Russian battleship Ekaterina II

	An 1893 lithograph of Ekaterina II
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
Stricken	14 August 1907
Fate	Sunk as a target 1912
General characteristics
Class and type	Ekaterina II-class ironclad 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 ironclad battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the 1880s. Her crew was considered unreliable when the crew of the pre-dreadnought battleship Potemkin mutinied in June 1905^[a] and her engines were decoupled from the propellers to prevent them 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.
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History
An 1893 lithograph of Ekaterina II
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
Stricken	14 August 1907
Fate	Sunk as a target 1912
General characteristics
Class and type	Ekaterina II-class ironclad 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)