Imperator Aleksandr II class battleship
- Imperator Aleksandr II class battleship
The "Imperator Aleksandr II"-class were two ironclad battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the 1880s.
hips
* "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 French La Seyne yard in 1902-1904 (old 9-inch and 6-inch guns replaced by five convert|8|in|mm|0|sing=on and eight convert|6|in|mm|0|sing=on 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. Served in the Russo-Japanese war surrendering after the battle of Tsushima. Served in the Imperial Japanese Navy as the "Iki". Refitted with convert|6|in|mm|0|sing=on guns replacing the Russian convert|9|in|mm|0|sing=on guns. Decommissioned in 1915 and used as a target ship.
References
* http://ship.bsu.by/main.asp?id=100113 ru icon
* http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aj.cashmore/russia/battleships/iaii/imperatoralexandr.html
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Gangut class battleship — For other uses, see Gangut (disambiguation). Gangut during World War I Class overview Builders: Admiralty Shipyard Baltic Shipyard … Wikipedia
Borodino class battleship — The five Borodino class battleships (also known as the Suvorov class) were pre dreadnoughts built between 1899 and 1905 for the Imperial Russian Navy. Three of the class were sunk and one captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy in a decisive naval … Wikipedia
List of battleship classes — The list of battleship classes includes all Ironclad battleship classes listed in chronological order by first commission. Classes which did not enter service are listed by the date of cancellation or last work on the project.See also: * List of… … Wikipedia
Russian battleship Dvenadsat Apostolov — Dvenadsat Apostolov at anchor. Protruding over her bow is a mooring boom, not a bowsprit Class overview Name: Dvenadsat Apostolov … Wikipedia
Russian battleship Gangut (1888) — Gangut (Russian: броненосец Гангут ) was an Imperial Russian battleship named after the Battle of Gangut. This ship was a scaled down version of the Imperator Aleksandr II class battleshipsShe was built by New Admiralty yard, St Petersburg.… … Wikipedia
Russian battleship Gangut (1911) — For other uses, see Gangut (disambiguation). Gangut at anchor in Helsingfors, 1915. Note the deployed torpedo net Career (Russian Empire) … Wikipedia
Portal:Battleships — Wikipedia portals: Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Natural sciences People Philosophy Religion Society Technology American Civil War · American Revolutionary War · … Wikipedia
Portal:Russia — Wikipedia portals: Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Natural sciences People Philosophy Religion Society Technology … Wikipedia
Russian battleship Petropavlovsk (1897) — The Petropavlovsk ( Петропавловск ) was the lead ship of the Petropavlovsk class of battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy. During the Russo Japanese War, Petropavlovsk was a flagship of the First Pacific Squadron, taking part in battles … Wikipedia
List of Russian battleships — This is a list of Russian battleships of the period 1864 1948: BF = Baltic Fleet, BSF = Black Sea Fleet, BU = broken upEarly coastal defence ironclads(except gunboats) All of them were reclassified to bronenosets beregovoi oborony ( coastal… … Wikipedia
