Novík was a protected cruiser in the Imperial Russian Navy, built by Schichau shipyards in Elbing near Danzig, Germany. Commissioned in 1901, it was at Port Arthur as part of the Russian Pacific Fleet
Novik
Wreck of Novik at Korsakov Bay, Sakhalin Island, prior to salvage by the Japanese
The Battle of Korsakov, a naval engagement of the Russo-Japanese War, was fought on 20 August 1904 off the southern coast of Sakhalin island. The battle foiled an attempt by the Imperial Russian Navy
Russian cruiser Novik
…was at Port Arthur as part of the Russian Pacific Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War. It was heavily damaged after the Battle of the Yellow Sea and Battle of Korsakov and scuttled. It was salvaged as a prize of war by the Imperial Japanese Navy and commissioned as the Suzuya in 1906 before being sold for scrap in…