Russian cruiser Asia (1878)
Asia (Russian: А́зия) was a cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy. The ship was one of three merchantmen purchased in the United States by the Russian government in 1878 to be transformed into cruisers; State of California became Europa, Saratoga became Afrika, and Columbus became Asia. The steamship Columbus was built 1873/74 in Philadelphia and was purchased by the Russians in May 1878. She was sailed to Russia by a Russian crew and refitted in 1878-79 in Kronstadt. The ship was deactivated in May 1918 and scrapped in 1923.
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Russian cruiser Asia (1878)
Asia (Russian: А́зия) was a cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy. The ship was one of three merchantmen purchased in the United States by the Russian government in 1878 to be transformed into cruisers; State of California became Europa, Saratoga became Afrika, and Columbus became Asia. The steamship Columbus was built 1873/74 in Philadelphia and was purchased by the Russians in May 1878. She was sailed to Russia by a Russian crew and refitted in 1878-79 in Kronstadt. The ship was deactivated in May 1918 and scrapped in 1923.
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Asia (Russian: А́зия) was a cr ...... May 1918 and scrapped in 1923.
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Asie (en russe : Азия, Azia) c ...... a, le Columbus rebaptisé Asie.
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Die Asia (russisch А́зия) war ...... estellt und 1923 verschrottet.
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А́зия — парусно-паровой крейсер русского Императорского флота.
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Scrapped in 1923
Sold to Russia, May 1878
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Purchased May 1878
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*3 × guns
*5 × 9-pounder guns
*4 × guns
*2 × torpedo tubes
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Russian Empire
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*Steam engine,
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*Steam engine,
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Asia (Russian: А́зия) was a cr ...... May 1918 and scrapped in 1923.
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Asie (en russe : Азия, Azia) c ...... a, le Columbus rebaptisé Asie.
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Die Asia (russisch А́зия) war ...... estellt und 1923 verschrottet.
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А́зия — парусно-паровой крейсер русского Императорского флота.
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Asia (1878)
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Asie (croiseur)
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Russian cruiser Asia (1878)
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Азия (крейсер)
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*Asia
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*Kaukas (1912-1914)
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SS Columbus
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