Russian cruiser Rurik (1892)
Rurik was an armoured cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the early 1890s. She was named in honour of Rurik, the semi-legendary founder of ancient Russia. She was sunk at the Battle of Ulsan in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05.
Russian cruiser Rurik (1892)
Russian cruiser Rurik (1892), Nagasaki
Rurik in 1904 with cut down rig.
The naval Battle of Ulsan, also known as the Battle of the Japanese Sea or Battle of the Korean Strait, took place on 14 August 1904 between cruiser squadrons of the Imperial Russian Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War, four days after the Battle of the Yellow Sea.
Sinking of the Russian cruiser Rurik in the Battle of Ulsan, 1904, from a contemporary propaganda postcard
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