Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

Thanks to Tim Lewin for this source of information about Museum Ships. Its surprising how many there are.

Thats an awful lot of vessels , of all shapes and sizes ,

Good to see that all these differing nationalities value and preserve them and recognise their value as part of their collective histories , well done Tim .

I was looking for the preserved Sverdlovsk cruiser that I believe to be accessible on the Black Sea somewhere, I have an inkling near Novorosysk? I couldn't find it in the list so have asked my Russian "civilian" colleagues to check for me....

timlewin wrote: ↑Fri Sep 14, 2018 6:30 pm I was looking for the preserved Sverdlovsk cruiser that I believe to be accessible on the Black Sea somewhere, I have an inkling near Novorosysk? I couldn't find it in the list so have asked my Russian "civilian" colleagues to check for me....

Found this link about the Mikhail Kutuzov of the class.
Today, only one of the ships remain: the Mikhail Kutuzov. It is a museum ship in Novorossiysk.

Jim

Thank you both for tracking them down .......

Jim can you explain to me what the extensions either side of the turrets are please :-

Are they some kind of range finding device on each turret , or accommodation of some other device perhaps

great Stuff Jim, well found; Novorro-S is a huge oil terminal and commercial port, a mass of Russian grain is exported from here as well as oil. Never been though, its a corner of Russia I never got to visit.
Tim

ivorthediver wrote: ↑Sat Sep 15, 2018 4:19 pm Thank you both for tracking them down .......

Jim can you explain to me what the extensions either side of the turrets are please :-

Are they some kind of range finding device on each turret , or accommodation of some other device perhaps

Hi Ivor, not sure, might be something to do with range finding - Mr Putin might know.

Jim

They are range finders for local control, if required due to battle damage. As you can see she has a main fire control director on her foretop plus another ahead of X turret.
I posted other pics of her in Russian Navy thread @ the Black Sea Fleet. DFO

Thanks Dennis , I suspected they might be by there close proximity and duplication , but wasn't certain ....hence the question ....many thanks

American Victory in Tampa, quite a difference between her and the Royal Caribbean Cruise ship.