Imperator Aleksandr II class
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The Imperator Aleksandr II class were ironclad battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the 1880's.
ex-Russian battleship Imperator Nikolai I, which later became the Japanese battleship Iki
[edit] General Characteristics
From Conway's All the world's Fighting Ships 1860 - 1905
- Displacement: 9500 tons
- Length: 101.65 m
- Beam: 20.42 m
- Draught: 7.87 m
- Machinery: 2 shaft VC, 12 cylindrical boilers, 8500 hp
- Speed: 15.3 knots
- Armour: compound armour
- Armament: 2 - 12 inch guns (one twin turret), 4 - 9 inch guns (4x1), 8 - 6 inch guns, 10 - 47mm guns, 10 - 37mm guns 5 - 15 inch torpedo tubes
- Crew: 611
[edit] Ships
- Imperator Aleksandr II (Император Александр II - Alexander II of Russia) - built by the New Admiralty yard St Petersburg. Laid down November 1885, Launched June 1887, Completed June 1895. Reconstructed by the Fench La Seyne yard in 1902-1904 (old 9 inch and 6 inch guns replaced by 5 - 8 inch and 8 6 inch guns). Served in the Baltic Fleet and renamed Zarya Svobody (Dawn of Freedom) after the Russian Revolution. Scrapped in 1925.
- Imperator Nikolai I (Император Николай I - Nicholas I of Russia) - built by Galerniy yard St Petersburg - Laid down 1885, Launched 1889, Completed 1891. Seved in the Russo-Japanese war surrendering after the battle of Tsushima. Served in the Imperial Japanese Navy as the Iki. Refitted with 6 inch guns replacing the Russian 9 inch guns. Decommissioned in 1915 and used as a target ship
[edit] References
- Page in Russian Language - http://ship.bsu.by/main.asp?id=100113
- Page in English - http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aj.cashmore/russia/battleships/iaii/imperatoralexandr.html
