Russian cruiser Aurora
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Aurora is a Russian protected cruiser, currently preserved as a museum ship in Saint Petersburg. Aurora was one of three Pallada-class cruisers, built in Saint Petersburg for service in the Pacific Oc
Aurora, moored in Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 2022
Aurora in 1903
Aurora in 1910
Aurora in 1961
Japanese battleship Mikasa
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Mikasa is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1890s, and is the only ship of her class. Named after Mount Mikasa in Nara, Japan, the ship served as the flagsh
Russian cruiser Aurora
…was awarded the Order of the Red Banner and lasted until the end of Soviet Navy and was then resumed after returning from a major overhaul in 2016. Japanese battleship Mikasa, the only other surviving warship from the Battle of Tsushima. USS Olympia, a U.S. Navy protected cruiser preserved in Philadelphia…
Mikasa in Yokosuka, Japan, 2021
Turret layout for original 12-inch (305 mm) 40-calibre guns
Mikasa as she appeared in 1905
The new 45-calibre 12-inch guns added during the reconstruction