Imperatritsa Mariya was an Imperatritsa Mariya-class dreadnought of the Imperial Russian Navy, lead ship of her class. She was begun before World War I, completed in 1915 and saw service with the Black Sea Fleet. She provided cover for older pre-dreadnought battleships as they bombarded Ottoman facilities, although she engaged the ex-German light cruiser Midilli several times without inflicting anything more serious than splinter damage. She was sunk at anchor in Sevastopol by a magazine explosion on 20 October 1916. She was subsequently raised, but her condition was very poor and she was ultimately scrapped beginning in 1926. |
