Gromoboi (Russian: Громобой, meaning: "Thunderer") was an armoured cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the late 1890s. She was designed as a long-range commerce raider and served as such during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05. When the war broke out, she was based in Vladivostok and made several sorties in search of Japanese shipping in the conflict's early months without much success.
 Gromoboi in 1901 visiting Australia
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Gromoboi |
| Operators |  Imperial Russian Navy |
| Preceded by | Rossia |
| Succeeded by | Bayan class |
| Built | 1897–1900 |
| In commission | 1900–1922 |
| Completed | 1 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| History | |
 Russian Empire | |
| Name | Gromoboi (Russian: Громобой) |
| Builder | Baltic Works, Saint Petersburg |
| Laid down | 14 June 1897[Note 1] |
| Launched | 8 May 1899 |
| Commissioned | November 1899 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1 July 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Armoured cruiser |
| Displacement | 12,455 long tons (12,655 t) |
| Length | 481 ft (146.6 m) |
| Beam | 68.6 ft (20.9 m) |
| Draught | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Installed power | 14,500 ihp (10,800 kW) |
| Propulsion | 3 shafts, 3 vertical triple expansion steam engines, 32 Belleville water-tube boilers |
| Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Range | 8,100 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,320 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 874 officers and crewmen |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Gromoboi
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