Russian battleship Oryol

Oblique view of Oryol preparing to go to sea at Kronstadt, August 1904
History
Russian Empire
Name	Оryol (Russian: Орёл)
Namesake	Eagle
Ordered	7 November 1899[Note 1]
Builder	Galerniy Island Shipyards, Saint Petersburg
Laid down	1 June 1900
Launched	19 July 1902
Completed	October 1904
Stricken	13 September 1905
Fate	Captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy, 28 May 1905
Empire of Japan
Name	Iwami (Japanese: 石見)
Namesake	Iwami Province
Acquired	28 May 1905
In service	June 1907
Out of service	April 1922
Reclassified	As 2nd-class coast defense ship, 1 September 1912 As 1st-class coast defense ship, September 1921
Stricken	1 September 1922
Fate	Sunk as target, 10 July 1924
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Borodino-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	14,151 long tons (14,378 t)
Length	397 ft (121 m) (o/a)
Beam	76 ft 1 in (23.2 m)
Draft	29 ft 2 in (8.9 m)
Installed power	20 Belleville boilers 15,800 ihp (11,782 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range	2,590 nmi (4,800 km; 2,980 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	28 officers, 826 enlisted men
Armament	2 × twin 12 in (305 mm) guns 6 × twin 6 in (152 mm) guns 20 × single 75 mm (3 in) guns 20 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 4 × single 15 in (381 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor	Krupp armor Belt: 5.7–7.64 inches (145–194 mm) Deck: 1–2 inches (25–51 mm) Turrets: 10 inches (254 mm)

Oryol (Russian: Орёл, "Eagle"; also Orel, Orël) was a Borodino-class battleship built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The ship was completed after the start of the Russo-Japanese War in February 1904 and was assigned to the Second Pacific Squadron sent to the Far East six months later to break the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur. The Japanese captured the port while the squadron was in transit and their destination was changed to Vladivostok. Oryol was badly damaged during the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905 and surrendered to the Japanese, who put her into service under the name of Iwami (Japanese: 石見).

Reconstructed by the Japanese in 1905–1907, Iwami was reclassified by the Imperial Japanese Navy as a coastal defense ship in 1912. She participated in the Battle of Tsingtao at the beginning of World War I and supported the Japanese troops that landed in Siberia in 1918 during the Russian Civil War. Iwami was used as a training ship beginning in September 1921. The ship was disarmed in 1922 to comply with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty and sunk as a target ship two years later.
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