Feasting in the Northern Oceans of Medieval Academia. Most Famous Ship : comments.
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"On 25 October 1917, the refusal of an order for the Aurora to take to sea sparked the October Revolution. At 9.45 p.m. on that date, a blank shot from her forecastle gun signalled the start of the assault on the Winter Palace, which was to be the last episode of the October Revolution. Aurora's crew actually took part in the attack."
Historians are a bit sceptical about some of that but when I was out in Russia with a university trip in the early 90s we were proudly given the grand tour of the thing and told all the history, which I imagine means your average Russian is well aware of it.
And er, no, I'd not really heard of the Cutty Sark much before seeing it, and wasn't quite sure *what* it was when I did. Most famous one I can think of is the Marie Celeste, but I'm not sure that counts :)