Lendalfoot, Ayrshire, Scozia This impressionante monumento alla nave da guerra russa Varyag si trova sulla costa dell'Ayrshire, nel villaggio di Lendalfoot,
3840 x 5760 px | 32,5 x 48,8 cm | 12,8 x 19,2 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
8 agosto 2019
Ubicazione:
Carleton Bay car park off A77 Between Girvan And Stranraer Lendalfoot Kyle And Carrick Strathclyde K
Altre informazioni:
Lendalfoot, Scotland , 08 August 2019 The Inscription reads : HERE 50O METRES OFF THE COAST/THE RUSSIAN CRUISER VARYAG/WHICH WON GLORY IN THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR/OF 1904-1905 FOUND ITS LAST RESTING PLACE/ON JANUARY 27, 1904THE 1ST RANK CRUISER VARYAG AND/THE GUNBOAT KUBEETS WERE BLOCKADED BY A JAPANESE/SQUADRON COMPRISED OF 15 VESSELS AT THE KOREAN PORT OF/CHEMULPO. THEY WERE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO/SURRENDER AND TURN DOWN THE FLAG, BUT THE RUSSIAN/SEAMEN REJECTED THE ULTIMATUM AND ACCEPTED AN UNEVEN/BATTLE VARYAG AND KUBEETS SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE/DURING THE BATTLE. WITH NO APPARENT POSSIBILTY OF/CONTINUED RESISTANCE, THE RUSSIAN SEAMEN SCUTTLED/THE SHIPS AND RETURNED TO RUSSIA ONBOARD FOREIGN/VESSELS IN 1905 VARYAG WAS RAISED BY THE JAPANESE AND WAS/INTRODUCED INTO THEIR NAVY UNDER THE NAME SOYA. IN/1916 THE CRUISER WAS REPURCHASED BY RUSSIA AND GOT/BACK ITS PREVIOUS NAME. IN 1917 SHE WAS SENT TO BRITAIN FOR REPAIR, BUT BECAUSE OF THE REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR/IN RUSSIA, THE LEGENDARY SHIP WAS SET ADRIFT. IN 1920/VARYAG WAS SOLD BY BRITAIN FOR SCRAP. EN ROUTE FOR/DISMANTLING SHE GROUNDED NEAR LENDALFOOT AND/SUBSEQUENTLY SANK. THE EXPLOITS OF THE CRUISER VARYAG, WHICH MAKES US/BOW OUR HEADS TO THE VALOR OF RUSSIAN SEAMEN, WILL/ALWAYS REMAIN IN THE MEMORY OF GRATEFUL FUTURE/GENERATIONS
