NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
宗谷 [Soya] (ex-Варяг [Variag])			Cramp, Philadelphia, USA	9.1898	31.10.1899	15.1.1901 // 1907	to Russia 4.1916 (Варяг [Variag])

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	6500
Displacement full, t
Length, m	129.8
Breadth, m	15.9
Draught, m	6.30
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 4-cyl VTE, 30 Niclausse boilers
Power, h. p.	21000
Max speed, kts	23.2
Fuel, t	coal 1250
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(10)
Armour, mm	deck: 76 - 38, ammunition hoists: 38, CT: 152 - 76
Armament	12 x 1 - 152/43 Canet, 10 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 2 x 1 - 47/30 21/2pdr Hotchkiss, 2 - 381 TT (beam)
Complement	580

Standard scale images

Project history

Russian Varyag, sank in shallow water 9.2.1905 after hits from Japanese cruisers off Inchon, Korea. She was raised 8.8.1905, repaired at Yokosuka NYd and became training ship.

Ship protection

Protective deck had 38mm flat and 76mm slopes. Ammunition hoists had 38mm protection, CT had up to 152mm sides.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

In March 1916 Soya was sold and 5.4.1916 transferred to Russia as Variag.