Peresvet-class battleship For other uses, see Pobeda. Pobeda at anchor, probably about March 1904 History Russian Empire Name: Pobeda Namesake: Victory Ordered: 26 April 1898 [Note 1] Builder: Baltic Works, Saint Petersburg, Russia Cost: 10,050,000 rubles Laid down: 21 February 1899 Launched: 10 May 1900 In service: October 1902 Fate: Sunk, 7 December 1904 Japan Name: Suwo Namesake: Suō Province Acquired: Refloated, 17 October 1905 Commissioned: October 1908 Struck: 1922 Fate: Probably scrapped, 1922–23 General characteristics Class and type: Peresvet -class pre-dreadnought battleship Displacement: 13,320 long tons (13,534 t) Length: 434 ft 5 in (132.4 m) Draft: 26 ft 3 in (8.0 m) Installed power: 14,500 ihp (10,813 kW) 30 Belleville boilers Propulsion: 3 Shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) Range: 6,200 ...