Naval Architecture
The Russian dreadnought Imperator Nikolai I. On February 6, 1916, a seaplane launched from Nikolai sank the Turkish collier Irmingrad, the largest ship sunk from the air during World War One. ⚓ Correction: The originally posted photo of the pre-dreadnought ship of the same name, which was surrendered to Japan after the Battle of Tsushima in 1905. Thank you to @mounshado for the correction.
Class: Battleship / Type: "Sevastopol" / Name: "Marat" An interesting fact: two battleships of this type ("Marat" and "October Revolution"), who took part in the defense of Leningrad in 1941-1944, took the first place in the World in terms of the total number of combat shots produced, from the main caliber guns.
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The Russian Model 1907 12"/52 gun, in a triple turret mounting by Skoda Works, was the raison d'être of the Russian dreadnought. The pre-dreadnought Gangut was a small, single-turret battleship built in 1890. All of the 1911 ships survived the Revolution, fought in the Civil War, and were renamed in 1921 -- Gangut became October Revolution; Sevastopol became Paris Commune; Poltava, Frunze; and Petropavlovsk, Marat.
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12 in Soviet dreadnought era battleship Marat after detonation of her forward magazines at Leningrad following two 1000 kg bomb hits on September 23 1941, one of which was credited to renowned Stuka ace Hans Ulrich Rudel. Her stern turrets remained useable, and she fired over 1900 rounds supporting ground operations during the 900 day siege.
