Imperator Nikolai I / Demokratiya (Imperator Nikolai I Class)


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Laid down 28th January 1915
Launched 18th October 1916
Completed N/A
Commissioned N/A
Fate Scrapped:
1927 - 1930
Builders Russud Shipyard, Nikolaiev
Russia
Complement 1220
Dimensions
Displacement 27300 tons std
30000 tons max
Dimensions 616' 8" x 94' 8"
Draught 29' 6"
Armament
Main guns 12 x 12" (4 x 3)
Secondary guns 20 x 4.7" (20 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 4 x 18" submerged
Other weapons 8 x 75mm
4 x 47mm (4 x 1)
Countermeasures None
Armour Belt: 2.9" - 10.6"
C.T.: 15.7"
Deck: 1.3" - 2.4"
Turrets: 7.8" - 12"
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft None
Flightdeck None
Hangar None
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel None
Electronics Fit
Radar None
Sonar None
ECM None
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines 25 Yarrow boilers
4 x Parsons steam turbines
Power output 27300shp
Speed 21kts
Shafts 4
Range 5000NM @ 14kts
Fuel 3000 tons coal
720 tons oil

Imperator Nikolai I was renamed Demokratiya on 29th April 1917. In 1918 she was towed to Sevastopol to prevent her being taken by the Germans.

The revolution meant that she would not be commissioned, although the Russians considered completing her after the end of the civil war.

Last altered : 15th September 1999

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