“Oriol” – the Russian battleship

The “Oriol” battleship was one of the most powerful and innovative warships of the Russian Navy at the beginning of the 20th century. The ship's keel was laid on May 20, 1900 at the “Galerny Ostrov” shipyard in St. Petersburg, and began service in October 1904. The ship was armed with 4x 305 mm, 12x 152 mm and over 40 cannons from 75 to 47 mm caliber. In preparation for sending the ship to the Far East, optical sights for guns from 75 to 305 mm caliber, rangefinders and wireless telegraph stations were installed. As part of the Russian II Pacific Escadre, he participated in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905. During the Battle of Cusima on May 14, 1905 “Oriol” was hit numerous times by Japanese shells, but the ship remained serviceable. The ship surrendered to the Japanese on May 15 and arrived in Sasebo on May 17. The battleship was repaired for two years. During the overhaul, 12 152 mm caliber guns were replaced by 6 203 mm caliber guns. The ship joined the Japanese navy in 1907. After participating in the battles for Qingdao as part of the II "Ivami" escadre of the first battleship division in 1918 it participated in the Japanese intervention in the Russian Far East, for a certain period of time it was the flagship of the Japanese escadre in Vladivostok. On September 1, 1921 it was reclassified as a coast guard battleship of the 1st rank and from December 1 of that year it was included in the composition of the 6th division. In April 1922 the ship was disarmed and turned into a floating warehouse, on September 1, 1922 it was removed from the lists and scrapped in the same year.

A medium-sized, complex, well-designed and richly detailed ship model for intermediate and advanced modelers. Where necessary, details are double-side printed.