Novik + laser cut frames

The set includes laser cut frames.

Historical information

Novík was a protected cruiser in the Imperial Russian Navy, built by Schichau shipyards in Elbing near Danzig, Germany.

Novik suffered minor damage during the attack by Japanese forces on 9 February 1904 during the Battle of Port Arthur.

On 10 August, the Russian fleet once more attempted to run the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur. The Novik was trapped in Aniva Bay, and forced to battle off Korsakov by Tsushima.

The Imperial Japanese Navy had been impressed with the speed of Novik, and despite the considerable damage inflicted during the Battle of Korsakov, sent an engineering crew to salvage the vessel as a prize of war in August 1905. The wreck was repaired at the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, and commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy as Suzuya on 20 August 1906. Her new name came from the Suzuya River in Karafuto, near where Novik was captured.

Suzuya was re-classified as a 2nd class coastal defense vessel on 28 August 1912, and was declared obsolete and scrapped on 1 April 1913.