Imperator Alexandr / Volya / General Alekseyev (Imperatritsa Maria Class)

Laid down	17th October 1911
Launched	15th April 1914
Completed	N/A
Commissioned	28th June 1917
Fate	Scrapped: 1934 - 1937
Builders	Russud Shipyard, Nikolaiev Russia
Complement	1220
Dimensions
Displacement	22600 tons std 24000 tons max
Dimensions	550' 6" x 89' 6"
Draught	27' 3"
Armament
Main guns	12 x 12" (4 x 3)
Secondary guns	18 x 4.7" (18 x 1)
Torpedo tubes	4 x 18" submerged
Other weapons	4 x 76mm
Countermeasures	None
Armour	Belt: 3.9" - 10.3" C.T.: 4.9" - 12" Barbettes: 7.8" Deck: 1.5" Turrets: 9.8"
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	20 Yarrow boilers 4 x Brown Curtiss steam turbines
Power output	29040shp
Speed	21.4kts
Shafts	4
Range	5000NM @ 14kts
Fuel	3000 tons coal 720 tons oil

Imperator Alexandr was renamed Volya on 29th April 1917. In May 1918 she was captured by the Germans at Sevastopol and commissioned in the German Navy on 15th October 1918. With the retreat of German forces, the ship came under British control. To prevent her being captured by the Bolsheviks, she was moved to Izmir, Turkey.

On 17th October 1919, she came under White Russian control and renamed General Alekseyev. With the evacuation of the Crimea, she became the flagship of General Peter Wrangels fleet, and was interned at Bizerta, Tunis, on 29th December 1920.

In October 1924, the French offered to return the ship, but due to her poor condition, this was refused by the Russians. In 1934, the French began to scrap the ship at Bizerta. The 12" guns were installed for shore defence at the port.

Last altered : 15th September 1999

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