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IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY (RUSSIA)

AIRCRAFT CARRYING SHIPS

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

seaplane carriers of WWI

Orlitsa 1915

Imperator Aleksandr I 1916

more than 1000 BRT

Name

Launched // Comm.

Builder

Tonnage, BRT or Disp., t

Dimensions, m

Speed, kts

Engine, Power hp

Armament

Fate

Орлица [Orlitsa] (ex-Императрица Александра [Imperatritsa Aleksandra]) 1903 // 2.1915 UK 3800 90.0x12.0 12 2200 8-75/48, 4 seaplanes (M.9) sold mercantile 7.1918
Император Александр I [Imperator Aleksandr I], 5.1917- Республиканец [Respublikanets] 1913 // 12.1916 UK 9240 117.0x15.4 15 5100 6-120/43, 2-57/50, 8 seaplanes (M.9) captured by Germany 1.5.1918
Император Николай I [Imperator Nikolay I], 5.1916- Авиатор [Aviator] 1913 // 12.1916 UK 9230 117.0x15.4 15 5100 6-120/43, 2-47/40, 7 seaplanes (M.9) captured by Germany 1.5.1918
Дакия [Dakiya], 2.1918- 1907 год [1907 god] 1906 // 11.1916 A C de La Loire, Saint-Nazaire, France 4515 106.4x12.4 17.5 6550 4-152/44, 1-75/48, 7 seaplanes (M.9) captured by Germany 1.5.1918
Император Троян [Imperator Troyan], 2.1918- Социальная Революция [Sotsial'naya Revolyutsiya] 1906 // 11.1916 A C de La Loire, Saint-Nazaire, France 4505 109.1x12.7 17.5 7032 4-152/44, 1-75/48, 7 seaplanes (M.9) captured by Germany 19.6.1918
Румыния [Rumyniya], 2.1918- Республика Румыния [Respublika Rumyniya] 1905 // 11.1916 A C de La Loire, Saint-Nazaire, France 4500 106.2x12.3 18 6500 4-152/44, 1-75/48, 7 seaplanes (M.9) captured by Germany 1.5.1918
Король Карл [Korol' Karl], 2.1918- Иоанн Роатэ [Ioann Roate] 1898 // 11.1916 Glasgow, UK 4200 105.0x12.6 17.5 6500 4-152/44, 1-75/48, 4 seaplanes (M.9) captured by Georgians 3.1918

Project history: Merchant vessels converted to seaplane tenders during World War One.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Respublikanets, Aviator, 1907 god, Sotsialnaya Revolyutsiya and Rumyniya were captured by Germans at Sevastopol and Ioann Roate was captured by Georgians at Batumi.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014