Aurora, moored in Saint Petersburg, Russia History → → → Russian Empire → Soviet Russia → Russia Name Aurora Namesake Aurora Ordered June 1896 Builder Admiralty Shipyard, Saint Petersburg Laid down 23 May 1897 Launched 11 May 1900[1] Completed 10 July 1903 Commissioned 16 July 1903 Decommissioned 17 November 1948 Honours and awards Order of the October Revolution Order of the Red Banner Fate Museum ship since 1956 Status Ceremoniously commissioned Notes Participated in: Dogger Bank incident (1904) Battle of Tsushima (1905) October Revolution (1917) Siege of Leningrad (1941–44) General characteristics Class and type Pallada-class protected cruiser Displacement 6,731 t (6,625 long tons) Length 126.8 m (416 ft 0 in) Beam 16.8 m (55 ft 1 in) Draught 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) Installed power 24 Belleville boilers 11,610 ihp (8,660 kW) Propulsion 3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines Speed 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) Range 7,200 km (4,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) Complement 590[2] Armament 1903: 8 × 152 mm (6 in) guns 24 × 75 mm (3 in) guns 8 × 37 mm guns 3 × torpedo tubes (two underwater) 1917: 14 × 152 mm guns 4 × 76.2 mm (3 in) AA guns 1 × QF 2-pounder naval gun[3]