User blog comment:FlammeumDraco333/Tales From the Not so Blocky Seas/@comment-27822411-20150814104910

Contrary to what this sounds like, this is a true story

THE STORY OF THE AURORA
Once upon a time, only a few hours ago, there was a Bogatyr class protected cruiser named Aurora. Armed with 10 6inch guns, one lousy torpedo and an even lousier speed of 27 knots, she was thinly armed, armoured and pretty slow for all that. But she did have one ace up her hull: a brilliant commander named Void Samukai.

One day, she escorted a small flotilla of 2 subs, a Dido class cruiser and a handful of destroyers. They engane a fleet of 2 Atlantas, one Emerald, an Admiral Hipper, a Brooklyn and some more destroyers.

The ship made her way over to one side of an island where she engaged the two Atlantas, which were destroying the destroyers. With her guns, she managed to sink both of them in a close brawl. She then engaged the Emerald, which did do some damage to her and sank the Dido, but she too was sunk.

By this time, all but the two subs and the Aurora remained. One sub did sink, but sank the Admiral Hipper in the process. The Aurora then engaged to a fight to the death with the Brooklyn. Though she had the superior firepower, her commander kept missing with his shots, so the Aurora kept doing damage, until the Brooklyn was sunk by Aurora's guns.

The moral of the story: The Bogatyr class cruiser is actually not a bad ship: provided nothing is shooting at you.