June 12, 1897 - The design for the new pre-dreadnought battleship "Potemkin" is approved
December 27, 1897 - Nikolayev, Ukraine - Construction of the "Potemkin" begins
October 28, 1898 - Nikolayev - "Potemkin" is laid down
October 9, 1900 - Nikolayev - "Potemkin" is launched
July 4, 1902 - Sevastopol - Transfered to Sevastopol for fitting out
September 1(?), 1903 - Off Crimea - Begins sea trials
December 20, 1903 - Sevastopol - Commission deadline is foiled by a fire in the boiler room
May 1(?), 1905 - Sevastopol - Battleship "Potemkin" is commissioned =(START)
June 27, 1905 - near Tendra Spit, off the Ukranian coast | Odessa - While at gunnery practice near Tendra Spit off the ukraninan coast, an uprising begins when the ship's second in command threatens to shoot crew members for their refusal to eat the borscht made from rotten maggoty meat. The officer is killed after he kills one o the mutiny's leaders, Grigory Vakulinchuk. Seven of the ship's 18 officers are killed, including the captain. A torpedo boat "Ismail" is captured and the mutineers organize a committee of 25 sailors, led by Afanasi Matushenko, to run the battleship. They decide to head for Odessa flying a red flag
June 29, 1905 - Odessa - Vakulinchuk's funeral turns into a political demonstration and the army attempts to ambush the sailors. In retaliation, the ship fires at the theatre where a high-level military meeting was scheduled to take place, but misses
June 30, 1905 - Odessa - "Potemkin" departs from Odessa to meet three battleships sent to force the crew to surrender or sink the ship
July 1, 1905 - Off Odessa - The mutineers, together with the "Ismail" decide to sail for Constanța, Romania, to restock coal, water and food. The romanians refuse and send the cruiser "Elisabeta" to the area
July 5, 1905 - Theodosia, Crimea - "Potemkin" arrives at Theodosia, but the governor refuses to give them anything other than food.
July 6, 1905 - Theodosia, Crimea - The mutineers attempt to seize several barges of coal, but the port's garrison ambushes them and kills or captures 22 sailors. "Potemkin" departs for Constanța
July 7, 1905 - Constanța, Romania - "Potemkin" arrives at Constanța. The romanians agree to give asylum to the crew if they disarm themselves and surrender the ship. The crew accepts the terms, however, Matushenko orders the ship's kingston valves to be opened so she would sink. At the same time, the crew of the "Ismail" decides to sails back to Sevastopol and turn themselves in.
July 9, 1905 - Constanța, Romania - Real Admiral Pisarevsky reaches Constanța to negotiate the return of the ship to the russians. "Potemkin", was half sunk in the harbour and flying the romanian flag
July 10, 1905 - Constanța, Romania - After being refloated, "Potemkin" begins being towed to Sevastopol, due to the damage in her engines and boliers made by salt water
July 14, 1905 - Sevastopol - Potemkin arrives in Sevastopol
October 12, 1905 - Sevastopol - Potemkin is renamed "Panteleimon"
February 1(?), 1909 - Sevastopol - "Panteleimon" receives an experimental underwater communications set
June 11, 1909 - "Panteleimon" accidentally rams and sinks the submarine "Kambala" at night, killing all 16 crewmen aboard
October 2, 1911 - "Panteleimon" runs aground while returning from a port visit to Constanța
January 10, 1912 - Sevastopol(?) - "Panteleimon" begins being extensively repaired, with replacement of boiler foundations, plating and a large number of its hull frames
April 25, 1912 - Sevastopol(?) - Repairs completed
November 17, 1914 - Off Trebizond, Ottoman Empire - A russian naval force, including "Panteleimon", attacks the ottoman port of Trebizond
November 18, 1914 - Off Cape Sarych, Crimea - The russian force is intercepted on their way back to port by the turks - Battle of Cape Sarych - inconclusive.
March 18, 1915 - near the Mouth of the Bosphorus - Supports "Rotislav" and "Tri Sviatitelia" while they bombard ottoman fortifications at the mouth of the Bosphorus
April 3, 1915 - Odessa - The russian squadron departs to intercept a raiding ottoman force
April 25, 1915 - near the Mouth of the Bosphorus - Supports "Rotislav" and "Tri Sviatitelia" while they bombard ottoman fortifications at the mouth of the Bosphorus
May 2, 1915 - near the Mouth of the Bosphorus - "Panteleimon" bombards the bosphorus forts together with "Rotislav" and "Tri Sviatitelia"
May 3, 1915 - near the Mouth of the Bosphorus - "Panteleimon" bombards the bosphorus forts together with "Rotislav" and "Tri Sviatitelia"
May 9, 1915 - Between Kozlu and Eregli - The russian squadron attacks ottoman shipping between Kozlu and Eregli, sinking four steamers and many sailing ships. Pantelimon hits the ottoman battleship "Yavuz Sultam Selim" twice
May 10, 1915 - Black Sea, 25 miles from the Bosphorus - Engagement with the ottoman battlecruiser "Yavuz Sultam Selim" - inconclusive
August 1, 1915 - All Black Sea pre-dreadnoughts are transfered to the 2nd Battleship Brigade, after the more powerful dreadnought "Imperatritsa Mariya" enters service
October 1, 1915 - off Zonguldak, Ottoman Empire - Panteleimon bombards Zonguldak, covered by the new dreadnought "Imperatritsa Mariya"
April 15, 1916 - Off Trebizond - Supports russian troops during the capture of Trebizond
January 1(?), 1917 - Participates in an anti-shipping sweep off the northwesten anatolian coast that destroys 39 ottoman sailing ships
April 13, 1917 - The ship is renamed "Potemkin-Tavricheskiy"
May 11, 1917 - Renamed "Borets za Svobodu"
December 29, 1917 - Sevastopol - "Borets za Svobodu" becomes part of the new Red Black Sea Fleet
March 1(?), 1918 - Sevastopol - Placed in reserve
May 1, 1918 - Sevastopol - Captured by the germans
November 24, 1918 - Sevastopol - The ship is handed over to the Allies after the Armistice
April 19, 1919 - Sevastopol - The british wreck her engines when they leave Crimea to prevent the advancing bolsheviks from using it against the white russians
April 29, 1919 - Sevastopol - Captured by the Red Army's ukranian front
June 24, 1920 - Sevastopol - Captured by the White Russians
November 1(?), 1920 - Sevastopol - "Borets za Svobodu" is abandoned by the white russians when they evacuate Crimea
January 1, 1923 - Sevastopol - Begins being scrapped =(END)
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