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{{#vardefine:ship_name|Imperator Nikolai I}}
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|Anno=<!-- you can write below short description for the ship. it will replace default once. -->
<div class="b-description gw-frame-1"><div class="b-description-img b-description-img__indent b-description-img__single"><div style="width:160px; height:102px; opacity:.5; border-radius:2px; position:absolute; left:0; top:0; z-index:1; -webkit-transition:all 0.2s ease-out 0.1s; transition:all 0.2s ease-out 0.1s;">[[File:Wows_anno_flag_ussr.png|160px]]</div><div class="l-description-img_class"><span class="b-description-img_type b-description-img_type__Battleship b-description-img_type__Battleship-Premium"></span><span class="b-description-img_class">IV</span></div><div class="b-description-img_vehicle">[[File:Ship_PRSB001_Nikolay_I.png|160px|link=|left]]</div><div class="l-description-img_price"><span class="b-description-img_price b-description-img_price__gold"><span title="''{{#var:ship_name}}'' was first released for sale on DD Month YYYY.">4,000 doubloons</span></span></div></div><p>[[Ship:{{#var:ship_name}}|{{#var:ship_name}}]] &mdash; U.S.S.R. Premium Tier&nbsp;IV [[Ship:Battleship|Battleship]].</p><p>To prevent a possible advantage of the Turkish Fleet over the Black Sea Fleet during World War I, the fourth dreadnought of the Black Sea Fleet, Imperator Nikolai I, was laid down in the city of Mykolaiv in 1914. The initial armament composition of the ship was revised to speed up her construction—it was planned to mount 305 mm guns on the battleship instead of 356 mm ones. The ship was launched in 1916; however, further work was halted due to a lack of the required mechanisms and equipment. The Soviet authorities renewed their plans to complete the battleship construction in the 1920s, but they were never fulfilled.</p><p> </p></div>


|Performance=
===Pros===
{{AA Sidebar Warning Insert}}
* High survivability.
''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is the first Russian battleship that was added to World of Warship, and sits at Tier IV.
* Accurate and hard-hitting main battery guns.


Her main battery is located in four triple turrets whioch are mounted along the centerline, which give her a weaker firepower over the bow and stern than ''[[Wyoming]]'' or ''[[Orion]]'', however, of these four turrets three are facing forward with excellent firing arcs which allow an aggressive player to use 75% of ''Nikolai's'' firepower without exposing too much of her broadside. A special trait of ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is her accuracy, featuring a 2.0 sigma she has among the best accuracy of any T4 battleship, and the shells are likely to land where the player aimed them. With a decent penetration and good ballistics, any opponent showing too much side will face severe punishment.
===Cons===
* Short main battery guns range.
* Low maximum speed.


The armor scheme of ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is typical of that of a dreadnought. With a long belt, which extends from the bow until almost the tip of the stern, hits into the citadel are unlikely to occur through the bow. The upper belt and a 35mm strong weather deck ensure that HE fire from cruisers will mostly shatter, while the superstructure is almost non-existant, making it more difficult for cruisers to deal consistent HE damage to ''{{#var:ship_name}}''. The upper bow remains a weakness being covered in thin armor, which can and will get overmatched by the battleships in her MatchMaking, and her side armor is not sufficient to stop shells from other battleships. Angling in ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is key.


The maneuverability is one of ''Nikolai's'' greatest weaknesses. Lacking the speed of other battleships like ''[[König]]'' or ''[[Myogi]]'', players will struggle to reposition or disengage should the situation so demand. Her turning behaviour is average, which does allow her to maneuver if so needed.
==Ship Stats==
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SURVIVABILITY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Hit Points || style="color:inherit;" | 44800
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Torpedo protection damage reduction (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 13
|}
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Against aircraft ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is defenseless. Staying with allies and keeping an eye on the minimap is heavily recommended to avoid taking too much damage from enemy aviation.
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ARMOR DETAIL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Belt (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 270
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Deck (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 35
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Superstructure (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 13
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Extremities (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 19
|}
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|Pros=<!-- write list of positive points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
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* Heaviest broadside of any Tier 4 battleship.
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* Excellent shell grouping with decent ballistics, making firing her guns very comfortable.
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MANEUVERABILITY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
* Armor that covers the majority of her side, allowing an angled ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' to bounce off many shells while shattering HE.
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* Lack of superstructure, denying enemy cruisers the opportunity to farm damage.
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum speed (kt) || style="color:inherit;" | 21.0
* Turret setup allows the usage of 75% of her firepower while remaining angled.
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Turning circle radius (m) || style="color:inherit;" | 660
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Rudder-shift time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 16.7
|}
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|Cons=<!-- write list of negative points below. use * as in ordinary wiki-list. -->
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* Weak side protection in combination with a high citadel.
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* Non-existent AA defense.
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | CONCEALMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
* Slow and somewhat sluggish when turning.
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* Slow main battery reload.
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by sea (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 12.4
* Weak secondary battery, with a slow reload.
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by air (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 8.33
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability after firing main guns in smoke (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 9.75
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Detectability by depths (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 8.33
|}
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|Research=<!-- write text about priority sequence of research below -->
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As a Premium ship, ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' doesn't have any upgrades to research.
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MAIN BATTERY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Arrangement || style="color:inherit;" | 4×3 305mm
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Firing range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 14.1
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Reload time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 36.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Rate of fire (shots/min) || style="color:inherit;" | 1.7
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| style="color:inherit;" | • 180° turn time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 56.2
|}
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|OptimalConfiguration=<!-- write some general text about selection of optimal configuration below (optional)-->
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DISPERSION !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion type || style="color:inherit;" | Standard BB dispersion
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion formula || style="color:inherit;" | Dispersion (m) = 10 × range(km) + 60
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Sigma || style="color:inherit;" | 2.0
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum dispersion (m) || style="color:inherit;" | 201
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 5 km || style="color:inherit;" | 110
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 10 km || style="color:inherit;" | 160
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Dispersion at 14.1 km || style="color:inherit;" | 201
|}
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|Upgrades=<!-- write text about best upgrades below -->
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The recommended upgrades for ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' are as follows:
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* '''Slot 1''': {{Main Armaments Modification 1}}
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HE SHELL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
* '''Slot 2''': {{Damage Control System Modification 1}}
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Name || style="color:inherit;" | 305 mm HE Model 1913
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum damage || style="color:inherit;" | 4500
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Fire chance (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 33.0%
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell velocity (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 762
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell weight (kg) || style="color:inherit;" | 470.9
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Penetration (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 51
|}
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|CommanderSkills=<!-- write text about best set of Commander Skills below -->


{{Commander Skills 3 BB
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| rating11 = 1 <!-- Gun Feeder -->
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | AP SHELL !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
| rating12 = <!-- Pyrotechnician -->
|-
| rating13 = <!-- Consumables Specialist -->
| style="color:inherit;" | • Name || style="color:inherit;" | 305 mm AP Model 1913
| rating14 = 2 <!-- Emergency Repair Specialist -->
|-
| rating15 = <!-- Incoming Fire Alert -->
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum damage || style="color:inherit;" | 8600
| rating16 = 1 <!-- Preventive Maintenance -->
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell velocity (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 762
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell weight (kg) || style="color:inherit;" | 470.9
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Fuse time (sec) || style="color:inherit;" | 0.01
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| style="color:inherit;" | • Ricochet start (°) || style="color:inherit;" | 45
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Always ricochet (°) || style="color:inherit;" | 60
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Normalisation (°) || style="color:inherit;" | 6
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Arming threshold (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 51
|}
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<div class="b-popup"><div class="b-popup_head js-tech-nav_head"><div><h2>Secondary Battery</h2></div><span class="b-tech-nav_arrow"></span></div><div class="b-popup_content" style="display: none;"><div>
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! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SECONDARY BATTERY !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Secondary battery range (km) || style="color:inherit;" | 4.0
|}
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| rating21 = 2 <!-- Grease the Gears -->
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| rating22 = <!-- Inertial Fuse for HE Shells -->
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0; color:inherit; width:100%"
| rating23 = <!-- Consumables Enhancements -->
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | SECONDARY ARMAMENT 1 !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" |
| rating24 = 1 <!-- Vigilance -->
|-
| rating25 = 2 <!-- Priority Target -->
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell type || style="color:inherit;" | HE
| rating26 = <!-- AA Gunner -->
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Name || style="color:inherit;" | 130 mm HE Model 1911
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Arrangement || style="color:inherit;" | 1x130mm
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Rate of fire (shots/min) || style="color:inherit;" | 5.0
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Maximum damage || style="color:inherit;" | 1900
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Shell velocity (m/s) || style="color:inherit;" | 823
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Penetration (mm) || style="color:inherit;" | 22
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | • Fire chance (%) || style="color:inherit;" | 9.0%
|}
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| rating31 = 1 <!-- Super-Heavy AP Shells -->
| rating32 =  <!-- Long-Range Secondary Battery Shells -->
| rating33 = 3 <!-- Adrenaline Rush -->
| rating34 = 2 <!-- Basics of Survivability -->
| rating35 =  <!-- Enhanced Anti-Torpedo Protection -->
| rating36 =  <!-- Expert AA Marksman -->


| rating41 =  <!-- Swift in Silence -->
| rating42 =  <!-- Improved Secondary Battery Aiming -->
| rating43 = 1 <!-- Close Quarters Combat -->
| rating44 = 3 <!-- Emergency Repair Expert -->
| rating45 = 3 <!-- Concealment Expert -->
| rating46 = 3 <!-- Fire Prevention Expert -->
}}


|Consumables=<!-- write text about selection of Consumables below -->
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''{{#var:ship_name}}'' can equip the following consumables:
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* '''Slot 1:'''  {{Damage Control Party}}
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* '''Slot 2:'''  {{Repair Party}}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0.8em 0; width:100%; color:inherit;"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | AA ARMAMENT !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | MOUNTS × BARRELS
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | 63 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 2 × 1
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | 8 mm || style="color:inherit;" | 4 × 1
|}


|Camouflage={{Prem Ship Camo Insert|shiptier=4}}
'''Continuous damage''' — average DPS within each action zone
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0.8em 0; width:100%; color:inherit;"
! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | RANGE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | DPS !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | HIT CHANCE !! style="background-color:#1a3244; color:#ffffff; font-weight:bold;" | ACTION ZONE (km)
|-
| style="color:inherit;" | Short-range || style="color:inherit;" | 14 || style="color:inherit;" | 70% || style="color:inherit;" | 1.5
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| style="color:inherit;" | Long-range || style="color:inherit;" | 3.5 || style="color:inherit;" | 75% || style="color:inherit;" | 3.0
|}
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''{{#var:ship_name}}'' also has an alternate premium camouflage called "Rasputin", in which she appears as she does during the Halloween scenarios "[[Ship:Saving_Transylvania|Saving Transylvania]]" and "[[Ship:Sunray_in_the_Darkness|Sunray in the Darkness]]". These camoflages do not provide additional benefits, but merely give a new appearance and are desired collector items.


|Signals=<!-- write text about best set of signals below -->
<!-- Add the ship code here to populate the upgrade table -->
{{Ship Upgrades Section|code=PRSB001_Nikolay_I}}


{{Signal Flags
| November Echo Setteseven =
| Mike Yankee Soxisix = 1
| India X-Ray =
| Juliet Yankee Bissotwo =
| Victor Lima =
| Hotel Yankee = 1


| November Foxtrot = 2
<!-- Consumables have to be tagged individually on a slot by slot basis -->
| Sierra Mike = 2
{{Ship Consumables Section|consumables=
| India Delta = 3
* '''Slot 1:''' {{Damage Control Party}} (15.0s action, 80.0s cooldown)
| Juliet Whiskey Unaone = 1
* '''Slot 2:''' {{Repair Party}} (4 charges, 28.0s action, 80.0s cooldown, 224 hp/s)
| India Yankee = 3
| Juliet Charlie = 1
}}
}}


|Gallery=<!-- write below list of files without tags. description (if necessary) for each should be separated with | --><gallery>
File:Nikolai(normal).jpeg|''{{#var:ship_name}}''' in port.
File:Rasputin.jpeg|''{{#var:ship_name}}'' in "Rasputin" camouflage.
File:Nikolai start.jpg
File:Nikolai fires.jpg|''{{#var:ship_name}}'' unleashing a broadside.
File:Nikolai air attack.jpg|Coming under an air attack, ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' can only attempt to dodge the incoming Torpedoes.
File:Nikola delete.jpg|An enemy Cruiser made the mistake of showing his vulnerable side, which ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' punished.
</gallery>


|History=<!-- write text below -->
==Gallery==
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{{AnnoWiki|content=
<h2>''{{#var:ship_name}}'', 1916</h2>
===Construction===
:Builder: ONZiV; Nikolayev, Russian Empire<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(later Mykolaiv, Ukraine)
:Laid down: 15 April 1915
:Launched: 5 October 1916
:Commissioned: Never Completed
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===Specifications===
:Displacement: 27,830 tons, standard
:182m length
:29m beam
:9m draft
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====Machinery====
:20 Yarrow small-tube boilers, four Parsons turbine sets
:3,557 tons of coal, 150 tons of oil
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====Performance====
:21 knots at 29,700 shaft horsepower
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====Armor====
:Main belt: 270mm, thinning to 100mm forward and 175mm aft
:Transverse Bulkheads: 25-50mm forward, 300-150mm aft
:Main Deck: 35-63mm
:Conning tower: 400mm side, 250mm roof
:Turrets and Barbettes: 300mm turrets, 300mm barbettes
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====Armament====
=====Main=====
:Twelve (4x3) 305mm/52 Pattern 1907 guns
=====Secondary=====
:Twenty (20x1) 130mm/44 Pattern 1913 guns
=====Anti-Aircraft=====
:Four (4x1) 63mm/38 Pattern 1916 guns
:Four (4x1) 7.6  2mm Maxim machine guns
=====Torpedoes=====
:Four (4x1) 450mm Model 1910 torpedoes
}}
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[[File:Imp nikolay 01-1-.jpg|x350px|frame|none|link=|''Imperator Nikolai I'' under construction, date unknown.]]
 
===Design===
The three dreadnoughts of the ''Imperatritsa Mariya''-class initially seemed sufficient to counter the threat of the two Turkish super-dreadnoughts ordered in Britain in Early 1911, more so after one was cancelled following the Balkan Wars and the Ottoman Empire’s finance was in a precarious situation. Come 1913 however, the Turkish had secured the Brazilian battleship ''Rio de Janeiro'', renaming her ''Sultan Osman I'', also expressing interest in two Argentine battleships under construction in the USA and two Chilean battleships under construction in Britain, and the possibilities of Turkey buying a German battlecruiser. Come 1913 however, one thing was certain; The three Russian ''Imperatritsa Mariya''s armed with 12” guns would be facing three Turkish battleships, two of them carrying 13.5” guns.
 
Expansion of the Black Sea Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy was quickly put into action, calling for the construction of six submarines, eight destroyers, two cruisers, and a fourth Black Sea battleship. Several initial designs including a repeated fourth ''Imperatritsa Mariya'' with twelve 12” guns, an ''Imperatritsa Mariya'' based design with eight 14” guns, and an entirely new design with ten to twelve 14” guns. As speed was of the essence, and Russian gunnery doctrine dictated that capital ships have 12 guns for good fire control, and the fact that this new battleship would need to be able to work with her older half-sisters, it was decided by January 1914 that the new Black Sea battleship would retain the same base design as the preceding ''Imperatritsa Mariya''s, with heavier armor being the primary upgrade.
 
With this new design being based so heavily on the pre-existing ''Imperatritsa Mariya'' design, and being built by the ONZiV shipyard which was then constructing ''Imperatritsa Mariya''-class battleship ''Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya'', the fourth Black Sea battleship named ''Imperator Nikolai I'' (sometimes confused as ''Ioann Groznyi'' or even ''Imperatritsa Elizaveta'') was developed incredibly quickly, as many features of the ship simply repeated designs of the previous ''Imperatritsa Mariya'', including the usage of the same propulsion plant as ''Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya'' in an effort to get the ship built as quickly as possible. After her design was finalized in January 1914, she was laid down six months later in late June; following ''Ekaterina''’s launch earlier that month.
 
With her design finalized, ''Imperator Nikolai I'' took the general shape of an enlarged ''Imperatritsa Mariya'', with some peculiarities. One peculiarity of note was her ice-breaking bow; something unnecessary on Black Sea battleships and absent on the other three Russian battleships of the Black Sea, perhaps hoping that the Black Sea fleet may one day operate outside the confines of the inland sea. She retained the same general shape as the other Black Sea battleships, with a smokestack behind the main bridge and one amidships, and the same main turret and secondary layout. What stood out the most was her raised forecastle; the ''Imperatritsa Mariya''s trimmed by the bow, so ''Nikolai''’s design was modified to abate this; but the added weight of the taller barbette for the A turret may have only increased her trim problems.
 
The primary improvement of ''Imperator Nikolai I'' was her armor. Designed to be protected by nearly 9,500 tons versus the ''Imperatritsa''’s 6,900 tons, ''Nikolai''’s increased size was since Russian armor mills were unable to manufacture belt armor plate thicker than 273mm, meaning that to substantially increase the ship’s horizontal protection, the only route was to increase the thickness of the longitudinal bulkhead behind the main belt. Behind the main 270mm armor belt was a 75mm longitudinal bulkhead set 3 to 4.5m back from the outer side. While this lead to Nikolai being over 20 meters longer and 2.5 meters wider than her half-sisters, this thicker bulkhead allowed face-hardened plate to be used, with calculations showing that this would have increased the ship’s broadside protection by as much as 40%. However, like all Russian dreadnoughts, ''Nikolai'' lacked proper side-protection systems against underwater explosions; making the ships vulnerable to the more and more powerful torpedoes coming into service during World War I.
 
''Imperator Nikolai I''’s main armament was twelve 305mm/52 guns in four triple turrets, mounted in the typical Russian linear fashion along the centerline. They were arranged in the same pattern as the preceding ''Imperatritsa''s, with three facing forward and the rearmost facing aft. These guns were the same guns mounted on both the ''Imperatritsa''s of the Black Sea and the ''Gangut''s of the Baltic, as new 14” guns that were intended for the ''Izmail''-class Baltic Battlecruisers would take several more years to complete for ''Nikolai I''. Her secondary armament was identical to her Black Sea half-sisters, carrying 20 130mm/55 secondaries in the same arrangement as her predecessors. For her AA armament, she was loaded with four semi-automatic 63mm/38 semi-automatic AA guns, a model considered largely unsuccessful and quickly taken out of service; there were plans to replace these with new 102mm/37 guns in 1917, but these – like the ship itself – never came to fruition. She was to carry 4 47mm saluting guns, and four 7.62mm machine guns. Finally, she had four 450mm underwater torpedo tubes, with a pair on each broadside.
 
===Service History===
The Naval General Staff had hoped that ''Imperator Nikolai I'' would be launched come October 1915, and be ready for service by the Summer of 1917. The outbreak of World War I threw a spanner in the works, but not in an entirely negative way. Construction continued at the previous pace, as it was believed that the war would be short and the ship would likely not be needed until afterwards. Even the seizing of the three Turkish battleships being built in the UK did not slow construction down; but soon things changed. As the war started to grow long, urgent war production began to slow the feed of materials to ''Nikolai'', with workers being transferred to finish ''Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaia'' and begin construction of badly-needed destroyers. By 1916, construction had slowed down considerably, but ''Imperator Nikolai I'' was finally launched come October of 1916.
 
Following slight modifications to her design based on wartime experiences, work was still ongoing, with hopes that she’d be completed within 18 months. The February Revolution of 1917 quickly changed this. Come April of 1917 her hulk was renamed ''Demokratiya''; by this time the hulk was about 60% completed, with her horizontal armor and barbettes in the final stages of completion. Work slowed to a crawl over 1917, until finally the provisional government ceased all work on the ship until “a more favorable time” by October 1917. As Russia internally fell apart, the Russian Army collapsed to the German-Austrian offensives of Spring 1918, with the Central Powers reaching the shipyard ''Demokratiya'' rested in. The occupying forces made no changes, nor had any plans to complete the ship that lay in the port of Nikolaev. Come 1923, the new Soviet government inspected the incomplete Tsarist capital ships, ''Demokratiya'' among them. Her hulk had sat afloat but uncared for for five years, rusting away in Nikolaev. She was considered too slow for modern operations, and would be too costly to properly modernize, and after discussions dragged on until 1927, where it was finally decided upon that her hulk would be scrapped, slowly being dismantled in Sevastopol until she finally disappeared in 1928.
 
===In-game historical inaccuracies===
*''Imperator Nikolai I'' is based on one of the paper designs and not the final design that was being built. The final design had all the turrets at the same height, like ''[[Gangut]]''.
* Rate of fire is actually 1.8 rounds per minute, not 1.67.
*The horizontal tricolour camouflage was only applied to a few ''Novik''-class destroyers of the Baltic Fleet; ''Imperator Nikolai I'' is a battleship of the Black Sea Fleet.


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*Available to supertesters in the game starting from Update 0.5.0.1.
*Update 0.5.0.3:
**Added to the Premium store.
*Removed from the Premium store on February 1, 2016 due to excessively high win rates. 
*Update 0.5.3.2:
**The Type 6 camouflage was renamed to Type 9.
*Update 0.6.2:
**Improved appearance with the use of a special technology for improved rendering of thin elements (rigging, etc.).
*Update 0.6.12:
**Detectability when firing main guns in smoke changed to 9.75 km.
*Update 0.6.15:
**The permanent camouflages "Type 9" and Rasputin received a bonus - a 10% discount to the cost of post-battle maintenance.
*Update 0.8.7:
**Minor geometry and texture fixes.
*Update 0.9.0:
**Minor fixes to the armor geometry.
*Update 0.9.6:
**The value of the in-game turning circle radius was changed to 660 m to correct prior discrepancy.
*Update 0.10.0:
**The firing range of the secondary battery was increased to 4 km.
*Update 0.10.2:
**Fixed errors in the armor thickness values.
*Update 0.11.2:
**Green smoke effect on the sides of the Rasputin permanent camouflage was re-enabled.
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Latest revision as of 17:09, 9 July 2026


IV
4,000 doubloons

Imperator Nikolai I — U.S.S.R. Premium Tier IV Battleship.

To prevent a possible advantage of the Turkish Fleet over the Black Sea Fleet during World War I, the fourth dreadnought of the Black Sea Fleet, Imperator Nikolai I, was laid down in the city of Mykolaiv in 1914. The initial armament composition of the ship was revised to speed up her construction—it was planned to mount 305 mm guns on the battleship instead of 356 mm ones. The ship was launched in 1916; however, further work was halted due to a lack of the required mechanisms and equipment. The Soviet authorities renewed their plans to complete the battleship construction in the 1920s, but they were never fulfilled.

Pros

  • High survivability.
  • Accurate and hard-hitting main battery guns.

Cons

  • Short main battery guns range.
  • Low maximum speed.


Ship Stats

Hull Information

Main Battery

Secondary Battery

AA Defense


Compatible Upgrades

 Slot 1 
 Main Armaments Modification 1
 Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
 Damage Control Party Modification 1
 Slot 2 
 Damage Control System Modification 1
 Engine Room Protection


Consumables


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