Tag: battleship
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Russian Battleship Imperator Aleksandr III
Russian Battleship Imperator Aleksandr III Launched on 3 August 1901, Imperator Aleksandr III was a Borodino-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Russian Navy. Entering service in November 1903, she sailed on 15 October 1904, with the Second Pacific Squadron to break the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur. The Japanese captured the port while the squadron… Read more
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Russian Battleship Borodino
Russian Battleship Borodino Launched on 8 September 1901, Borodino was the lead ship of her class of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy. Entering service in August 1904, she sailed only two months later on 15 October, with the Second Pacific Squadron to break the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur. The Japanese captured… Read more
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Danish Coastal Defense Ship Olfert Fischer
Danish Coastal Defense Ship Olfert Fischer HDMS Olfert Fischer (1903) was a Danish coastal defense ship. The second of her class of three ships (including Herluf Trolle and Peder Skram), she was launched on 9 May 1903 and commissioned on 31 May 1905. She had an uneventful career, as Denmark remained neutral throughout World War One. Herluf… Read more