the Continuation War and the Finns were forced in 1944 to surrender them to the Soviets who used them until the 1990s. See also Naval warfare of World War I#Black Sea Notes Footnotes Bibliography External links Information about the class Data on Imperatritsa Mariya Data on Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya Data on Imperator Aleksander III Data on Imperator Nikolai I Specifications Battleship classes World War I battleships of Russia