Italian battleship Giulio Cesare 1910-1948 and Russian training ship Novorossiysk 1949-1956 (1957)

Original postcard Chocolate La Estrella

As the RussianNovorossiysk. 

Drawing of G.J. Frans Naerebout published in Op de Lange Deining written by G.A.J. Bovens.

Part of the Italian Conte di Cavour dreadnought battleships class, preceded by Dante Alighieri and succeeded by Andrea Doria. Laid down at the shipyard of Gio. Ansaldo&C., Genoa, Italy on 24 June 1910, launched on 15 October a year later, completed on 14 May 1914, commissioned on 7 June was she decommissioned on 18 May 1928. Between 1933 and 1937 modernized/rebuilt was she again commissioned on 3 June 1937, since early 1942 training ship, decommissioned on 15 December 1948 and handed over to the Soviet navy on 4 February 1949. Renamed and used as a training ship until she sunk on 29 October 1955 due to a (German) mine explosion. Stricken on 24 February 1956, salvaged on 4 May 1957 and broken up. After her rebuilding was her displacement 29.600 tons/29.100 long tons (deep load) with as dimensions 186,4 x 33,1 metres or 611’7”x 108’7”. The armament consisted of 2x3&2x2-32cm/12.6” guns, 6x2-12cm guns and 4x2-10cm/3.9” anti aircraft guns.