The Navarin, 3rd battleship of the 2nd Division, 2nd Russian Pacific Squadron of Admiral Zinoviev Rhozdventsky - lost to Japanese floating mines, Tsushima Strait, the night of 27th May, 1905.Navarin was built in the early 1880s, Galernyy Yard, St Petersburg, Imperial Russia. Her designers modeled her on HMS Trafalgar, built late the previous decade.
Navarin and Sissoi Veliki sailed with the fleet on the mistaken belief the Japanese under Admiral Togo Heichiro had 6 modern battleships. Navarin was sent to make up the numbers - nothing more.
Ironically, Togo had been whittled down to four following the loss of two of his battleships to Russian mines outside Port Arthur. It was Togo who worried the Russians outgunned him and therefore made the dubious decision to flesh out the battlefleet with his armoured cruisers.
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