Battleship "Marat" was founded in 1909 and launched in 1911.Then it was called differently - "Petropavlovsk".About three years spent on the installation of arms and equipment, after which the ship was transferred to the current fleet.He was a great length is 181 m, maximum width 27 m, depth of rainfall - 8.5 m.
role of the Baltic seamen in World War II was not very important, the main battle took place on the land fronts.Russian ships were locked in a mined Germans Gulf, their participation was limited to the application of artillery strikes against the enemy.
Most of the Baltic Fleet sailors supported the rise to power of the Bolsheviks, who were active in propaganda work among staff.However, in 1921, understood in the policy of the new government, the sailors lifted in Kronstadt uprising, demanding to create Soviets without Communists.
rebellion was suppressed, the rebels shot.To erase the memory of unpleasant events for the Bolsheviks, many ships were renamed, including the "Petropavlovsk".
Battleship "Marat" (that was the new name) in the next two decades, has repeatedly been subjected to modernization.The basic design of the body was strong, its size allows you to set different weapons systems.Displacement of the ship, which constituted in 1914, 23,000 tons, was increased to nearly 26 thousand., Mainly due to the weighting of add-ons, enhancements, engine-power system (there was the possibility of using liquid fuel), the installation of artillery and machine guns of air defense (in which there was a need).Much has been done and to Battleship "Marat" was equipped with modern communication equipment, range finders and fire control instruments.
display any power gunship - the main gauge.Obukhov plant in tsarist times, produces excellent tools for the fleet.Twelve 305-mm barrels were placed in four artillery towers.Barrage Battleship "Marat" could carry sixteen 120-mm guns of the "Vickers" with a rate of 7 rounds per minute each.However, their location on the middle deck led to complaints of seafarers, as their low status made it difficult to shoot with waves, but, as subsequent events showed, this was not of great importance.
the beginning of the war, the USSR had three powerful dreadnoughts artillery, one of which was the battleship "Marat".
History repeated itself in 1914 in the summer of 1941.Baltic Fleet trapped in the Gulf of Finland and prevented from entering the operating room.The value of the ships in a situation determined by the possibility to shoot far and accurately, they have turned into floating artillery batteries, which, in general, it was too bad.
experienced the work of long-range "dvenadtsatidyuymovok", the Germans quickly realized that we needed to do something to silence them.A real tool for solving this problem could only be a ground attack aircraft.
Hans-Ulrich Rudel was instructed to bomb the Soviet dreadnought.This Lieutenant Luftwaffe received combat experience during the European campaign, showing himself to be one of the most well-aimed pilots.Before him, many have tried to hit the ship first 250-kg, then halftone bombs, but to get into a powder keg that could only pilot.
bomb weighing 1,000 kg has broken bronepalubu and caused the detonation of ammunition.The entire nose of the broken off, more than 320 crew members were killed, including the commander Ivanov PK
Trying to save the battleship "Marat", the personnel showed courage and resourcefulness.The case was able to put on the ground with minimal roll and pitch, which allowed after the rescue to save combat capability of feeding artillery towers and then to fire and a second bow.In this position the ship until the day provoeval break the blockade of Leningrad.In 1943, he again became "Peter and Paul".Apparently, the time-Dunton Robespierres ended ...
was another name change, in 1950 the battleship called the "Volkhov".The vessel was cut into the metal in 1953, it still had to learn from the young sailors.
