Russian battleship Poltava, which later became the Japanese battleship Tango
Career
Builder:	New Admiralty Shipyards, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Laid down:	May 1 1892
Launched:	November 6 1894
Commissioned:	1898 (Russia): August 22 1905 (Japan)
Fate:	Returned to Russia April 4 1916
Struck:	1922
General Characteristics
Displacement:	10,960 tons (normal); 11,400 tons (max)
Length:	111.9 meters
Beam:	21.0 meters
Draught:	7.8 meters
Propulsion:	Three Shaft Reciprocating Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) Engines; 30 boilers, 14,500 shp
Fuel:	2056 tons coal; Range: 10,000 nm @ 10 knots
Speed:	18 knots
Complement:	668
Armament:	4 × 305 mm guns, 10 × 152 mm guns, 16 × 80 mm guns,  4 × 450 mm torpedos
Armor:	belt 100-230mm; deck 60mm; gun mount 127mm; casemate 127mm; turret 150-250mm; conning tower 100-150mm

IJN Tango (丹後) was one of eight Russian pre-dreadnought battleships captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. It was built as the Petropavlovsk Class battleship Poltava, and was commissioned into the Imperial Russian Navy in 1898. It was one of three ships in its class: its sister ships Petropavlovsk and Sevastopol were both sunk during the Russo-Japanese War. Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... The Admiralty Shipyards is one of the oldest and largest shipyards in Russia, located in Saint Petersburg. ... 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 Petropavlovsk Class were Pre-Dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy. ... HMS Victory in 1884. ... Russian Navy Jack Russian Navy Ensign The Imperial Russian Navy refers to the Navy of Imperial Russia, before the Soviet Union. ... A sister ship is a ship of the same class as, or of virtually identical design to, another ship. ...

History

The Poltava fought in the Battle of the Yellow Sea but failed to escape and was scuttled during the Siege of Port Arthur. Salvaged after the war in October 1905, she was refloated, repaired, and taken into service as the Tango, taking her name from the ancient Japanese province of Tango, now a part of Kyoto-fu. The Battle of the Yellow Sea was the first main naval engagement of the Russo-Japanese War, being fought on August 10, 1904. ... The Siege of Port Arthur (1 August 1904-2 January 1905), the Russian deepwater port and naval base at the tip of the Liaotung Peninsula (See Map below the Battlebox) in Manchuria was one of the longest and most vicious battles during the Russo-Japanese War. ... Before the modern prefecture system was established, the land of Japan was divided into tens of Kuni (国, Countries). ... Categories: Japan geography stubs | Old provinces of Japan ... Kyōto Prefecture (京都府; Kyōto-fu) is part of the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan. ...

On 28 August 1912, the Tango was re-classified as a 1st class Coastal Defense Vessel. August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

During World War 1, Japan and Russia became allies, and the Tango was returned to the Russian navy on 04 April 1916, where she was renamed the Chesma, and transferred to the Arctic. Captured by the British during the Allied invasion of northern Russia during the Russian Civil War and damaged beyond repair, she was scrapped in 1923. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... North Russia Campaign Arkhangelsk Oblast May 1918 – Sept 1919 Polar Bear Expedition Russian Civil War North Russia Relief Force // Introduction The North Russia Campaign (also known as the Northern Russian Expedition or the Allied Intervention in North Russia) was the involvement of international troops part of the Allied Intervention in...

References

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

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