Description
The Boyarin (Russian:- "Nobleman") was alight cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy. It was built by Burmeister & Wain in Copenhagen,Denmark. It served in the Russian PacificFleet and was sunk by a Russian mine near the entrance to PortArthur, Manchuria.
The ship was commissioned in 1902 and sailed to the Pacific arriving in Port Arthur in 1903. She struck a Russian moored mine near the entrance to Port Arthur harbour on 12 February 1902. An attempt to tow her to safety was made but she broke her tow , drifted onto another mine and sank.