,387 Killed 173,425 Wounded Greater Manchuria, Russian (outer) Manchuria is region to upper right in lighter Red; Liaodong Peninsula is the wedge extending...

The General-Admiral Graf Apraksin, an obsolete Admiral Ushakov class armored warship, optimistically classed as a coastal battleship by the Imperial Russian Navy, was captured as a prize by the Japanese Navy at the Battle of Tsushima on 28 May 1905. The Mishima (ex-Admiral Senyavin) was her sister ship, and was also captured in the same battle, whereas the lead ship of the class, Admiral Ushakov, was sunk. Dutch Coastal defence ship Hertog Hendrik A Coastal defence ship can be described as an armoured cruiser sized warship with limited blue-water capacity, meant first of all for a coastal defence purpose. ... Russian Navy Jack Russian Navy Ensign The Imperial Russian Navy refers to the Navy of Imperial Russia, before the Soviet Union. ... Combatants Japan Russia Commanders Heihachiro Togo Zinovi Rozhdestvenski Nikolai Nebogatov Strength 4 battleships, 27 cruisers, in addition to destroyers and auxiliary vessels 8 battleships, 3 coastal battleships, 8 cruisers Casualties 117 dead, 583 injured, 3 torpedo boats sunk 4380 dead, 5917 injured 21 ships sunk, 7 captured, 6 disarmed The... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A sister ship is a ship of the same class as, or of virtually identical design to, another ship. ... The lead ship is the first of a series or class of ships all constructed according to the same general design. ...

The General-Admiral Graf Apraksin was commissioned into the Japanese Navy as the 2nd class Coastal Defense Vessel Okinoshima, taking her name from an island off of Munakata city, Fukuoka prefecture, which is the site of a famous Shinto shrine, and which is also geographically close to the location of the Battle of Tsushima. Munakata City is the city located in the Fukuoka Prefecture northwest part, is central existence of a North Chikuzen (Munakata) area, and has accomplished fast development focusing on the city part of the Akama-ku,Munakata area at the center of politics and economy in recent years. ... Fukuoka Prefecture ) is located on Kyushu Island, Japan. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

On 01 April 1921, the Okinoshima was re-classified as a submarine tender. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

The Okinoshima was decommissioned on 01 April 1922. It was scrapped in1925. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

It should not be confused with the Pacific War era minelayer of the same name. US landings in the Pacific, 1942–1945 The Pacific War was the part of World War II that occurred in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in East Asia, 1937 to 1945. ... A minelayer is a naval ship used for deploying sea mines. ...

References

• Gibbons, Tony: The Complete Encyclopedia of Battleships and Battlecruisers
• Burt, R.A.: Japanese Battleships, 1897–1945

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