Imperiya class Battleship

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Imperiya class Battleship
Class overview
Name Imperiya class Battleship
Operators Far Eastern Imperial Navy
Class before Siyaniye class Battleship
Planned 2
Built 2
Active 1
Destroyed 1
General Characteristics
Type Battleship
Displacement
  • 12,200 tons standard
  • 14,300 tons full load
Length 124.8 metres (409 ft)
Beam 21.5 metres (71 ft)
Draught 8.4 metres (28 ft)
Propulsion 2 shafts, 2 VTE steam engines
Power
  • 20 Belleville boilers
  • 16,300 ihp (12,200 kW)
Speed 18 kts
Range 5500 nm at 10 kts
Complement 780
Armament
  • 2 × 2 305mm/45 KO 1898 g gun
  • 12 x 152mm/45 KO 1893 g gun
  • 18 x 76.2mm/40 KO 1900 g gun
  • 8 37mm/40 KO 1893 g gun
  • 3 457mm torpedo tubes
Armour
  • Belt: 250 mm
  • Deck: 40-50 mm
  • turrets: 305mm
  • conning tower: 254 mm

  • Development

    The follow-on class of the Siyaniye was essentially repeat of the earlier ship with main difference being the placement of secondary armament in casemates instead of turrets. This solution was based on the experience with the armored cruisers in the Far Eastern-Spanish war where the secondary turrets were considered to be too slow to react against faster enemy light units. 12 152mm guns were placed in two-level casemates, similar as in the Kuril class cruisers.

    Both ships were barely introduced to the 1st Squadron when the Far Eastern-Japanese war broke out. Imperiya served as a flagship for Admiral Vitgeft and was heavily damamged in the first battle of Tsusima straights in 1904. Imperiya took hits from japanese battleships that killed Vitgeft and damaged the steering. It was only saved by the "Charge of Siyaniye" which drew fire away from the damaged flagship. Imperiya managed to escape to German port of Tsingtau in which she remained interned for the rest of the war. Monarkhia assumed the role of flagship and was sunk at the second battle of Tsusima.


    Ships in class

    Name Builder Laid down Launch Date Entered Service Fate
    Imperiya Voenno-Morskoy verf, Dalny February 1900 April 1902 February 1904 Extant in 1920
    Monarkhiya Admiralteyskiye verf, Vladivostok February 1900 April 1902 March 1904 Sunk in 1905


    See Also

    Ships of Far Eastern Imperial Navy 1920