PETER THE GREAT/Pyotr Velikiy (Russian: Пётр Великий) is the fourth Kirov-class battlecruiser of the Russian Navy.

PETER THE GREAT/Pyotr Velikiy (Russian: Пётр Великий) is the fourth Kirov-class battlecruiser of the Russian Navy. PETER THE GREAT/Pyotr Velikiy (Russian: Пётр Великий) is the fourth Kirov-class battlecruiser of the Russian Navy. Initially named Yuri Andropov (Russian: Юрий Андропов) for Yuri Andropov, the former General Secretary of the Communist Party, the ship’s name was changed afterContinue reading “PETER THE GREAT/Pyotr Velikiy (Russian: Пётр Великий) is the fourth Kirov-class battlecruiser of the Russian Navy.”

PETER THE GREAT/Pyotr Velikiy (Russian: Пётр Великий) is the fourth Kirov-class battlecruiser of the Russian Navy.

PETER THE GREAT/Pyotr Velikiy (Russian: Пётр Великий) is the fourth Kirov-class battlecruiser of the Russian Navy. PETER THE GREAT/Pyotr Velikiy (Russian: Пётр Великий) is the fourth Kirov-class battlecruiser of the Russian Navy. Initially named Yuri Andropov (Russian: Юрий Андропов) for Yuri Andropov, the former General Secretary of the Communist Party, the ship’s name was changed afterContinue reading “PETER THE GREAT/Pyotr Velikiy (Russian: Пётр Великий) is the fourth Kirov-class battlecruiser of the Russian Navy.”

Mikasa (三笠) is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)

Mikasa (三笠) is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) MIKASAMikasa (三笠) is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1890s. Named after Mount Mikasa in Nara, Japan, the ship served as the flagship of Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō throughout the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, including the BattleContinue reading “Mikasa (三笠) is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)”

Mikasa (三笠) is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)

Mikasa (三笠) is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) MIKASAMikasa (三笠) is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1890s. Named after Mount Mikasa in Nara, Japan, the ship served as the flagship of Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō throughout the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, including the BattleContinue reading “Mikasa (三笠) is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)”

Bouvet was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy

Bouvet was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy Bouvet was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy that was built in the 1890s. She was a member of a group of five broadly similar battleships, along with Charles Martel, Jauréguiberry, Carnot, and Masséna, which were ordered in response to the British Royal Sovereign class. BouvetContinue reading “Bouvet was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy”