Peresvet Class Battleship - Ships

Ships

Ship Builder Laid down Launched Entered service Cost Fate
Peresvet (Пересвет) Baltic Works, Saint Petersburg 21 November 1895 19 May 1898 1901 10,540,000 rubles Foundered 4 January 1917 after hitting a mine
Oslyabya (Ослябя) New Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg 21 November 1894 8 December 1898 1903 11,340,000 rubles Sunk 27 May 1905 during the Battle of Tsushima
Pobeda (Победа) Baltic Works, Saint Petersburg 21 February 1899 10 May 1900 1902 10,050,000 rubles Broken up, 1922–23 or 1946

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