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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption= Soya, formerly the Russian cruiser Varyag
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= Japan | Japan|naval}} | Ship name=Soya | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered= 1898 | Ship builder= William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia | Ship laid down= 31 October 1899 | Ship launched= 2 January 1900 | Ship completed= 14 January 1901 | Ship acquired=by Japan as prize of war, 1904 | Ship commissioned= 9 July 1907 | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck= | Ship homeport= | Ship honours= | Ship fate= Returned to Russia, 5 April 1916 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship type= Protected cruiser | 6500|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} | 126.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} w/l | 15.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 6.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 20000|hp|lk=in|abbr=on}} | 23|kn|lk=in}} | 4500|nmi|km|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn}} | Ship complement=571 | 152|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} guns- 10 × {{convert|75|mm|in|abbr=on}} guns
- 2 × {{convert|47|mm|in|abbr=on}} guns
- 4 × {{convert|450|mm|in|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes
| 50|-|75|mm|in|0|abbr=on}}- Conning tower:{{convert|150|mm|in|abbr=on}}
| Ship notes=
}} | {{nihongo|Soya|宗谷}} was a protected cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy, acquired as a prize of war during the Russo-Japanese War from the Imperial Russian Navy, where it was originally known as the {{ship|Russian cruiser|Varyag|1899|6}}.BackgroundVaryag was built in the United States by William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia for the Imperial Russian Navy. It was stationed in Korea in 1904, and involved in the opening Battle of Chemulpo Bay of the Russo-Japanese War. After suffering heavy damage from the unequal battle with nine Japanese cruisers, Varyag was scuttled by its crew on 9 February 1904. After the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese raised the badly damaged wreck from Chemulpo harbor, repaired it, and commissioned it into the Imperial Japanese Navy as the 2nd class cruiser Soya on 9 July 1907. Its new name was taken from the northernmost cape of Hokkaidō, Soya Misaki. Service life{{For|the record of Varyag prior to being captured by Japan and after its return to Russia|Russian cruiser Varyag (1899)}}After being placed into Japanese service as a 3rd class cruiser, Soya was used primarily for training duties. From 14 March 1909 to 7 August 1909, it made a long distance navigational and officer cadet training cruise to Hawaii and North America. It repeated this training cruise every year until 1913. During World War I Russia and Japan became allies and Soya (along with several other vessels) was transferred back to Russia at Vladivostok on 5 April 1916, and its original name of Varyag restored. Gallery References- Evans, David. Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941. US Naval Institute Press (1979). {{ISBN|0-87021-192-7}}
- Howarth, Stephen. The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The Drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895-1945. Atheneum; (1983) {{ISBN|0-689-11402-8}}
- Jentsura, Hansgeorg. Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Naval Institute Press (1976). {{ISBN|0-87021-893-X}}
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