Battleship "Twelve Apostles" (1886-1920s)
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Battleship "Twelve Apostles" (1886-1920s)
19.99 €
The edition is supplemented with the memoirs of a sailor from the "Twelve Apostles" about the uprising on the battleship "Potemkin" in 1905.
Compared to the first edition of 2000, the book contains a full set of report drawings of the ship and previously unknown photos.
In 1877, the lessons of the next war with Turkey showed that the ships in the Black Sea was catastrophically lacking, the Turkish fleet practically owned the sea, and the main dream of the Russian emperors - the mastery of the Bosporus - remained elusive and unfulfilled. The ever-increasing arms race led to an increase in the number of battleships in all the fleets of the world. Russia, having only a defensive fleet in the Baltic and two slow-moving battleships in the Black Sea, was again at a disadvantage. This was taken into account, and adopted August 21, 1881 "Twenty-Year Program to strengthen the Russian Navy" opened a new era in our history. It was planned to build eight "first-class battleships" for the Black Sea.
The first of them was the battleship "Catherine II". which construction was started in Nikolaev in the beginning of 1883. In 1888 entered the campaign and the second Black Sea battleship "Chesma", the third was "Sinop". "Twelve Apostles" became the fourth ship of that program. With its graceful silhouette and design it was very different from its brethren. Having served faithfully for more than 15 years, she, like all her peers, was a worthy naval shield of the Empire on the Black Sea.
Compared to the first edition of 2000, the book contains a full set of report drawings of the ship and previously unknown photos.
In 1877, the lessons of the next war with Turkey showed that the ships in the Black Sea was catastrophically lacking, the Turkish fleet practically owned the sea, and the main dream of the Russian emperors - the mastery of the Bosporus - remained elusive and unfulfilled. The ever-increasing arms race led to an increase in the number of battleships in all the fleets of the world. Russia, having only a defensive fleet in the Baltic and two slow-moving battleships in the Black Sea, was again at a disadvantage. This was taken into account, and adopted August 21, 1881 "Twenty-Year Program to strengthen the Russian Navy" opened a new era in our history. It was planned to build eight "first-class battleships" for the Black Sea.
The first of them was the battleship "Catherine II". which construction was started in Nikolaev in the beginning of 1883. In 1888 entered the campaign and the second Black Sea battleship "Chesma", the third was "Sinop". "Twelve Apostles" became the fourth ship of that program. With its graceful silhouette and design it was very different from its brethren. Having served faithfully for more than 15 years, she, like all her peers, was a worthy naval shield of the Empire on the Black Sea.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Russian Imperial Navy