Imperatritsa Mariya

Imperatritsa Mariya

Mikhail Kutuzov

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Imperatritsa Mariya

Mikhail Kutuzov

Izmail

USSR

V Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
6.7	6.7	6.7

Class:

Battleship

Research:290 000

Purchase:790 000

Description

The Imperatritsa Mariya-class, Imperatritsa Mariya, 1916 is a rank V Soviet battleship with a battle rating of 6.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "New Power".

General info

Survivability and armour

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Mobility

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Mobility Characteristics
Game Mode	Upgrade Status	Maximum Speed (km/h)		Turn Time (s)	Turn Radius (m)
		Forward	Reverse
AB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded	45	17
RB/SB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded	39	14

Armament

Primary armament

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Secondary armament

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Anti-aircraft armament

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Torpedo armament

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Usage in battles

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Modules

Tier	Seakeeping	Unsinkability		Firepower
I	Dry-Docking	Tool Set		12-inch AP patt.1911	Anti-Air Armament Targeting	130 mm AP patt.1911
II	Rudder Replacement	Fire Protection System		12-inch SAP patt.1911	Auxiliary Armament Targeting
III	Propeller Replacement	Shrapnel Protection	Ventilation		Primary Armament Targeting	Improved Rangefinder
IV	Engine Maintenance	New Pumps	Ammo Wetting	Torpedo Mode

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Heavy firepower, augmented by torpedoes
• Heavily armored against most threats

Cons:

• Poor mobility, huge profile
• Poor anti-air defense
• Secondary guns are located on between-deck mounts, cannot be fully traversed to meet threats on both sides

History

Devblog

The first battleships of the "dreadnought" type in the Russian Empire entered service with the Baltic Fleet, they were battleships of the Sevastopol type, laid down back in 1909. The proximity of a world war and information about the serious strengthening of the Turkish fleet forced the Tsarist government to start building three battleships similar to the ones in the Baltic for the Black Sea Fleet. The general architecture, key technical units, three-gun turrets were borrowed from the battleships "Sevastopol". Three battleships for the Black Sea Fleet were laid down in 1911, all new ships were named after the Russian monarchs. Tests of the battleship Imperatritsa Mariya (Russian for “Empress Mariya”) ended in 1915, the ship was immediately put into service and began to perform combat missions.

With the advent of Russian dreadnoughts, the situation on the Black Sea changed dramatically in favor of the Russian Empire. Imperatritsa Mariya provided support to the 2nd brigade of battleships near the Turkish coastline in the fall of 1915, at the end of winter it took part in the Trebizond landing operation, and in the summer of 1916 became the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.On October 20th, a powder storage detonated and a fire occurred on the ship, the subsequent series of explosions caused the destruction of the battleship. More than 200 sailors perished, the ship sank near Sevastopol. With great effort in 1918 the ship was lifted and transferred to dry dock, but restoration work was never completed due to the social and political crisis in post-war Russia. In 1927, the battleship Imperatritsa Mariya was dismantled for its metal.

Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the Imperatritsa Mariya from live.warthunder.com.

Images

• Imperatritsa Mariya Devblog Images
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Videos

Absolute Alpha Annihilation - Imperatritsa Mariya - Napalmratte

See also

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• reference to the series of the ship;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

• [Devblog] Imperatritsa Mariya: the Empress of the Black Sea

USSR battleships
	Imperial Russia
Sevastopol-class	Marat* · Parizhskaya Kommuna** · Poltava
Imperatritsa Mariya-class	Imperatritsa Mariya
	* Laid down as Petropavlovsk; renamed and remodeled by the USSR ** Laid down as Sevastopol; renamed and remodeled by the USSR
Trophies	Italy
Conte di Cavour-class	Novorossiysk*
	* Laid down as RN Giulio Cesare for the Regia Marina