ISBN: | 978-5-5106-1330-8 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Imperator Aleksandr II class battleships were two pre-dreadnoughts built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the 1880s. They were intended to counter the small armored ships of the other Baltic powers. Construction was very prolonged and the ships were virtually obsolescent when completed. They were optimized for the ramming role.