Photo Quiz #15
Photo Quiz #15
Please guess the warship, only clue is she was built shortly after WW2. Good Luck )))
Dominic Righini-Brand
dfrighini@me.com
dfrighini@me.com
Re: Photo Quiz # 15
Light cruiser "Michail Kutuzov".
Novorossiysk
Re: Photo Quiz # 15
Well done, correct. ))) Have you seen her in person?
Dominic Righini-Brand
dfrighini@me.com
dfrighini@me.com
- José M. Rico
- Administrator
- Posts: 1008
- Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:23 am
- Location: Madrid, Spain
- Contact:
Re: Photo Quiz # 15
I took this photograph last year in August when visiting Novorossiysk. Unfortunately I did not get on to the ship despite its museum status because of repair works. Going to Anapa and Novorossiysk again in about a month, so if I get anymore photographs, or get to board the ship, I'll post the pictures here.José M. Rico wrote:Is that a recent photograph? Is the ship still afloat?
You can find her on Google maps if you type in 'Novorossiysk' and look at the ships in the harbor, the guns are quite distinctive even on Google.
kind regards
Dominic Righini-Brand
dfrighini@me.com
dfrighini@me.com
Re: Photo Quiz # 15
Yes...Oberwarrior wrote:Well done, correct. ))) Have you seen her in person?
But not in Novorossisk, and in Sevastropol...
- José M. Rico
- Administrator
- Posts: 1008
- Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:23 am
- Location: Madrid, Spain
- Contact:
Re: Photo Quiz # 15
I must admit I had no idea this ship was preserved as a museum. I thought HMS Belfast was the last ship of its kind still around. It's great to learn new things everyday!
- Karl Heidenreich
- Senior Member
- Posts: 4808
- Joined: Thu Jan 12, 2006 3:19 pm
- Location: San José, Costa Rica
Re: Photo Quiz # 15
Oberwarrior,
that´s an nice looking ship indeed! I envy you for having the oportinity of being there.
Regards friend,
that´s an nice looking ship indeed! I envy you for having the oportinity of being there.
Regards friend,
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
Sir Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Churchill
Re: Photo Quiz # 15
Thanks Karl, you're welcome )))Karl Heidenreich wrote:Oberwarrior,
that´s an nice looking ship indeed! I envy you for having the opportunity of being there.
Regards friend,
Here is another view of the Kutuzov, I did not upload this for the quiz because the side on profile might have made it to easy to guess.
This is the war memorial at Novorossiysk, this photograph does not really give an impression of the memorials size, its a massive structure that sits on the water front overlooking the harbor. There is a museum inside the monument, but I don't have any photograph of this out of respect.
Kind regards, ober )))
Dominic Righini-Brand
dfrighini@me.com
dfrighini@me.com
Re: Photo Quiz # 15
Likewise I must also confess to this, I was on holiday in Anapa last year and my wife started telling me about this ship in Novorossiysk (Anapa's about 50 miles from Novorossiysk) so I arranged to visit her.José M. Rico wrote:I must admit I had no idea this ship was preserved as a museum. I thought HMS Belfast was the last ship of its kind still around. It's great to learn new things everyday!
I have visited HMS Belfast many times (growing up in Britain with an interest in warships), I have many photographs of her, but did not post these because she is to famous and easy to spot. In the next couple of years, time depending I want to visit St. Petersburg and the Aurore. Also considering going to Finland, so might get a chance to see that prototype IIA class u-boat near Helsinki. Kind regards, ober )))
Dominic Righini-Brand
dfrighini@me.com
dfrighini@me.com
Re: Photo Quiz # 15
Nice pictures. Thanks for the posts, Oberwarrior.
''Give me a Ping and one Ping only'' - Sean Connery.
Re: Photo Quiz # 15
You're welcome )))RF wrote:Nice pictures. Thanks for the posts, Oberwarrior.
Dominic Righini-Brand
dfrighini@me.com
dfrighini@me.com
Anapa / Novorossiysk 2009
Going to Anapa today, so if I'm anywhere near Novorossiysk harbor and the Kutuzov I'll get some picture, to post here later. )))
Dominic Righini-Brand
dfrighini@me.com
dfrighini@me.com
- José M. Rico
- Administrator
- Posts: 1008
- Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:23 am
- Location: Madrid, Spain
- Contact: