That's the Russian cruiser Aurora, built in 1900, and now a museum ship in St. Petersburg.
This ship is where communism was born; the October Revolution started when her crew mutinied; several hours later one of her guns was fired, and that was the starting signal for the attack on the Winter Palace.
The pic of the cruiser caught my eye. We have the USS Olympia in Philadelphia which is a slightly older protected cruiser.
She is in severe danger of being scrapped due to the condition of her hull (Open to the sea in several compartments if I recall correctly).
The Russian solution of cutting away the deteriorated lower hull and replacing it with a new welded hull to the original specs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Aurora
I'm assuming that by specs they mean shape and not materials/internal structure.
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What dreadnought is that?
That's the Russian cruiser Aurora, built in 1900, and now a museum ship in St. Petersburg.
This ship is where communism was born; the October Revolution started when her crew mutinied; several hours later one of her guns was fired, and that was the starting signal for the attack on the Winter Palace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Aurora
The Russian protected cruiser Aurora, now a museum ship in St. Petersburg.
Not too many warships that old extant.
Is that the Aurora or the Potemkin?
Would that be the Aurora (Russian cruiser)?
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The pic of the cruiser caught my eye. We have the USS Olympia in Philadelphia which is a slightly older protected cruiser.
She is in severe danger of being scrapped due to the condition of her hull (Open to the sea in several compartments if I recall correctly).
The Russian solution of cutting away the deteriorated lower hull and replacing it with a new welded hull to the original specs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Aurora
I'm assuming that by specs they mean shape and not materials/internal structure.
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