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On the morning of May 1, rebel destroyers arrived at Novorossiysk, and in the evening – a fleet with battleships. The city was formally under the control of the Kuban–Black Sea Soviet Republic, but the rule of law was violated by transports that had come earlier from other Black Sea ports, including those with the Red Army.
Three ships of the Soviet Navy and Russian Navy have been named for the city of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea: . Novorossiysk – a Conte di Cavour-class battleship of the Italian Navy previously named Giulio Cesare, taken by the Soviet Union as reparations following the end of the Second World War.
The ship was transferred to the Soviet Union in 1949 and renamed Novorossiysk (Новороссийск). The Soviets also used her for training until she was sunk in 1955, with the loss of 617 men, by an explosion most likely caused by an old German mine .
Satellite imagery of a Russian naval base in September revealed strange movements at the facility. On multiple occasions, Russia partially or completely dispersed its naval vessels at Novorossiysk.
Soviet Union: Novorossiysk – On 29 October, the battleship was moored in Sevastopol Bay, 300 metres (330 yd) from shore and opposite a hospital. At 01:30 hrs there was an explosion, after which the ship capsized and sank with the loss of 608 men.
A former Soviet aircraft carrier burned in a waterway near Shanghai over the weekend, ... Russia retired the ship in 1993, selling it and a sister ship, the Novorossiysk, to a South Korean company ...
The Russian SFSR inherited the fleet in 1918; with the founding of the Soviet Union in 1922, it became part of the Soviet Navy. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Black Sea Fleet was partitioned between the Russian Federation and Ukraine in 1997, with Russia receiving title to 82% of the vessels.
Two ships of the Soviet Navy have been named after the city of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea: Novorossiysk - a Conte di Cavour-class battleship of the Italian Navy previously named Giulio Cesare, taken by the Soviet Union as reparations following the end of the Second World War. Soviet aircraft carrier Novorossiysk - a Kiev-class aircraft carrier