![]() The ammunition for Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya 's forward 12-inch guns was reduced from 100 to 70 rounds each while the forward 130 mm ammunition was reduced from 245 to 100 rounds per gun in an attempt to compensate for her trim. The first ship of the class, Imperatritsa Mariya, had proved to be very bow-heavy in service and tended to take large amounts of water through her forward casemates. Her displacement was 24,644 long tons (25,039 t) at normal load, over 900 long tons (910 t) more than her designed displacement of 23,783 long tons (24,165 t). Her exact draft is not known, but she had a draft of 8.7 meters (28 ft 7 in) during her sea trials. She was 167.8 meters (550 ft 6 in) long at the waterline and had a beam of 28.07 meters (92 ft 1 in) 4 feet 10 inches (1.47 m) longer and 2 feet (0.6 m) wider than her half sisters. Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya was slightly larger than her half-sisters.
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