LK 1909 Imperatritsa Yelyzaveta class Battleship

LK 1909 g Imperatritsa Yelyzaveta class Battleship
Class overview
Name	LK 1909 g Imperatritsa Yelyzaveta class Battleship
Operators	Far Eastern Imperial Navy
Class before	LK 1906 Popedonosnyy class Battleship
Planned	4
Built	4
General Characteristics
Type	Battleship
Displacement	23,300 tons standard 27,700 tons full load
Length	181.3 metres (595 ft)
Beam	26.9 metres (88 ft)
Draught	8.5 metres (28 ft)
Propulsion	4 shafts, 4 Parson steam turbines
Power	25 water-tube boilers 42,000 ihp (31,000 kW)
Speed	23 kts
Range	11000 nm at 11 kts
Complement	1140
Armament	4 × 3 305mm/50 KO 1909 g gun 20 x 120mm/45 KO 1904 g gun 4 457mm torpedo tubes
Armour	Belt: 102-225 mm Upper belt: 76-127mm Deck: 38-25 mm turrets: 305mm

Development

LK 1909 g Class was the first proper "post-tsusima" type battleships designed in Far Eastern Empire and were clear departure of the older designs. It was designed within the guidelines of the "Special committee of readjustment in naval affairs" and featured some of the features found on the earlier LK 1906 g Popedonosnyy class such as the all-covering armour and placement of the machinery. A novel feature was the overall layout of the design. 4 triple turrets were fitted evenly alongside the centerline in the so called "linear" arrangement. The class was build around the new 50-caliber 305mm maingun which 12 were carried as recommended by the committee. The ships were fitted with steam turbines which gave the ships impressive 23kt speed, higher than contemporary battleships abroad.

Unlike the earlier practice of building battleships in pairs, the new class were build in 4 ships, one complete brigade at once. This was to keep the cohesion of the ships in brigade similar as the brigade was intended to fight and operate together.

Ships in class

Name	Builder	Laid down	Launch Date	Entered Service	Fate
Imperatritsa Yelyzaveta	Voenno-Morskoy verf, Dalny	June 1909	August 1911	May 1912	Extant in 1920
Muravyov-Amurskiy	Voenno-Morskoy verf, Dalny	June 1909	August 1911	June 1912	Extant in 1920
Imperator Petr Silny	Admiralteyskiye verf, Vladivostok	June 1909	September 1911	July 1912	Extant in 1920
Velikiy Kniaz Vladimir	Admiralteyskiye verf, Vladivostok	June 1909	September 1911	July 1912	Extant in 1920

See Also

Ships of Far Eastern Imperial Navy 1920