Launch of Battleship Slava

Date: August 29, 1903 • Location: Liiva, Estonia

Slava, the last of five Borodino-class battleships, was launched by the Imperial Russian Navy.

Slava was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships. Completed too late to participate in the Battle of Tsushima during the Russo-Japanese War, she survived while all of her sister ships were either sunk during the battle or surrendered to the Imperial Japanese Navy.