Imperatritsa Maria (Imperatritsa Maria Class)

Laid down	17th October 1911
Launched	1st November 1913
Completed	N/A
Commissioned	6th July 1915
Fate	Scrapped: 1926 - 1927
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	20 x 4.7" (20 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 Parsons steam turbines
Power output	26500shp
Speed	21.4kts
Shafts	4
Range	5000NM @ 14kts
Fuel	3000 tons coal 720 tons oil

On 20th October 1916, Imperatritsa Maria sank at Sevastopol after an internal explosion. Although sabotage has been suggested, it is more likely that decomposing oor unstable cordite caused the explosion.

In 1917, she was refloated upside down, but the revolution cauased all work to be stopped and she again sank. In 1922 the wreck was raised and later scrapped at Sevastopol. The 12" turrets were salvaged between 1931 and 1933.

Last altered : 15th September 1999

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