Russian battleship Potemkin
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The Potemkin (Потемкин in Russian - pronounced Potyomkin), full name: Knyaz' Potyomkin Tavricheski (Князь Потемкин Таврический) was a pre-dreadnought battleship (Броненосец) of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. It was built at the Nikolayev shipyard from 1898 and commissioned in 1904. The name honored Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin, a military figure of the 18th century.
The ship was made famous by the Battleship Potemkin uprising, a rebellion of the crew against their oppressive officers in June of 1905 (during the Russian Revolution of 1905).
After the uprising the ship was handed to Romanian authorities, which returned the battleship to the Russian government. In October of 1905 it was renamed to Panteleimon (Пантелеймон). In April of 1917 the ship was renamed to Potemkin-Tavricheski (Потемкин-Таврический) once again, however, in May they changed it to Borets za svobodu (Борец за свободу - Freedom Fighter). In 1918 it had been captured by the Germans, then recaptured by the White Russians. In April of 1919, the interventionists blew it up in Sevastopol so it wouldn't fall into Bolshevik hands. After the Russian Civil War, Potemkin was raised from the bottom of the sea and dismantled because of irreparable damage.
General characteristics
- Tonnage: 12,500 tons
- Speed; 29,6 km/h (16 knot)
- Armament: 4 x 305 mm (12 in) guns in two turrets, 16 x 152 mm (6 in) guns, 14 x 75 mm (3 in) guns, various small-calibre guns. 5 x 380 mm torpedo tubes.
- Crew: 730 officers and men
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