An item reported that the Russian intelligence service at London, England heard a announcement of Radio Moscow that the Russian battleship Paris Commune(1) after a voyage of 3 months coming from the Baltic Sea joined the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
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1. Of the Gangut-class, consisting of the Gangut (Iktyabrskaja Revolyutsiga 1922), Petropavlovsk (Marat 1921), Sevastopol and Poltava (Frunze 1926), preceded by the Andrei Pervozvanny-class and succeeded by the Imperatritsa Mariya-class. Laid down as the Sevastopol at Baltic Works, St. Petersburg, Russia on 16 June 1909, launched on 10 July 1911, commissioned on 30 November 1914, crew joined the mutiny of the Baltic Fleet on 16 March 1917, left Finland on 12 March 1918 through the frozen Gulf of Finland arrived at Kronstadt, Russia on 19 March 1918, crew involved in the Kronstadt Rebellion, renamed Parizhskaya Kommuna on 31 March 1921, refitted and decommissioned on 17 September 1925, refitted at the Baltic Shipyard in 1928, added to the Black Sea Fleet in 1930, modernized between November 1933-January 1938 and December 1939-July 1940, active in the Second World War against the German forces until 22 March 1942, since then held back by the Soviet forces at Poti until late 1944 afraid of loosing her, renamed Sevastopol on 31 May 1943, returned to Sevastopol November 1844, school battleship since 24 July 1954, stricken on 17 February 1956 and broken up at Sevastopol, Russia between 1956-1957.
