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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
RUSSIA / USSR
AIRCRAFT CARRYING SHIPS
seaplane carriers of WWI


Ships


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


Standard scale images


<i>Orlitsa </i>1915
Orlitsa 1915
<i>Imperator Aleksandr I </i>1916 more than 1000 BRT
Imperator Aleksandr I 1916 more than 1000 BRT


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.