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{{other ships|Russian ship Pallada}}
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|Ship country=[[Russian Empire]]
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|Ship name=''Pallada''
|Ship namesake= [[Pallas (daughter of Triton)]]
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|Ship builder= [[Admiralty Shipyard]], [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]]
|Ship laid down= 1 December 1895  
|Ship launched= August 1899
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|Ship country= [[Empire of Japan]]
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|Ship name=''Tsugaru''
|Ship acquired=by Japan as [[prize of war]], 1905
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|Ship decommissioned= 1922
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|Ship fate= Expended as target, 1924
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|Ship class={{sclass|Pallada|cruiser|0}} [[protected cruiser]]
|Ship displacement={{convert|6731|LT|t|0|lk=on}} 
|Ship length={{convert|126.8|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|16.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|7.3|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=3 shafts; 3 [[triple-expansion steam engine]]s
|Ship power=*24 [[Belleville boiler]]s
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|Ship speed={{convert|19|kn|lk=in}}
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|Ship complement=578
|Ship armament=*8 × [[152 mm 45 caliber Pattern 1892|{{convert|152|mm|in|0|abbr=on}}]] guns
*24 × [[75mm 50 caliber Pattern 1892|{{convert|75|mm|in|0|abbr=on}}]] guns
*8 × {{convert|37|mm|in|abbr=on}} guns
*3 × {{convert|380|mm|in|abbr=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s
|Ship armour=*[[Deck (ship)|Deck]]: {{convert|50|-|62|mm|in|abbr=on}}
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'''''Pallada''''' was the [[lead ship]] in the {{sclass|Pallada|cruiser|4}} of [[protected cruiser]]s in the [[Imperial Russian Navy]]. She was built in the [[Admiralty Shipyard]] at [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]]. The new class was a major improvement on previous Russian cruisers, although the armor protection was light.

==Background==
The ''Pallada'' class consisted of three cruisers built expressly with the intention of strengthening the Russian fleet in the Far East. ''Pallada'' and {{Ship|Russian cruiser|Diana|1899|2}} were both laid down in December 1895 but ''Pallada'' was launched first in August 1899, followed by ''Diana'' in October 1899. {{Ship|Russian cruiser|Aurora||2}}, which survives in Saint Petersburg as a museum ship, was laid down in June 1897 and was not launched until May 1900. Soon after commissioning, both ''Pallada'' and ''Diana'' were assigned to the Russian First Pacific Squadron at [[Lüshunkou|Port Arthur]], [[Manchuria]].

==Operational history==

[[File:Torpedoing of the Russian cruiser Pallada (artist's conception).jpg|left|thumb|Torpedoing of ''Pallada'' (artist's conception).]]
[[File:Porthartur (13).jpg|thumb|''Pallada'' sunk at Port Arthur]]
In the initial [[Battle of Port Arthur|Japanese attacks on Port Arthur]] on the night of 8 February 1904, ''Pallada'' was [[torpedo]]ed on the port side amidships, but despite a fire in her coal bunker, she was not seriously damaged.

In August 1904 at the [[Battle of the Yellow Sea]], after being struck by a [[torpedo]], ''Pallada'' managed to make her way back to Port Arthur, and was thus unable to break through the Japanese blockade along with a number of other Russian cruisers. Thereafter, ''Pallada'' was trapped in the harbor. Her guns were removed to help strengthen the land defenses and most of her crew was reassigned to serve as [[infantry]]. ''Pallada'' was sunk by Japanese 11-inch siege howitzers on 8 December 1904.

After the end of the war, the wreck of ''Pallada'' was raised and towed to Japan, where it was repaired and commissioned into the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] as a [[prize of war]]. Renamed {{Ship|Japanese cruiser|Tsugaru||2}}, she served as a training vessel and later as a minelayer until decommissioned in 1922 and sunk as a target in 1924.

==References==
*{{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905|editor1-first=Roger|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor2-first=Eugene M.|editor2-last=Kolesnik |publisher=Mayflower Books|location=New York|year=1979|isbn=0-8317-0302-4|url-access=registration |url= https://archive.org/details/conwaysallworlds0000unse_l2e2|pages=170–217 |chapter=Russia |last1=Campbell |first1=N. J. M.|name-list-style=amp}}
*{{cite book| last = Jentschura| first = Hansgeorg| first2 = Dieter |last2=Jung|first3=Peter |last3=Mickel| year = 1977| title = Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945| publisher = United States Naval Institute| location = Annapolis, Maryland| isbn = 978-0-87021-893-4|name-list-style=amp}}
*{{cite book |last1=McLaughlin |first1= Stephen|title=Warship 2019 |date=2019 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |location=Oxford, UK |isbn=978-1-4728-3595-6 |pages=81–97 |editor1-last=Jordan |editor1-first=John |chapter=In ''Avrora''{{'}}s Shadow: The Russian Cruisers of the Diana Class}}
*{{cite book|last1=Skvorcov|first1=Aleksiey V.|title=Cruisers of the First Rank: ''Avrora'', ''Diana'', ''Pallada'' |date=2015|publisher=Stratus|location=Sandomierz, Poland|isbn=978-83-63678-56-2}}
*{{cite book|last=Watts|first=Anthony J.|title=The Imperial Russian Navy|publisher=Arms and Armour|location=London |year=1990|isbn=0-85368-912-1}}

==External links==
* [http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/pallada_class.htm  Photos of the ''Pallada''-class ships]

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