Imperator Aleksandr II class battleship

ex-Russian battleship Imperator Nikolai I, which later became the Japanese battleship Iki

The Imperator Aleksandr II class were ironclad battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the 1880s.

[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 (28.3 km/h)
Armour: compound armour
Armament: 2 - 12-inch (305 mm) guns (one twin turret), 4 - 9-inch (229 mm) guns (4 × 1), 8 - 6-inch (152 mm) guns, 10 - 47 mm guns, 10 - 37 mm guns 5 - 15-inch (381 mm) torpedo tubes
Crew: 611

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 five 8-inch (203 mm) and eight 6-inch (152 mm) 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 (152 mm) guns replacing the Russian 9-inch (229 mm) guns. Decommissioned in 1915 and used as a target ship