Admiral Ushakov (warship)
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Several Russian and Soviet warships were named Admiral Ushakov (Адмирал Ушаков) in honour of Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov:
- Russian battleship Admiral UshakovRussian battleship Admiral UshakovThe Admiral Ushakov was the lead ship in her class of armoured warships of the Imperial Russian Navy, and named after Admiral Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov the Russian naval commander of the 18th century.- Service Life :...
, Coast Defence ship, sunk at the Battle of Tsushima - A Sverdlov class cruiserSverdlov class cruiserThe Sverdlov class cruisers, Soviet designation Project 68bis, were the last conventional cruisers built for the Soviet Navy; 13 ships were completed before Nikita Khrushchev called a halt to the programme as these ships were considered obsolescent with the advent of the guided missile...
, laid down in 1950 and scrapped in 1987 - Soviet battlecruiser KirovSoviet battlecruiser KirovKirov, the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered missile cruisers, is one of the major and biggest surface warships of the Russian Navy, though it was originally built for the Soviet Navy. It is similar in size to a World War II battleship...
, renamed Admiral Ushakov in 1992