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The Livadia was an imperial yacht of the House of Romanov built in 1879 -- 1880 to replace a yacht of the same name that had sunk off the coast of Crimea in 1878 .. imperial yacht. Royal Yacht. House of Romanov. House of Romanov. a yacht of the same name. Livadia ( yacht, 1873 ). Crimea. Crimea. The new Livadia , intended for service on the Black Sea , was a radically novel ship conceived by Vice Admiral Andrey Popov , designed by naval architect Erast Gulyaev and built by John Elder & Co. of Govan on Clyde .. Black Sea. Black Sea. Vice Admiral. Vice Admiral. Andrey Popov. Andrei Alexandrovich Popov. naval architect. Naval architecture. Erast Gulyaev. Erast Gulyaev. Govan. Govan. Clyde. River Clyde. The Livadia continued Popov 's line of circular ships although this time Popov sacrificed geometrical perfection for seagoing capabilities .. circular ships. Russian battleship Novgorod. She had a beam of 153 ft against overall length of only 259 ft. An extreme example of tumblehome architecture , she sported a conventionally shaped superstructure mounted on a wide , flat-bottomed , turbot-shaped submerged hull or pontoon .. beam. Beam ( nautical ). overall length. Length overall. tumblehome. tumblehome. superstructure. superstructure. turbot. turbot. hull. Hull ( watercraft ). pontoon. Pontoon ( boat ). Construction of the Livadia , `` a gigantic life-size experiment '' and a prototype for next-generation battleships , was supervised by William Pearce .. William Pearce. Sir William Pearce, 1st Baronet. Bruno Tideman and Edward James Reed acted as consultants , William Leiper and William De Morgan designed luxurious interiors .. Bruno Tideman. Bruno Tideman. Edward James Reed. Edward James Reed. William Leiper. William Leiper. William De Morgan. William De Morgan. The Livadia turned out a surprisingly maneuverable and stable ship with a respectable maximum speed of 15.7 knots and her efficiency was comparable to conventional ships .. Her performance at sea trials surprised most naval architects and was attributed to the favorable placement of the propellers .. sea trials. sea trials. The maiden voyage of the Livadia revealed that her wide flat bottom was highly prone to damage by wave slamming .. maiden voyage. maiden voyage. slamming. slamming. She spent her brief career as a yacht in the docks and was used for her intended purpose only once , carrying Grand Dukes Constantine and Mikhail across the Black Sea .. Black Sea. Black Sea. Grand Dukes. Grand Duke#Russian grand dukes. Constantine. Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia. Mikhail. Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia. Alexander III had no interest in resurrecting an inherently flawed ship , and in August 1881 Livadia was moored in Nikolaev and then hulked and stripped of her former luxuries .. Alexander III. Alexander III of Russia. Nikolaev. Mykolaiv. hulked. Hulk ( ship ). Her engines were removed and reused on the Russian cruisers .. The rusty hulk saw some use during World War I and was finally decommissioned in 1926 .. World War I. World War I