Battleship Rostislav (1893-1920)
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Battleship Rostislav (1893-1920)
29.99 €
The Slavic name "Rostislav" (from "growth" and "glory") is traditional for ships of the Russian Navy. Three centuries later, it has retained its power and significance in Russian maritime history: glory was earned by the 66-gun Baltic ship that participated in the destruction of the Turkish fleet at Chesma in 1770, the 100-gun flagship of S.K. Greig in the Battle of Hogland in 1786, and the 84-gun ship that participated in P.S. Nakhimov's victory at Sinop in 1853.
These traditions were inherited by the fourth Rostislav, an ironclad. It had a difficult century: its path differed greatly from that of its sailing predecessors, but the ship never tarnished the honor of its name.
The Rostislav became a new word in the Russian ironclad fleet and, in many ways, a ship with an unusual destiny. A unique design, it became a model for the adoption of a number of technical solutions in other projects. Defying all existing classifications, the Rostislav inspired shipbuilders to shift to mass-produced battleships. Designed for the closed Black Sea basin, it became the only locally produced battleship to reach the Mediterranean, representing the interests of the Russian Empire.
A product of technical shortsightedness, political reaction, and social stagnation, the ship found itself at the center of crucial periods in Russian history. Its fate is a whimsical interweaving of dramatic events during peacetime and wartime, the clashes of the crew's fates, divided by the Russian turmoil, its unparalleled service during the Civil War, and its symbolic loss in the Kerch Strait under the St. Andrew's flag in 1920.
This book tells the story of the battleship Rostislav, a unique ship in the history of the Russian Navy.
These traditions were inherited by the fourth Rostislav, an ironclad. It had a difficult century: its path differed greatly from that of its sailing predecessors, but the ship never tarnished the honor of its name.
The Rostislav became a new word in the Russian ironclad fleet and, in many ways, a ship with an unusual destiny. A unique design, it became a model for the adoption of a number of technical solutions in other projects. Defying all existing classifications, the Rostislav inspired shipbuilders to shift to mass-produced battleships. Designed for the closed Black Sea basin, it became the only locally produced battleship to reach the Mediterranean, representing the interests of the Russian Empire.
A product of technical shortsightedness, political reaction, and social stagnation, the ship found itself at the center of crucial periods in Russian history. Its fate is a whimsical interweaving of dramatic events during peacetime and wartime, the clashes of the crew's fates, divided by the Russian turmoil, its unparalleled service during the Civil War, and its symbolic loss in the Kerch Strait under the St. Andrew's flag in 1920.
This book tells the story of the battleship Rostislav, a unique ship in the history of the Russian Navy.
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