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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]
Soviet destroyer Moskva (1932–1941) – a Leningrad-class destroyer leader from World War II; Soviet battlecruiser Moskva – a planned Stalingrad-class battlecruiser scrapped prior to launch; Soviet helicopter carrier Moskva (1965–1996) – the lead ship of Moskva-class helicopter carrier
In late August 2013, Moskva was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea in response to the build-up of US warships along the coast of Syria. [21] During the Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014, Moskva blockaded the Ukrainian fleet in Donuzlav Lake. [22] On 17 September 2014, Moskva was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea, taking shift from guard ship ...
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 ...
– Voyenizdat, Moskva, 1948. (Combat Annales of the Russian Navy. Chronicle of the Most Important Events of the Russian Navy History from the 9th Century up to 1917) Information of Swedish warships by Jan-Erik Karlsson; Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905 – Conway Maritime Press
Moskva off the Moroccan coast in January 1970. A port-quarter fantail view of Leningrad. Both vessels were part of the Black Sea Fleet. Leningrad was retired in 1991 and Moskva in 1996. Leningrad was scrapped in 1995 and Moskva in 1997. A third ship to be named Kiev was cancelled in 1969, which was to have been an anti-surface warfare vessel.
Kommuna is a submarine rescue ship [1] [2] in service with the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet and the world's oldest active duty naval vessel. [3] A catamaran, [4] she was laid down at the Putilov Factory (now Kirov Factory) in St. Petersburg in November 1912 as Volkhov. The ship was launched the following year, and commissioned on 14 July 1915.
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