Lineinye kreisery tipa Izmail - Kuznetsov L.

At the time of laying in December 1912, these ships were the strongest in their class. These battlecruisers, named after the glorious victories of Russian weapons - Ishmael, Borodino, Kinburn, Navarin - will remain in history the largest artillery ships ever descended from the staples of the domestic shipyards. Conceived as a "Russian response" to the British Invincible, the four-tower Ishmaels with their 356 mm main caliber artillery, 241mm armored belt and 27 knots speed were to be the pride of our fleet.

Why did not these cruisers, already launched, be completed? Ishmael" in the aircraft carrier (then said: "aircraft"), armed with fifty aircraft - as fighters, reconnaissance and bombers ("torpedo-bomb-carriers"), and spotters ("artillery marks"). And who was behind the decision to sell Borodino, Kinburn and Navarin abroad and then "disassemble the metal" and the series' head ship? So only their main-caliber weapons, which were included in the coastal defense artillery and defended Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War, were involved in the fighting.

In this book you will find comprehensive information about the stages of the Russian navy and their tragic fate.