Russian cruiser Pamiat Merkuria (1880)
Type: Unarmored cruiser (originally a merchant ship built for Dobroflot, capable of wartime conversion).
Builder: Soci\xe9t\xe9 Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la M\xe9diterran\xe9e, Toulon, France.
Laid down: 1879 (as Yaroslavl).
Launched: 10 May 1880.
Commissioned: March 1882.
Displacement: 2,997 long tons (3,045 t).
Dimensions: 90 m (295 ft 3 in) long, 12.4 m (40 ft 8 in) beam.
Propulsion: 1 shaft horizontal compound steam engine, 6 boilers, 2,450 hp (1,830 kW).
Speed: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph).
Armament: 6 \xd7 152 mm guns, 4 \xd7 107 mm guns, 4 \xd7 47 mm guns, 4 \xd7 37 mm guns, 4 \xd7 381 mm torpedo tubes.
Fate: Stricken from service on 7 April 1907.
Soviet cruiser Komintern (formerly Pamiat Merkuria, 1907)
Type: Bogatyr-class protected cruiser.
Builder: Admiralty Wharf, Nikolayev, Russian Empire.
Laid down: 23 August 1901.
Launched: 20 May 1902.
Commissioned: 1905.
Renamed: Pamiat Merkuria on 25 March 1907; later renamed Komintern on 31 December 1922.
Displacement: 6,645 long tons (6,752 t) full load.
Dimensions: 134 m (439 ft 8 in) long, 16.6 m (54 ft 6 in) beam.
Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph).
Armament: 2 \xd7 twin, 8 \xd7 single 152 mm guns, 12 \xd7 single 75 mm guns, 8 \xd7 single 47 mm guns, 2 \xd7 single 37 mm guns, 2 \xd7 15 in (380 mm) torpedo tubes.
Fate: Sunk as a breakwater in late 1942 after being severely damaged in German air attacks during World War II.