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I honestly tried to put it into "Fictional warships in movies" thread, but it just refused to work with images at all. If moderators would be able to move this thread into proper place, I would be grateful.
So the 1939 Soviet war movie "Moryaki" (rus. Sailors). The movie itself is rather typical future war story; in near future (from 1939 point of view) dastardly fascists power decided to attack USSR from sea. The enemy invasion fleet is noticed by patrolling torpedo boat, and a series of naval action scenes followed with losses on both sides. Finally a small Soviet vanguard force engage the enemy and lure them into a trap, laid up by main Soviet battlefleet. The enemy fleet is destroyed, and everyone rejoice. The end.
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While the movie itself is hardly special, the naval action scenes are surprizingly good for its time. The battle scenes were made by combining the filming of real ships on exercises and carefully-made remote controlled models. Despite being very dated, they are still quite impressive. And, of course, there are a lot of fictional and semi-fictional ("played" by real ships, but under different names) warships there:
SOVIET NAVY:
* Submarine P-81 (self-propelled model, unspeficied submarine in close scenes). Apparently of "Pravda"-class, but looks more like "Leninetz"-class. Rescued the crew of disabled torpedo boat, was attacked by enemy destroyer & forced to play dead by lying on bottom and releasing oil. Sunk at least one fascist ship in finale, after returning to action. Several more submarines of the same P-designation are mentioned;
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* Battleship "Kreml" (played by "Parijskaya Kommuna". Provided most of close shots in battle scenes. Flagship of Soviet vanguard force;
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* Battleship "Perekop" (played by "Krasny Kavkas" light cruiser). Part of Soviet vanguard force;
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* Super-battleship "Stalinskaya Konstitucia" (self-propelled model). Large battleship with four quadruple turrets, presumably with 16-inch guns. A flagship of Soviet battleline;
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* Unnamed "Sovetsky Souyz"-class battleship (self-propelled model). Part of Soviet battleline;
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FASCIST ENEMY (nation not specified; just generic fascists in generic pseudo-British uniform, but on apparently German warships. Quite hilarious that they all speak pure Russian)
* Unnamed cruiser of "Neustrashimy"-class (self-propelled model). Looks suspiciously like "Deutchland"-class pocket battleship. Identified as "Neustrashimy"-class (rus. Fearless) cruiser in movie. Sunk by Soviet torpedo boats;
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* "Leopard" destroyer (played by unspecified "Novik"-class destroyer). Strafed and presumably sunk by Soviet flying boats (flown by all-female aviator crews, by the way)
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* Many unnamed "Deutchland"-class pocket battleships (self-propelled model with slight variations to play different ships), apparently composing the backbone of fascist navy. Most of them sunk by Soviet submarines or battleships;
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* Unnamed "Bismark"-class battleship (self-propelled model). Apparently the fascist flagship. At least two units of this class are presented. Disabled and sunk by Soviet battleline in final action:
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So the 1939 Soviet war movie "Moryaki" (rus. Sailors). The movie itself is rather typical future war story; in near future (from 1939 point of view) dastardly fascists power decided to attack USSR from sea. The enemy invasion fleet is noticed by patrolling torpedo boat, and a series of naval action scenes followed with losses on both sides. Finally a small Soviet vanguard force engage the enemy and lure them into a trap, laid up by main Soviet battlefleet. The enemy fleet is destroyed, and everyone rejoice. The end.
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While the movie itself is hardly special, the naval action scenes are surprizingly good for its time. The battle scenes were made by combining the filming of real ships on exercises and carefully-made remote controlled models. Despite being very dated, they are still quite impressive. And, of course, there are a lot of fictional and semi-fictional ("played" by real ships, but under different names) warships there:
SOVIET NAVY:
* Submarine P-81 (self-propelled model, unspeficied submarine in close scenes). Apparently of "Pravda"-class, but looks more like "Leninetz"-class. Rescued the crew of disabled torpedo boat, was attacked by enemy destroyer & forced to play dead by lying on bottom and releasing oil. Sunk at least one fascist ship in finale, after returning to action. Several more submarines of the same P-designation are mentioned;
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* Battleship "Kreml" (played by "Parijskaya Kommuna". Provided most of close shots in battle scenes. Flagship of Soviet vanguard force;
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* Battleship "Perekop" (played by "Krasny Kavkas" light cruiser). Part of Soviet vanguard force;
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* Super-battleship "Stalinskaya Konstitucia" (self-propelled model). Large battleship with four quadruple turrets, presumably with 16-inch guns. A flagship of Soviet battleline;
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* Unnamed "Sovetsky Souyz"-class battleship (self-propelled model). Part of Soviet battleline;
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FASCIST ENEMY (nation not specified; just generic fascists in generic pseudo-British uniform, but on apparently German warships. Quite hilarious that they all speak pure Russian)
* Unnamed cruiser of "Neustrashimy"-class (self-propelled model). Looks suspiciously like "Deutchland"-class pocket battleship. Identified as "Neustrashimy"-class (rus. Fearless) cruiser in movie. Sunk by Soviet torpedo boats;
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* "Leopard" destroyer (played by unspecified "Novik"-class destroyer). Strafed and presumably sunk by Soviet flying boats (flown by all-female aviator crews, by the way)
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* Many unnamed "Deutchland"-class pocket battleships (self-propelled model with slight variations to play different ships), apparently composing the backbone of fascist navy. Most of them sunk by Soviet submarines or battleships;
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* Unnamed "Bismark"-class battleship (self-propelled model). Apparently the fascist flagship. At least two units of this class are presented. Disabled and sunk by Soviet battleline in final action:
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