Naval Legends: Aurora | World of Warships

To walk the decks of the cruiser Aurora is to know Russian history. Named for the Roman goddess of the dawn, Aurora made an epic transoceanic voyage and fought in the disastrous Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War, covering the Russian retreat and surviving to return home. She later served in World War I and fired the first (blank) shot to mark the assault on the Winter Palace at the start of the October Revolution. During World War II, her crew demounted her guns and deployed them in the hard-fought Siege of Leningrad.

Naval Legends is a series about the construction, service, and daring deeds of legendary 20th-century ships.

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[wrongtrack]

Wonderful program. I am Japanese woman and really know little of world history These wonderful programs you put together fascinate me and I look forward to each new one. I want to thank you for your time an efforts to put forth these wonderful looks into history. Thank you again.

[isabellalofton]

Wow . . . A beautiful ship with a truly rich and amazing history. Possibly the most incredible story not just of a Russian ship, but any ship. The fact that this ship is preserved and well cared for to this day is a gift and an example. Yes, warships are built to kill and destroy, and we shouldn't forget that, but they are also so much more.

[WolfoftheAurora]

Aurora
A ship with a rich history.
And a beautiful name.

[aircraftcarrierwo-class]

Aurora's crew survived Tsushima because they were already accustomed to being shot at, after numerous friendly fire incidents while making the journey to Vladivostok from the Bearing Sea.
The Voyage of the Damned is a good read.

[russell]

Every time I see one of these Naval Legends with the actual ship it brings a tear to my eye its nice that people care enough to preserve the history and story of these steel beasts for future generations to enjoy

[zanzao-ps]

I realized that low tiers are so so large in real life!Imagine to be on Yamato's deck ;D

[azz]

Aurora is a excellent ship. She has rapid fire and is versitale. Along with Varyag, two of the best Russo Japanese warships to have in the game.

[RISINGWOLFMOON]

This is such an interesting series! I love watching stuff about military history, especially WWI & WWII. I mainly study tanks and all around general knowledge, but these help me learn about a subject I don't know much about. The mighty ships of war and the navy's that used them.

[mybugatti]

Not that I'm complaining but we need a naval legend on Bismarck. It's doable

[jerryumfress]

Hello from Tennessee, i'm always happy to see when countries preserve their history, especially warships. Very good video, this is a beautiful ship, I hope it stays this way for a very long time! The Russians have preserved a very important part of their history

[HoshikawaHikari]

Thanks Azur Lane, I’ve never got interest in this ship until I rolled her as my first SR in the game, which led me to watching this~

[mattsw]

I want a forward firing torpedo tube on my Aurora :o

[MrMcGee-wvmi]

i wanna see the Graf Spee so badly. •~•

[csigunner]

I wonder if they could do USS Laffey DD-724. In a japanese aerial attack the Laffey took 6 kamikazies and 4 bombs (or was it 4 kamikazies and 6 bombs) and remained afloat. She is now at patriots point where USS Yorktown CV-10 is also anchored. They did a naval legends on Yorktown once.

[rivertemlett]

I actually work on steam engines and coal dust can also be explosive

[johnc]

Most beautiful, historic ship in the game. It's my favorite in my port!

[Skaitania]

Beautiful ship and well made tribute. Thanks.

[healeraqw]

Interesting, can you make a naval legend video on Yukikaze? Rumor said that this ship sucked the luck out of all other IJN warships to survive the hardest battles with almost no damage dealt to her.

[spoppy]

Wargaming is seriously detailed when making the world of warship, the detailed everthing except the cru of the ships and submarines(the only negative side), wargaming also have give us history and detail about ships we play at, makes the game more cinematic and beautifull, keep up the good work, wargaming!, i am a heavy battleships fan's, unfortunately i lived at Indonesia, so i didn't stand a chance to visit one of historical mighty ships but i played world of warship for years now, i also draw many many ship at the back of my school text book, lol, anyone as crazy as me??? :D

[Razor]

This lacks the full story of the amazing journey to Tsushima, which involved Aurora getting hit multiple times by friendly fire because Russians couldn't into naval warfare.

And this was just during the JOURNEY alone. Aurora got hit by friendly fire again during the actual battle of Tsushima.