Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-22 | Page 1 | Wrecked Bogatyr Best in Czar's Navy

WRECKED B0GATYR H BEST IN CZAR'S NAVY ,! H LONDON. May 21. The Bogatyr, W)'u Which, according to tho Kobe corre- flfe spondent of the St. James Gazette, has Kj,. I ( 11 been destroyed, was a fine modern cru- Bilk ' ( leer of 6750 tons displacement and 20,500 fffs ' I normal horse-power. She was built at jft. I the Vulcan works, Stettin, Germany, ', r11 was completed in 1902, wan -I16i feet ffii':; ' long, had 5-tV-. feet beam and drew 20- Ui'r ' feet of water. lit 'ft The armament of the Bogatyr con- nBife ' I slsted of twelve six-Inch .guns, twelve jKlf?! ' ' i three-Inch guns, six one and eight- fEllr i tenths-Inch guns, two one and four- npN I, tenths-Inch guns and two smaller rap- B'M t Id-fire guns. She had six torpedo tubes. Wt'' 'H her armored deck was two inches thick R K 1 and she had five inches of nickel steel w il armor over her gun positions. flu ; .