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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.
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
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.
Historically, the Borodino-class battleships established two records; under Russian Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky riding in his flagship, Knyaz Suvorov, he led the Russian battleship fleet on the longest coal powered journey ever conducted by a steel battleship fleet during wartime, a voyage of over 18,000 miles (29,000 km) one way.
After the war, Giulio Cesare was allocated to the Soviet Union as war reparations in 1949, and renamed Novorossiysk, after the Soviet city on the Black Sea. The Soviets used her as a training ship when she was not undergoing one of her eight refits in their hands.
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.
Novorossiysk: Kiev class: 1975 1982-1993 Scrapped at Pohang, 1997 Admiral Gorshkov: Kiev class: 1978 1987-1996 2013–present In service with India as INS Vikramaditya from 2013 Admiral Kuznetsov: Kuznetsov class: 1982 1991–present In service with Russian navy Varyag: Kuznetsov class: 1985 2012–present In service with China as Liaoning ...