Sverdlov-class cruiser
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The Sverdlov-class cruisers, Soviet designation Project 68bis, were the last conventional gun cruisers built for the Soviet Navy. They were built in the 1950s and were based on Soviet, German, and Ita
Admiral Ushakov in 1981
A Tu-95 Bear overflies a Sverdlov-class cruiser 1975
Dmitry Pozharsky (1968)
HMS Vanguard (23)
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HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during the Second World War and commissioned after the war ended. She was the largest and fastest of the Royal Navy's battleships, and the only ship of
Sverdlov-class cruiser
…This produced the "Sverdlov Crisis" as various solutions to the problem were proposed. In the short term, the RN retained several big-gun ships like HMS Vanguard, but the long-term solution was to develop new weapons. This ultimately emerged as the Blackburn Buccaneer, a carrier-based strike aircraft that had…
Profile view of Vanguard underway
Overhead view of Vanguard
Vanguard during NATO Operation Mainbrace, 1952
Rear quarter view of Vanguard showing her transom stern