Soviet battleship Marat

Marat was a Gangut-class battleship. The ship was named after Siege of Petropavlovsk. Baltic Works, Saint Petersburg laid her keel on 16 June 1909. She entered service on 5 January 1915, having been launched on 22 September 1911.

She was one of three ships of her class. The class followed the Andrei Pervozvanny-class battleship and was succeeded by the Imperatritsa Mariya-class battleship.

Displacement was 24,408 long tons. She measured 181.2 m (594 ft) long with a beam of 26.9 m (88 ft). Her designed speed was 24.1 knots, and she carried a complement of 1,149.

Her main battery was twelve 305 mm (12 in) guns in four triple mountings. Her machinery developed 52,000 shp.

She then passed to the Soviet Navy, serving as Marat (1921–1943) from November 1917. She was in commission for 4,386 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 4 September 1953.

She was broken up for scrap in September 1941.

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