1899 introductions

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 84. Chapters: 1899 ships, Railway locomotives introduced in 1899, Russian cruiser Gromoboi, French battleship Suffren, Steering wheel, USS Vedette, Finnish torpedo boat S2, HMS Bulwark, SMS Wörth, RMS Oceanic, USS Margaret, HMS Vengeance, Revolving door, List of ship launches in 1899, SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, HMS Cobra, HMS London, USS Aeolus, USS Albany, HMS Venerable, SMS Kaiser Karl der Grosse, HMS Implacable, LNER Class D40, USS Oceanographer, LSWR T9 class, French battleship Henri IV, Japanese battleship Asahi, HMS Glory, USC&GS Oceanographer, HMAS Pioneer, LB&SCR B4 class, Pall Mall, USS Savannah, Russian cruiser Varyag, Japanese cruiser Yakumo, SMS Niobe, Flash-lamp, SS Empire Conyngham, RMS Saxonia, SS Söderhamn, USS Lykens, Japanese cruiser Azuma, USS Susquehanna, Lux, Japanese battleship Hatsuse, HNoMS Norge, Leona, Benicia, USS Mariner, Albatros, SS Mont-Blanc, Tashmoo, Maud, Awa Maru, NZR B class, French protected cruiser Châteaurenault, USS Severn, Caledonian Railway 812 Class, USS Powhatan, USS Stringham, USS Aphrodite, USS Canonicus, GNRI Class Q, Japanese cruiser Tsugaru, Russian cruiser Pallada, USS Bailey, USS Maysie, HMHS Anglia, SS König Albert, USS Akela, USS Anemone IV, Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi, USS Montauk, HMS Cressy, USS Shubrick, .50-110 Winchester, Midland Railway 2511 Class, Midland Railway 2501 Class, SMS Victoria Louise, USS Dahlgren, USS Amphion, SS Ivernia, Port Talbot Railway 0-8-2T, French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc, SS Galeka, USS Goldsborough, USS Patricia, TSS Hibernia, 14th Street Crosstown Line, French armoured cruiser Dupleix, Russian cruiser Diana, L&YR Class 7, Dentyne, Midland Railway 2441 Class, USRC Patrol, USS Craven, French cruiser Jurien de la Gravière, Italian cruiser Varese, HMS Peterel, HMS Viper, HMS Spiteful, HMS Stag, RFA Abadol, Martha White, SS Hansa, HMCS Newington, HMS Sutlej, SMS Nymphe, PS Waimarie, HNoMS Myg, HMS Claes Uggla, NER Class R, HMS Psilander, Stjernen I, NER Class S. Excerpt: Gromoboi (Russian: , meaning: "Thunderer") was an armoured cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy built in the late 1890s. She was designed as a long-range commerce raider and served as such during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05. When the war broke out, she was based in Vladivostok and made several sorties in search of Japanese shipping in the conflict's early months, without much success. Gromoboi, with the other armoured cruisers of the Vladivostok Cruiser Squadron, attempted to rendezvous in the Strait of Tsushima with the main portion of the Russian Pacific Fleet sailing from Port Arthur in August 1904. The Fleet was delayed, and the squadron returned to port alone. On the return, the squadron encountered a Japanese squadron of four armoured cruisers blocking their passage to base. The Japanese sank the oldest Russian ship, Rurik, and damaged Gromoboi and Rossia during the subsequent Battle off Ulsan. Both Russian ships were repaired within two months. Gromoboi ran aground immediately after completing her repairs and was out of action for four months. Three months after the damage from the grounding incident was repaired, she struck a mine, but successfully returned to port. Her armament was reinforced while under repair, but she saw no further action during the war. Gromoboi was transferred to the Russian Baltic Fleet after the end of the war and began a lengthy refit that was completed in 1911. She was mostly inactive during World War I, but had her ar...