russian battleship emperor ship class dreadnoughts imperial_russian_navy begun world war completed saw service renamed russian freedom completion general russian ship operations world war sister ships given higher priority completion delivered february revolution rendered ineffective saw combat surrendered germans forced turn british terms armistice british turned help evacuate interned french ultimately scrapped pay docking fees guns storage later germans coastal artillery world war soviets continued use cold war description meters long waterline beam meters draft meters displacement tonnes long tons short tons load long tons short tons designed displacement long tons short tons proved bow heavy service tended ship large amounts water forward casemates forward pair guns removed completed attempt compensate trim fitted parsons type steam turbines imported united_kingdom designed total shaft horsepower produced shp trials mixed firing triangular yarrow water tube boilers powered turbines working pressure psi designed speed knots mph maximum coal capacity long tons plus long tons short tons fuel oil gave range nautical miles knots mph electrical power generated curtis main turbo generators auxiliary units ship main armament consisted dozen inch pattern calibre guns mounted triple turrets distributed length ship secondary armament consisted eighteen millimeter pattern calibre guns mounted casemates arranged groups guns forward turret rear funnel remaining rear turret fitted calibre millimeter anti aircraft guns mounted roof fore aft turrets inch submerged torpedo tubes mounted tubes broadside forward magazine service built laid october ceremonial event design finalized contract signed suffered number delays construction method armour supports changed armour plates locked type joint better distribute shock impact based scale armour trials conducted hulk old pre dreadnought battleship added long tons weight ship raised cost priority reduced start world war concentrate efforts advanced sister ships complete quickly expected finished british built turbines delayed launched april arrive fitting july time ship renamed freedom conducted sea trials months time totally ineffective result political situation february revolution combat sailed avoid capture advancing german troops received order june majority crew versus refused decided return arrival disarmed guards left board germans took control october ship brief cruise german crew october guns month later germans forced turn british november accordance armistice party light cruiser took charge month later sailed port crew pre dreadnought escorted october sailed crew turned november renamed general carried shore guns collapse white russian armies ship helped evacuate whites interned rest fleet french decided sell soviet_union sold scrap late 1920s pay docking costs actually broken ship guns placed storage january france gave finland refusing sell seven summer main guns finland seized germany invaded norway april captured board harbor germans guns rebuilding accept german ammunition armoured turrets guns coastal artillery positions guns repair soviet railway guns abandoned soviets evacuated war handed soviet_union kept operational 1990s remaining guns kept replace gun damaged tests super charges 1970s gun turret memorial remaining spare barrel preserved carried guns fort island engaged british light cruiser hms kenya reportedly scoring hit cruiser saw combat war
Russian battleship Imperator Aleksandr III