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Moskva is the largest Soviet or Russian warship to be sunk in action since World War II, [70] when German aircraft bombed the Soviet battleship Marat, [71] and the first loss of a Russian flagship in wartime since the 1905 sinking of the battleship Knyaz Suvorov during the Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War. [72]
[51] [52] Moskva is the largest warship to be sunk in combat since the ARA General Belgrano in the 1982 Falklands War, and the largest Russian warship to be sunk since World War II. [53] [54] It was also the first Russian flagship to be sunk since the Russo-Japanese War which ended in 1905.
The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km (370 mi) sector of the Eastern Front during World War II, between October 1941 and January 1942.
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The Ukrainian military reported that they hit the ship with Neptune anti-ship missiles, however the Russian military did not confirm this. The ship subsequently capsized and sank while the Russian Navy was attempting to tow her into port. The sinking of Moskva is the most significant Russian naval loss in action since World War II. [29]
Sunk 1942 Chervona Ukraina: Admiral Nakhimov-class: 1927 1927-1941 Sunk 1941, raised and used as a target Krasny Krym: Svetlana-class cruiser: 1928 1928-1959 Scrapped 1959 Krasny Kavkaz: Admiral Nakhimov-class: 1932 1932-1952 Sunk as target 1952 Kirov: Kirov-class cruiser: 1938 1938-1974 Scrapped in 1974 Voroshilov: Kirov-class cruiser: 1940 ...
Russia is refusing to say what happened to its flagship cruiser, but the Moskva's unique silhouette may offer a clue. Ukraine's sinking of the Russian flagship Moskva is a 'wake-up call' for the ...
Moskva (Russian: Москва́) was one of six Leningrad-class destroyer leaders built for the Soviet Navy during the 1930s, one of the three Project 1 variants. Completed in 1938 and assigned to the Black Sea Fleet, she participated in the Raid on Constanța on 26 June 1941, a few days after the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union.