Imperatritsa Ekaterina II / Svobodnaya Rossiya (Imperatritsa Maria Class)

Laid down	17th October 1911
Launched	6th June 1914
Completed	N/A
Commissioned	28th October 1915
Fate	Sunk: 18th June 1918
Builders	Naval Shipyard, Nikolaiev Russia
Complement	1252
Dimensions
Displacement	23783 tons std 24960 tons max
Dimensions	557' x 91' 6"
Draught	27' 3"
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	2 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 Parsons steam turbines
Power output	26500shp
Speed	21.4kts
Shafts	4
Range	5000NM @ 14kts
Fuel	3000 tons coal 720 tons oil

On 29th April 1917, Imperatritsa Ekaterina was renamed Svobodnaya Rossiya. She was sunk by 4 torpedoes from the destroyer Kerch to prevent her being handed over to German forces after the ceasefire. In the 1930s, parts of the ship including some of the boilers were salvaged.

Last altered : 15th September 1999

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