In 1899 Tri Sviatitelia became the first ship in the world to be fitted with a radio, an installation designed by the Russian physicist Alexander Stepanovich Popov that had a range of about . The ship was flagship of Rear Admiral F. F. Vishnevetskii during the failed attempt to recapture the mutinous battleship  on 30 June 1905.
In 1899 Tri Sviatitelia became the pioneering vessel to be equipped with a radio system, designed by Russian physicist Alexander Stepanovich Popov, which had a restricted transmission distance. The ship was under Rear Admiral F. F. Vishnevetskii's command during the failed endeavor to reclaim the mutinous battleship on June 30, 1905.