The Imperatritsa Mariya-class battleships were the first dreadnoughts built for the Black Sea Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. All three ships were built in Nikolayev during World War I; two of the
Imperatritsa Mariya
Imperator Aleksandr III
Remains of Imperatritsa Mariya's guns, which were used to defend Sevastopol during World War II
SMS Breslau
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SMS Breslau was a Magdeburg-class cruiser of the Imperial German Navy, built in the early 1910s and named after the Lower Silesian city of Breslau. Following her commissioning, Breslau and the battlec
SMS Breslau in 1912
Breslau in the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, passing underneath the Levensau High Bridge
Breslau at sea, c. 1912–1914
Goeben, followed by Breslau, in Messina, by Willy Stöwer