During the outbreak of the February Revolution of 1917, both battleships were moored in Helsinki. The ratings, demoralized by idle life and revolutionary propaganda, had already been organized for a mutiny by a well-entrenched core of conspirators. The exact history of the fleet revolt has been sanitized by Soviet historiography in the wake of the Kronstadt rebellion. It is known that the revolt of was coordinated from "Imperator Pavel I". Sailors of "Imperator Pavel I" took control of the ship, killed the officers who stood in their way and signalled instructions to other ships. The two battleships accounted for the majority of casualties of this day. The captain of "Imperator Pavel I" did not even try to subdue the sailors and save his officers; he survived the mutiny and was killed by the Cheka in 1921. The captain of "Andrei Pervozvanny" opposed the revolt and emigrated overseas. The commander of the battleship squadron refused to confront the sailors and was killed on shore.