Borodino-class battleship

Oblique view of Oryol at anchor
Class overview
Builders	Baltic Works, Saint Petersburg New Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg
Operators	Imperial Russian Navy  Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Tsesarevich
Succeeded by	Evstafi class
Built	1899–1905
In service	1904–1922
In commission	1904–1922
Completed	5
Lost	4
Scrapped	1
General characteristics
Type	Pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	14,091–14,415 long tons (14,317–14,646 t)
Length	397 ft (121.0 m)
Beam	76 ft 1 in (23.2 m)
Draft	29 ft (8.84 m)
Installed power	15,800–16,300 ihp (11,782–12,155 kW) 20 Belleville boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range	2,590 nmi (4,800 km; 2,980 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	28 officers, 826 enlisted men
Armament	2 × twin 12 in (305 mm) guns 6 × twin 6 in (152 mm) guns 20 × single 75 mm (3 in) guns 20 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 4 × single 15 in (381 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Krupp armor Belt: 7.64–5.7 inches (194–145 mm) Deck: 1–2 inches (25–51 mm) Turrets: 10 inches (254 mm)

The Borodino-class battleships were a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy around the end of the 19th century. Their design was based on that of the French-built Tsesarevich modified to use Russian equipment. The first four ships were finished after the start of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 and were among the ships ordered to sail from the Baltic Sea to the Far East to relieve the Pacific Squadron besieged by the Japanese in Port Arthur. Three of these ships were sunk and one was captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905. The fifth and final ship, Slava, was not completed in time to participate in the war and served with the Baltic Fleet through World War I.