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Please guess the warship, only clue is she was built shortly after WW2. Good Luck )))

Light cruiser "Michail Kutuzov".
Novorossiysk

Well done, correct. ))) Have you seen her in person?

Is that a recent photograph? Is the ship still afloat?

José M. Rico wrote:Is that a recent photograph? Is the ship still afloat?

I took this photograph last year in August when visiting Novorossiysk. Unfortunately I did not get on to the ship despite its museum status because of repair works. Going to Anapa and Novorossiysk again in about a month, so if I get anymore photographs, or get to board the ship, I'll post the pictures here.

You can find her on Google maps if you type in 'Novorossiysk' and look at the ships in the harbor, the guns are quite distinctive even on Google.

kind regards

Oberwarrior wrote:Well done, correct. ))) Have you seen her in person?

Yes...
But not in Novorossisk, and in Sevastropol...

I must admit I had no idea this ship was preserved as a museum. I thought HMS Belfast was the last ship of its kind still around. It's great to learn new things everyday!

Oberwarrior,

that´s an nice looking ship indeed! I envy you for having the oportinity of being there.

Regards friend,

Karl Heidenreich wrote:Oberwarrior,

that´s an nice looking ship indeed! I envy you for having the opportunity of being there.

Regards friend,

Thanks Karl, you're welcome )))



Here is another view of the Kutuzov, I did not upload this for the quiz because the side on profile might have made it to easy to guess.



This is the war memorial at Novorossiysk, this photograph does not really give an impression of the memorials size, its a massive structure that sits on the water front overlooking the harbor. There is a museum inside the monument, but I don't have any photograph of this out of respect.

Kind regards, ober )))

José M. Rico wrote:I must admit I had no idea this ship was preserved as a museum. I thought HMS Belfast was the last ship of its kind still around. It's great to learn new things everyday!

Likewise I must also confess to this, I was on holiday in Anapa last year and my wife started telling me about this ship in Novorossiysk (Anapa's about 50 miles from Novorossiysk) so I arranged to visit her.

I have visited HMS Belfast many times (growing up in Britain with an interest in warships), I have many photographs of her, but did not post these because she is to famous and easy to spot. In the next couple of years, time depending I want to visit St. Petersburg and the Aurore. Also considering going to Finland, so might get a chance to see that prototype IIA class u-boat near Helsinki. Kind regards, ober )))

Nice pictures. Thanks for the posts, Oberwarrior.

RF wrote:Nice pictures. Thanks for the posts, Oberwarrior.

You're welcome )))

Going to Anapa today, so if I'm anywhere near Novorossiysk harbor and the Kutuzov I'll get some picture, to post here later. )))

That's great!
Please post them here if possible.