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Varyag

Post by shipstamps » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:07 pm


The Variag, built by Cramps of Philadelphia, was laid down in May 1898, launched the following year, and completed early in 1901. Her complement varied at different periods but ranged from 580 to 770. She displaced 6,500 tons and had a waterline length of 416 ft. (420 ft. overall) with a beam of 52 ft. and maximum draft of 21 ft. The Variag was driven by two sets of 4-cylinder triple-expansion engines, with a designed h.p. of 20,000, giving a speed of 23 knots. Her principal armament consisted of 12, 6 in., 12, 3 in., and six 3-pdr. guns, and at first she carried six torpedo tubes, two of which were under water. The cruiser was sunk at Chemulpo, Korea, in February 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War, but raised by the Japanese in August 1905. She was reconstructed and renamed Soya but in 1916 Japan retroceded her to Russia, when the ship was given her original name. She was eventually removed from the active list about 1920. The stamp shows this cruiser with her original funnels. SG2184

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