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.
The Tri Sviatitelia was the pioneering vessel to be fitted with a radio system in 1899, designed by Russian physicist Alexander Stepanovich Popov, which had a limited transmission distance. The ship served as the flagship of Rear Admiral F. F. Vishnevetskii during the ill-fated attempt to retake the rebellious battleship on June 30, 1905.