ww2 Soviet Navy

Soviet Navy About 5 classes, 65 ships 1911-1941 Soviet destroyers really knew two eras, the one which began in Imperial times with the formidable Novik own lineage and the one that started in 1936 with the first Soviet plan for mass-building a new generation of destroyers and a great void practically from 1916 to 1936, … Read more

Soviet Navy The Krasny Kavkaz is singular in more ways than one: Firstly because she was an old ship completely redesigned and rebuilt (a cruiser of the Svetlana class first drawn in 1913), but also by her main armament and general configuration. At the time, she was to be assigned to the Pacific fleet, opposed … Read more

Soviet Navy – The “Blue Beauty” of the black sea. Probably the most famous Soviet Destroyer at the beginning of the war was the Tashkent, also rapidly nicknamed the “blue beauty”. This was one of the many collaborations of the Italians to the rebith of the Soviet Navy, through several designs and technical advisory. Let’s … Read more

Soviet Navy, c150 ships The immensity of the Russian territory and the vast and deep rivers which traversed its land from the Urals or the Caucasian chains played the same role as the Mississippi and its tributaries during the American civil war: Convoying troops and carrying out missions Fire support and surveillance. As a result, … Read more