Russian battleship Imperator Aleksander III (1901)

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Career

Builder:	Baltic Shipyards, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Laid down:	July, 1889
Launched:	November, 1901
Completed:	August, 1903
Commissioned:	1 September 1904
Fate:	Sunk, Battle of Tsushima, 27 May 1905
General characteristics
Displacement:	13,516 tons standard; 14151 tons full load
Length:	397 ft (121 m)
Beam:	76 ft (23.2 m)
Draught:	26 ft (7.9 m)
Propulsion:	Two Shaft Reciprocating Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) Steam Engines; 12 Bellville coal fired Boilers; 15,800 shp (12 mW)
Fuel:	Coal, 1580 tons
Speed:	18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:	28 officers, 754 men
Armament: (305 mm)	4 × 12 in (305 mm) guns (2 × 2) 12 × 6 in (152 mm) guns (6 × 2) 20 × 75 mm (20 × 1) 20 × 47 mm (20 × 1) 4 × 15 in (381 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour:	Krupp armour Belt - 7.6 in (193 mm) Turrets - 10 in (254 mm) max Deck - 2 in (51 mm) Anti-torpedo bulkhead - 1 in (25 mm)

The Imperator Alexander III (Russian: Император Александр III) was a Borodino-class battleship, the first ship of its class to be completed. It was named after Tsar Alexander III.

[edit] Service Life

Imperator Alexander III was part of the Russian Second Pacific Squadron at the Battle of Tsushima. On 27 May 1905, after Japanese bombardment, it capsized and sank. There were no survivors.

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