Part of the Bayan-class designed by the Morskhoi Tehnicheskii Komitet with as sister ships Bayan and the . In fact there have been two ships called Bayan, the one laid down in 1899 was captured by Japan at Port Arthur in 1905 and which was replaced by the Bayan laid down in the same year.
With a displacement of 7,50 tons or 7,031 tonnes were her dimensions 137 x 17,5 x 6,7 metres or 449’ x 57.5’ x 22’. The two shaft vertical triple expansion engines and the 26 Belleville coal-fired boilers delivered 16,500 shp allowing a speed of 21 knots and with a speed of 10 knots a range of 3,900 nautical miles. The crew numbered 573 men. The armament consisted of 2-8”guns, 8-6” guns, 20-7,5cm guns and 2-18”torpedo tubes. Her armour consisted of a maximum 175mm belt, 132mm turret, maximum 30mm deck and 60mm casemates
