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Pages in category "World War II battleships of the Soviet Union" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
The Petropavlovsk class, sometimes referred to as the Poltava class, was a group of three pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the 1890s. . They were transferred to the Pacific Squadron shortly after their completion in 1899–1900 and were based at Port Arthur before the start of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–
During the winter, Soviet warships including the only battleship Parizhskaya Kommuna provided fire support and supply missions near Sevastopol. The Soviets continued supply missions until 27 June, losses were heavy and included the cruiser Chervonnaya Ukraina , destroyer leader Tashkent (built in Italy for the USSR) and six modern destroyers.
The Japanese tactics of using mines were quite effective and significantly limited the maneuverability of Russian ships. On April 13, 1904, two Russian battleships (Petropavlovsk and Pobeda), hit mines at the exit of the harbour, Petropavlovsk sank. Soon the Russians adopted the Japanese mining tactics and began to use it for attacking purposes.
Grisha I class (project 1124.1), 37 ships built in 1966–1982 Grisha II class (project 1124P, P stands for pogranichnyi – on the border), 20 ships built in 1972–1988 Grisha III class ( AK-630 CIWS -equipped variant)
2 transport/merchant ships Anadyr (Capt. 2nd rank Vladimir Ponomarev) Irtuish (Capt. 2nd rank Konstantin Egormyshev) 1 repair ship Kamchatka (Capt. 2nd rank Andrey Stephanov) 1 ammunition ship Koreya (Capt. 1st rank Bakanov) 2 fleet tugs Rus (Capt. 1st rank V. V. Pernits) Svir (Enisgn Gustav Rosenfeld) 2 hospital ships Oryol (Capt. 2nd rank ...
Borodino (Russian: Бородино) was the lead ship of her class of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the first decade of the twentieth century. Completed after the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, Borodino was assigned to the Second Pacific Squadron that was sent to the Far East a few months ...