The Soviets modernized their three remaining Gangut-class battleships in the 1930s to the best of their abilities (Frunze was technically around but stricken from the fleet). Parizhskaya Kommuna (assigned to the Black Sea Fleet) ended up with the most modernization while Marat had the least.
They dont stack up well against modern battleships or even late era dreadnoughts, but what about against the modernized dreadnoughts from her own era like the Arkansas class and like the dreadnoughts of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Spain and Turkey had?
For that matter up against the coastal defence ships of Finland (Väinämöinen class) and Sweden (Sverige class)? Would they lead that pack?
This is before getting into heavy cruisers like Kirov, which seem competitive at least with the County class of the Royal Navy.
They dont stack up well against modern battleships or even late era dreadnoughts, but what about against the modernized dreadnoughts from her own era like the Arkansas class and like the dreadnoughts of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Spain and Turkey had?
For that matter up against the coastal defence ships of Finland (Väinämöinen class) and Sweden (Sverige class)? Would they lead that pack?
This is before getting into heavy cruisers like Kirov, which seem competitive at least with the County class of the Royal Navy.
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