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| Tango01 | 23 Oct 2014 10:30 p.m. PST |
… to Kronstadt for Repairs. "The legendary Russian battle cruiser Aurora has been towed from its traditional post in St. Petersburg to the Kronstadt shipyard for repairs, ITAR-TASS reports. For the first time since 1987, when the museum-ship was last repaired, residents St. Petersburg had the opportunity to watch the Aurora be towed by tugboats under overhanging arms of Troitsky, Dvortsovy and Blagoveshchensky bridges. Tugboats towed the cruiser to a dockyard of Kronshtadt maritime plant for a distance of 40 kilometers…"
full article and video here
link Amicalement
Armand
Defence Ministry hopes that the cruiser will return to its ‘eternal mooring' berth at the Petrograd embankment after the overhaul in 2016. Deadlines for repairs will be announced after the ship is docked and the underwater part of its hull is examined, chief of the culture department of Defence Ministry Anton Gubankov said.
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| charared | 25 Oct 2014 1:34 p.m. PST |
NICE!!! Thanks (AGAIN!) Armand!!! 
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| Tango01 | 25 Oct 2014 11:35 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
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