ARMORED SHIP "EMPEROR ALEKSANDR THE SECOND"

   It is laid in 1885 in Petersburg, on 26 July, 1887, it is gone down to the water and in 1889 entered the system. In 1892 it is reclassified into the squadron Battleship and into 1907 year- in the battleship. Since 1914 it was used as the training- artillery ship. On 21 May, 1917, it is renamed into " Glow Of Freedom ". It participated in October armed vostanii in Petrograd, covered approaches to the city from the side of Gulf of Finland, on 7 December of the same year- in the suppression of Kerenskiy -Krasnova mutiny. From May 1918 it was found on the storage, and in 1922 it was selected to the metal.

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Technical characteristics
Displacement	9244 t.
It is long	105,6 m.
Width	20,4 m.
Sagging	7,8 m.
Capacity of steam engine	8500 hp.
Running speed	13,5 knots
Cruising range	2160 miles
the crew	616 people
Armament
305- mm	2
229- mm	4
152- mm	8
63- mm	4
47- mm	10
37- mm	8
The above-water torpedo tubes	5