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CRUISERS
	Built	Tonnage	Speed, knots	Chief armament
Askold	1900	7,000	23		12 06 in.
Bayan	1900	8,000	21	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}}$	02 08 in.
					08 06 in.
Gromoboi	1899	12,000	20	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}}$	04 08 in.
					16 06 in.
Rossia	1896	12,000	20	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}}$	04 08 in.
					16 06 in.
Rurik	1892	11,000	18	${\displaystyle \scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}}$	04 08 in.
					16 06 in.
Bogatyr	1901	6,000	23		12 06 in.
Varyag	1899	6,000	23		12 06 in.
Diana	1899	7,000	20		08 06 in.
Pallada	1899	7,000	20		08 06 in.
Boyarin	1900	3,000	22		06 04.7 in.
Novik	1900	3,000	25		06 04.7 in.
Zabiuca	1878	1,300	14		Field guns
Djildjit	1878	1,300	13		03 06 in.
Rasboinik	1879	1,300	13		03 06 in.

The gunboats on this station number nine, the destroyers eighteen, and the transports six. Thirteen destroyers are to join.

This fleet, with reinforcements, compares numerically with the eventual strength of Japan as follows:

A proportion of Japanese cruisers would be needed for coast defence, so that Russia may prove numerically stronger for sea work. In addition, Russia also has a powerful auxiliary fleet, consisting of ten steamers of the Black