# Talk:Russian battleship Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya

in order to speed up completion she used parts prepared for Aleksander III  (armor for turrets and other) and spear guns lodgments from Sevastopol and Poltava battleship
27 June 1915 - old style - not new
18 October 1915 - she entered Black See Fleet service
28 November (old) 19115 She complete her trials and returned to Sevastopol were 30 November she commissioned ("механизмы приняты в казну")
draft (avarage) 8.24 m
The ammunition for the forward 12-inch guns was reduced from 100 to 70 rounds each while the forward 130-mm ammunition was reduced from 245 to 100 rounds per gun in an attempt to compensate for her trim.- it's not related to Ekaterina Velikaya- the problem was partially solved during construction by moving some payload aftward
5 January 1916  - old style
Last operation of ship taken place 1 November 1917 - to intercept battlecruiser Yavuz  - but then the ship was directed in close vicinity to minefilds  near Varna  crew was refused to continue war and demanded to return to base.
She sailed from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk on 14 May 1918 as German troops approached the city - incorrect date - incorrect conversion of the already New style date - ship deprted at nignt 30 April/1 May
The fourth torpedo  - incorrect -  she sunk after six torpedo hit - 2and  5 were not explodedJo0doe (talk) 09:27, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Halpern refers to an engagement with Breslau/Midilli on 4 April 1916 on pages 242-243 - this should be included here. Parsecboy (talk) 02:11, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

And another engagement off the Bosporus on 27 May 1917, on page 253. Parsecboy (talk) 02:31, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
That's actually 25 June.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:44, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

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