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Puzzle #42 was Moskva.
Moskva, formerly Slava, was a guided missile cruiser of the Russian Navy. Commissioned in 1983, she was the lead ship of the Project 1164 Atlant class, named after the city of Moscow. With a crew of 510, Moskva was the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet.
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What the record says
Puzzle 42 ran on 20 Aug 2026 and the answer was Moskva, played with 6 guesses against 6 columns. On the record: Class - cruiser; Navy - Russia; Displacement - 5-15k; Fate - sunk. The numbers: Commissioned - 1980; Length - 186 m.
The photograph is by Ministry of Defence, licensed CC BY 4.0.
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How it scored
- Class
- cruiser
- Navy
- Russia
- Commissioned
- 1980
- Displacement
- 5-15k
- Fate
- sunk
- Length
- 186 m