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Imperatritsa Mariya class battleships
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Imperatritsa Mariya-class battleshipThis GTC concerns three Russian dreadnoughts reasserted Russian naval superiority in the Black Sea during World War I after it had been lost by the introduction of the ex-German battlecruiser Yavuz into the Black Sea when the war began. The first ship was destroyed by a magazine fire a year after commissioning and the second ship was scuttled in 1918 to prevent her from being turned over to the Germans according to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. The last ship saw four different changes of ownership before the British turned her over to the Whites during the Russian Civil War. She led the evacuation from the Crimea in 1920 and took refuge in the French North African port of Bizerte. She was eventually scrapped by the French to pay her docking fees, but her guns were removed and eventually saw service with Finland and Germany in World War II. All articles are GAs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sturmvogel 66 (talk • contribs)
- Support. Ucucha 18:53, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
- Support Courcelles 19:48, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
- Support -MBK004 06:06, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
- Support Nergaal (talk) 03:56, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
- Support Да! Buggie111 (talk) 03:48, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
- Support Parsecboy (talk) 12:18, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
Procedural note: Ucucha has promoted this review but not notated that here. -MBK004 08:06, 15 October 2010 (UTC)