Russian cruiser Almaz

	Almaz
Class overview
Operators	Imperial Russian Navy
Preceded by	Pamiat Merkuria
Succeeded by	None
Built	1902–1903
In service	1903–1934
In commission	1903–1920
Planned	1
Completed	1
Scrapped	1
History
Russian Empire
Name	Almaz (Russian: Алмаз)
Namesake	Diamond
Operator	Imperial Russian Navy
Builder	Baltic Works, Saint Petersburg
Laid down	25 September 1902
Launched	2 June 1903
Completed	December 1903
Reclassified	Seaplane tender, 1915
Fate	Scrapped 1934
General characteristics
Type	Unprotected cruiser
Displacement	3,285 long tons (3,338 t)
Length	365 ft 8 in (111.5 m) o/a
Beam	43 ft 6 in (13.3 m)
Draught	17 ft 3 in (5.3 m)
Installed power	7,500 ihp (5,600 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, vertical triple expansion steam engines; 16 Belleville water-tube boilers;
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	336
Armament	4 × 75 mm (3 in) guns; 8 × 47 mm (2 in) guns;
General characteristics 1915
Armament	7 × 120 mm (4.7 in) guns; 4 × 76.2 mm (3 in) AA guns;
Aircraft carried	4 flying boats

Almaz (Russian: Алмаз; "Diamond") was a 2nd-class cruiser in the Imperial Russian Navy, built by Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg, Russia, as a yacht for Viceroy Yevgeni Alekseyev.