Russian battleship Ekaterina II

Ekaterina II at anchor in 1902
History
Russian Empire
Name:	Ekaterina II
Namesake:	Catherine the Great
Builder:	Nikolayev Admiralty Dockyard, Nikolaev
Laid down:	26 June 1883
Launched:	20 May 1886
Commissioned:	1889
Renamed:	Stricken Vessel Nr. 3 22 April 1912
Struck:	14 August 1907
Fate:	Sunk as a target 1912
General characteristics
Class and type:	Ekaterina II-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement:	11,396 long tons (11,579 t)
Length:	339 ft 3 in (103.4 m)
Beam:	68 ft 11 in (21.0 m)
Draft:	28 ft 10 in (8.8 m)
Installed power:	9,101 ihp (6,787 kW) (on trials)
Propulsion:	2 shafts 2 vertical compound steam engines 14 cylindrical boilers
Speed:	15.25 knots (28.24 km/h; 17.55 mph) on trials
Range:	2,800 nmi (5,200 km; 3,200 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) or 1,367 nmi (2,532 km; 1,573 mi) at 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
Complement:	633
Armament:	3 × 2 – 12-inch (305 mm) guns 7 × 1 – 6-inch (152 mm) guns 8 × 1 – 47-millimeter (1.9 in) 5-barrel revolving Hotchkiss guns 4 × 1 – 37-millimeter (1.5 in) 5-barrel revolving Hotchkiss guns 7 × 1 – 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor:	compound armor Belt: 8–16 in (203–406 mm) Redoubt: 12 inches Decks: 2–2.5 in (51–64 mm) Gun shields: 2–3 in (51–76 mm) Conning tower: 8–9 in (203–229 mm)

Ekaterina II (Russian: Екатерина II Catherine II of Russia) was the lead ship of the Ekaterina II-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the 1880s. Her crew was considered unreliable when the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutinied in June 1905 and her engines were decoupled from the propellers to prevent her from joining Potemkin. She was turned over to the Sevastopol port authorities before being stricken on 14 August 1907. She was re-designated as Stricken Vessel Nr. 3 on 22 April 1912 before being sunk as a torpedo target for the Black Sea Fleet.

Ekaterina II was 331 feet 8.5 inches (101.1 m) long at the waterline and 339 feet 3 inches (103.40 m) long overall. She had a beam of 68 feet 11 inches (21.0 m) and a draft of 27 feet 11 inches (8.5 m), 24 inches (610 mm) more than designed. Her displacement was 11,050 long tons (11,230 t) at load, almost 900 long tons (910 t) more than her designed displacement of 10,181 long tons (10,344 t).

Ekaterina II had two 3-cylinder vertical compound steam engines built by the Baltic Works. Fourteen cylindrical boilers, also built by the Baltic Works, provided steam to the engines. The engines had a total designed output of 9,000 indicated horsepower (6,700 kW), but they produced 9,101 ihp (6,787 kW) on trials and gave a top speed of 15.25 knots (28.24 km/h; 17.55 mph). At full load she carried 900 long tons (910 t) of coal that provided her a range of 2,800 nautical miles (5,200 km; 3,200 mi) at a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) and 1,367 nautical miles (2,532 km; 1,573 mi) at 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph).