Линейный корабль «Петропавловск»/ Battleship "Petropavlovsk"

Дореволюционная Россия на фотографиях Линейный корабль «Петропавловск» 1911 - 1915 Pre-revolutionary Russia in photoghraphs The Battleship "Petropavlovsk" 1911 - 1915 The Russian battleship Petropavlovsk was the third of the four Gangut-class dreadnoughts, the first Russian class of dreadnoughts, built before World War I. She was named after the Russian victory over the British and the French in the Siege of Petropavlovsk in 1854. The battleship was Laid down on the 16 June 1909, launched on the 22 September 1911 and commissioned on the 5 January 1915. The album of original photographs here concentrates on both her launch day and the day of her commissioning in the presence of Emperor Nicholas II... Music: Russian Imperial Victorious March - "Glory to the Motherland"