Parizhskaya Kommuna
The original name of the battleship is "Sevastopol". It was renamed "Parizhskaya Kommuna" after the rebellion was crushed to commemorate the Paris Commune.
The original name of the battleship is "Sevastopol". It was renamed "Parizhskaya Kommuna" after the rebellion was crushed to commemorate the Paris Commune.
Historical information
The original name of the battleship is "Sevastopol". Sevastopol was the first ship completed of the Gangut-class battleships of the Imperial Russian Navy, built before World War I.
She was laid up in 1918 for lack of manpower, but her crew joined the Kronstadt Rebellion of 1921. She was renamed Parizhskaya Kommuna after the rebellion was crushed to commemorate the Paris Commune and to erase the ship's "betrayal" of the Communist Party.
She was recommissioned in 1925, and refitted in 1928 in preparation for her transfer to the Black Sea the following year. Parizhskaya Kommuna and the cruiser Profintern ran into a severe storm in the Bay of Biscay that severely damaged Parizhskaya Kommuna's false bow.
During World War II she provided gunfire support during the Siege of Sevastopol and related operations until she was withdrawn from combat in April 1942 when the risk from German aerial attack became too great. She was retained on active duty after the war until she became a training ship in 1954. She was broken up in 1956–57.