Russian Battleship Imperator Aleksandr III
Launched on 3 August 1901, Imperator Aleksandr III was a Borodino-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Russian Navy. Entering service in November 1903, she sailed on 15 October 1904, with the Second Pacific Squadron to break the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur.
The Japanese captured the port while the squadron was in transit and their destination was changed to Vladivostok. The ship was sunk during the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905 by Japanese gunfire with the loss of 778 men, her entire crew.
| Class and type | Borodino-class pre-dreadnought battleship |
| Displacement | 14,181 long tons (14,409 t) (o/a) |
| Length | 397 ft (121 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 76 ft 1 in (23.2 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Installed power | 20 Belleville boilers15,800 ihp (11,800 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Range | 2,590 nmi (4,800 km; 2,980 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 782 (designed) |
| Armament | 2 × twin 12 in (305 mm) guns 6 × twin 6 in (152 mm) guns 20 × single 75 mm (3 in) guns 20 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 4 × 15 in (381 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Armor | Krupp armor Belt: 5.7–7.64 inches (145–194 mm) Deck: 1–2 inches (25–51 mm) Turrets: 10 inches (254 mm) |
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