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'{|{{Infobox Ship Begin}} {{Infobox Ship Image |Ship image=[[Image:Croiseur Aurore.png|300px]] |Ship caption=The ''Aurora'' }} {{Infobox Ship Career |Hide header= |Ship country=Russia |Ship flag=[[Image:Naval Ensign of Russia.svg|50px|Ensign of the Russian Navy]] |Ship name= |Ship namesake= |Ship owner= |Ship operator={{navy|Russia}}<br />{{navy|USSR}} |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=[[Admiralty Shipyard]], St. Petersburg |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=23 May 1897 |Ship launched=11 May 1900<ref name="officialwebsite">{{cite web|url=http://www.aurora.org.ru/eng/index.php?theme=info|title=Official Cruiser ''Aurora'' website|accessdate=2007-08-04}}</ref> |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=29 July 1903 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service=[[1903]] [[1957]] |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship home port= |Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours=Participated in: *[[Dogger Bank incident]] (1904) *[[Battle of Tsushima]] (1905) *[[October Revolution]] (1917) |Ship captured= |Ship fate= |Ship status=Active, preserved at [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]], [[Russia]] |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox Ship Characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=[[Pallada class cruiser|''Pallada''-class]] [[protected cruiser]] |Ship type= |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement=6731 tons |Ship tons burthen= |Ship length={{convert|126.8|m|ft|abbr=on|lk=off}} |Ship beam={{convert|16.8|m|ft|abbr=on|lk=off}} |Ship height= |Ship draught={{convert|7.3|m|ft|abbr=on|lk=off}} |Ship draft= |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=1903:<br/>Triple shaft. Three triple expansion reciprocating steam engines; 24 coal-fired Belleville boilers. Total power 11,610 hp<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bestscalemodels.com/avrora.html|title=Best scale models website|accessdate=2007-08-04}}</ref> |Ship sail plan= |Ship speed=19 knots |Ship range={{convert|7200|km|mi|abbr=on|lk=off}} at 10 knots |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= |Ship troops= |Ship complement=590<ref name="officialwebsite">{{cite web|url=http://www.aurora.org.ru/eng/index.php?theme=info|title=Official Cruiser ''Aurora'' website|accessdate=2007-08-04}}</ref> |Ship crew= |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=1903:<br>8 x 152 [[millimetre|mm]] (6 [[inch]]) guns<br>24 x 75 mm guns<br>8 x 37 mm guns<br>3 x torpedo tubes (two underwater)<br /> 1917:<br>14 x 152 mm guns<br>4 x 76 mm AA guns<br>Machine guns<br>3 x torpedo tubes (two underwater) |Ship armour= |Ship armour= |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |} The '''''Aurora''''' ({{lang-ru|Авро́ра}}; [[Transliteration of Russian into English|English transliteration]]: Avrora) is a [[Russia]]n [[protected cruiser]], currently preserved as a [[museum ship]] in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]]. She battled the Japanese Navy in the [[Russo-Japanese War]]. One of the first incidents of the [[October Revolution|Communist Revolution]] in [[Russia]] happened on the Aurora. ==Russian-Japanese War== [[Image:aurora 1903.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''Aurora'' in 1903]] The Aurora was one of three ''Pallada''-class [[cruiser]]s, built in St. Petersburg for service in the [[Far East]] (on the [[Pacific]]). All the ships of this class served during the [[Russo-Japanese War]] (''[[Russian cruiser Pallada (1899)|Pallada]]'' was sunk by the Japanese at [[Lüshunkou|Port Arthur]] in 1904; the third ship of the class, ''Diana'', was interned in [[Saigon]] after the [[Battle of the Yellow Sea]]). ''Aurora'' was part of the Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron formed mostly from the Russian [[Baltic Fleet]], which was sent from the [[Baltic Sea]] to the [[Pacific]], under the command of Vice-Admiral [[Zinovi Petrovich Rozhestvenski|Rozhestvenski]]. On the way to the Far East, she sustained light damage from confused friendly fire in the infamous [[Dogger Bank incident]]. On 27 and 28 May 1905, ''Aurora'' took part in the [[Battle of Tsushima]], along with the rest of the Russian squadron. Under the command of Rear-Admiral [[Oskar Enkvist]] ''Aurora'' managed to avoid being destroyed unlike the majority of the Russian vessels, and with two other cruisers broke through to neutral [[Manila]], where she was interned. In 1906, the ''Aurora'' returned to the Baltic and became a cadet training ship. From 1906 until 1912 the ship visited a number of other countries, in November 1911 the ship was in Bangkok as part of the celebrations in honour of the coronation of the new [[Vajiravudh|King of Siam]]. The cruiser cooperated also in the international operation to care for the survivors of [[1908 Messina earthquake|the earthquake of Messina]]. ==October Revolution== During the [[World War I|First World War]] the ship operated in the Baltic Sea. In 1915 her armament was changed to fourteen 152&nbsp;mm (6in) guns. At the end of 1916, the ship was moved to Saint Petersburg (then Petrograd) for a major repair. The city was brimming with revolutionary ferment and part of her crew joined the 1917 [[February Revolution]]. A revolutionary committee was created on the ship ([[Aleksandr Belyshev]] was elected its captain). Most of the crew joined the [[Bolshevik]]s, who were preparing for a Communist revolution. On 25 October 1917, the refusal of an order for the ''Aurora'' to take to sea sparked the [[October Revolution]]. At 9.45 p.m. on that date, a blank shot from her forecastle gun signalled the start of the assault on the [[Winter Palace]], which was to be the last episode of the October Revolution. ''Aurora'''s crew actually took part in the attack. ==World War II== [[Image:aurora cruiser.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''Aurora'' in 2004.]] [[File:Aurora Cruiser Museum StPetersburg.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Port side view of the cruiser in 2008]] In 1922, the ''Aurora'' was brought to service again as a training ship. During [[World War II]], the guns were taken from the ship and used for land defence of [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]]. The ship itself was docked in [[Lomonosov, Russia|Oranienbaum]] port, and was repeatedly shelled and [[bomb]]ed. On 30 September 1941 she was damaged and sunk in the harbour. After extensive repairs in 1945 - 1947, ''Aurora'' was permanently anchored on the [[Neva]] in Leningrad (now [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]]) as a [[monument]] to the [[Great October Socialist Revolution]] and in 1957 became a museum-ship. On 2 November 1927, ''Aurora'' was awarded the [[Order of the Red Banner]] for its revolutionary merits and on 22 February 1968 - the [[Order of the October Revolution]] which, features the image of the cruiser itself. ==To the present== [[File:1-20040312161550.jpg|thumb|Cruiser Aurora is pictured on the Order of the October Revolution]] As a museum ship, the Aurora became one of the many tourist attractions of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), and continued to be a symbol of the Communist Revolution and a prominent attribute of Russian history. In addition to the museum space, a part of the ship continued to house a naval crew whose duties included caring for the ship, providing security and participating in government and military ceremonies. The crew was considered to be on active duty and was subject to military training and laws. Having long served as a museum ship, from 1984 to 1987 the cruiser was once again put in to its construction yard, the Admiralty Shipyard, for capital restoration. During the restoration overhaul, due to deterioration, the ship's hull below the waterline was replaced with a new welded hull according to the original drawings. The cut off lower hull section was towed into the Gulf of Finland, to the unfinished base at Ruchi, and sunk near the shore. (Source: Russian language entry for the Cruiser ''Aurora'') The restoration revealed that some of the ship parts, including the armor plates, were originally made in England, which put in doubt the previously maintained image of the cruiser as a marvel of authentic Russian naval engineering. The ''Aurora'' stands today as the oldest commissioned ship of the Russian Navy, proudly flying the naval ensign under which it was commissioned those many years ago. It is still manned by an active service crew commanded by a Captain of the 1st Rank. From 1956 to the present day 28 million people have visited the Aurora. ==Footnotes== {{reflist|1}} ==External links== {{Commons|RUS Aurora}} *{{en icon}} {{ru icon}} [http://www.aurora.org.ru Official website] *[http://www.neva.ru/EXPO96/book/chap10-3.html The History of the Russian Navy - Defeat at Port Arthur] *[http://www.hnsa.org/ships/aurora.htm HNSA Web Page: Cruiser Aurora] *[http://www.worldwalk.info/en/catalog/258/ Aurora Cruiser Museum Ship (Saint Petersburg)] {{coord|59|57|19|N|30|20|17|E|display=title}} {{Pallada class cruiser}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Aurora}} [[Category:Museum ships in Russia]] [[Category:Russian Revolution]] [[Category:World War I cruisers of Russia]] [[Category:World War II cruisers of the Soviet Union]] [[Category:Ships of the Imperial Russian Navy]] [[Category:Ships of the Soviet Navy]] [[Category:Museums in Saint Petersburg]] [[Category:History of Saint Petersburg]] [[Category:Naval mutinies]] [[Category:Victorian era naval ships of Russia]] [[Category:1900 ships]] [[bg:Аврора (крайцер)]] [[ca:Aurora (creuer)]] [[cs:Aurora (křižník)]] [[de:Aurora (1900)]] [[et:Aurora (laev)]] [[es:Aurora (1900)]] [[eo:Avrora]] [[fr:Aurore (croiseur)]] [[io:Protektata kroz-navo Aurora]] [[it:Aurora (incrociatore)]] [[he:אברורה]] [[la:Aurora (navis)]] [[hu:Auróra (cirkáló)]] [[nl:Aurora (kruiser)]] [[ja:アヴローラ (防護巡洋艦)]] [[pl:Aurora (1903)]] [[ro:Crucişătorul Aurora]] [[ru:Аврора (крейсер)]] [[sk:Aurora (krížnik)]] [[sr:Аурора (крстарица)]] [[fi:Aurora (laiva)]] [[sv:Kryssaren Aurora]] [[tr:Avrora (kruvazör)]] [[uk:Аврора (крейсер)]] [[vi:Tuần dương hạm Rạng Đông]] [[zh:阿芙乐尔号巡洋舰]]'