Russian battleship Imperator Aleksandr III launched according to the Dutch newspaper Bataviaasch nieuwsblad dated 17 April 1914

Gangut-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Imperator Aleksandr III-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item dated St. Petersburg, Russia 16th reported that the second dreadnought the Imperator Alexander de Derde was launched.(1)

Note

1. Part of Imperatritsa Mariya-class, preceded by Gangut-class succeeded by Imperator Nikolai I. Ordered on 13 April 1912, laid down by Russud Shipyard, Nikolayev, Ukraine on 30 October 1911, launched on 15 April 1914, commissioned on 17 July 1917, renamed Volia on 29 April 1917, taken over by the Bolsheviks in November 1917, handed over to Germany on 19 June 1918, handed over to the United Kingdom on 24 November 1918, handed over to the Russian White Army on 1 November 1919, renamed General Alekseyev, decommissioned on 29 December 1920, docked in Bizerte, French Tunisia until 1936 and broken up to compensate the unpaid docking fees.