The battleship "Empress Maria"
19.99 €
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The battleship "Empress Maria"
19.99 €
Legend of a century long.
The book of the leading Russian expert on the history of heavy artillery ships of the early XX century, candidate of historical sciences, senior researcher of the Central Museum of the Armed Forces of the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation SE. Vinogradov is devoted to "Empress Maria" - a ship of short but bright fate. The entry of this battleship into service in the summer of 1915 became a milestone in the combat activity of the Black Sea Fleet, provided qualitative superiority over the enemy and made it possible to freely carry out any operations throughout the Black Sea. For the first time on an extensive documentary basis the circumstances of the fire and explosion of the battleship in Sevastopol on October 7 (20), 1916 are investigated in detail, the circumstances of what happened on the dreadnought, the struggle of the crew for the survivability of the ship and its death are described in detail. Investigation materials of commissions of the Black Sea Fleet and the Maritime Ministry, their conclusions are given; multimember versions of the cause of the fire and explosion are considered, actions of the command and sailors of the battleship during the catastrophe are analyzed. The operation of removing ammunition from the sunken ship, lifting the hull of the battleship and its gun turrets to the surface is covered in detail. Unique in terms of material coverage, created on the basis of documents from 7 archives (including the UK, Germany and the USA), rare manuscript materials from museums and libraries, this work covers every facet of the history of the "Empress Maria" - politics and naval strategy, engineering and technology, combat use, the tragedy of the ship and its ascent to the surface, thus closing the theme of the legendary dreadnought.
Includes a scrapbook with photographs and diagrams.
The book of the leading Russian expert on the history of heavy artillery ships of the early XX century, candidate of historical sciences, senior researcher of the Central Museum of the Armed Forces of the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation SE. Vinogradov is devoted to "Empress Maria" - a ship of short but bright fate. The entry of this battleship into service in the summer of 1915 became a milestone in the combat activity of the Black Sea Fleet, provided qualitative superiority over the enemy and made it possible to freely carry out any operations throughout the Black Sea. For the first time on an extensive documentary basis the circumstances of the fire and explosion of the battleship in Sevastopol on October 7 (20), 1916 are investigated in detail, the circumstances of what happened on the dreadnought, the struggle of the crew for the survivability of the ship and its death are described in detail. Investigation materials of commissions of the Black Sea Fleet and the Maritime Ministry, their conclusions are given; multimember versions of the cause of the fire and explosion are considered, actions of the command and sailors of the battleship during the catastrophe are analyzed. The operation of removing ammunition from the sunken ship, lifting the hull of the battleship and its gun turrets to the surface is covered in detail. Unique in terms of material coverage, created on the basis of documents from 7 archives (including the UK, Germany and the USA), rare manuscript materials from museums and libraries, this work covers every facet of the history of the "Empress Maria" - politics and naval strategy, engineering and technology, combat use, the tragedy of the ship and its ascent to the surface, thus closing the theme of the legendary dreadnought.
Includes a scrapbook with photographs and diagrams.
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