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[2] Poltava was the first Russian battleship to use Krupp cemented armor, imported from Germany. Her waterline armor belt was 12–14.5 inches (305–368 mm) thick. The Krupp armor of her main gun turrets had a maximum thickness of 10 inches (254 mm) and the nickel-steel armor of her protective decks ranged from 2 to 3 inches (51 to 76 mm) in ...
Poltava (Полтава) was the second of the Gangut-class battleships of the Imperial Russian Navy built before World War I. The Ganguts were the first class of Russian dreadnoughts. She was named after the Russian victory over Charles XII of Sweden in the Battle of Poltava in 1709. She was completed during the winter of 1914–1915, but was ...
Russian ship of the line Poltava (1820) - 84-gun ship of the line Russian battleship Poltava (1894) - Petropavlovsk -class pre-dreadnought battleship captured by the Japanese during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, sold back to the Russians during World War I, renamed Chesma as there was a new Poltava in the Russian Navy, and ultimately ...
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Poltava (Russian: Полтава) was a 54-gun ship of the line of the Imperial Russian Navy that was launched on 15 June [n 1] 1712 from Saint Petersburg.The ship was named after an important for Russia victory over the Swedish Empire in the Battle of Poltava [1] [2] and became the first battleship laid down and built at the St. Petersburg Admiralty.
According to the Lithuanian defense minister, there were 485 crew members aboard, including 66 officers. He also said that a Turkish ship responded to a distress call and saved 54 crew members at 2 a.m. local time. [4] Russia stated one sailor from the Moskva was killed and 27 were missing, while 396 crew members were rescued. [55]
Dmitry Mikhaylovich Pozharsky (Russian: Дми́трий Миха́йлович Пожа́рский, IPA: [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ pɐˈʐarskʲɪj]; 17 October 1577 – 30 April 1642) was a Russian prince known for his military leadership during the Polish–Muscovite War from 1611 to 1612.