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Naval history of the Soviet Union
battleship Parizhskaya Kommuna. Formerly Sevastopol the Parizhskaya served
with the Black Sea fleet and took part in the landing at Feodosiya and
Sudak during the second world war. After repairs she was again renamed
back to Sevastopol and continued in service until 1956. |
| The Parizhskaya Kommuna was the renamed Sevastopol, (see Sevastopol class for
earlier information.) She was re named after the Russian revolution. She joined
the black sea fleet on the 18th January 1930 after she had two major
refits the first being in 1924 to 1925 and the second being a major modernization
in 1929. Anti Torpedo Bulges were added during her next major
re construction between 1934 to 1938. During this work her Torpedo Tubes were
removed and extra anti aircraft guns fitted ( 76mm AA) and later 37MM AA were
added). The Parizhskaya Kommuna took part in the landing at Feodosiya and
Sudak in January 1942, and bombarded German positions in the Crimea until march
1942. She was taken for repairs to Poti, where she was renamed the Sevastopol on
the 31 May 1943 (The name had been set aside for a new battleship laid down in
1939 but the hull had been captured by the Germans at Nikolayev in July
1941) She remained in service after the war until July 1954 and was
finally stricken on the 17th February 1956. |
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