Kronshtadt class battlecruiser
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The Kronshtadt Class (project 69) were a class of battlecruisers ordered for the Soviet Navy in the 1940's. Two ships were started but none were completed due to World War II. These ships had a complex and prolonged design process which was hampered by the imprisonment of most of the design team due to Stalin's Purges. Germany sold the Soviet Union six surplus twin 15 inch (380 mm) gun turrets, similar to those used in the Bismarck class battleships. Rearming these ships with the German weapons was considered, but no turrets were actually delivered.
[edit] General characteristics
- Displacement:
- 35,240 tons standard
- 41,539 tons full load
- Length: 250 m
- Beam: 31.6 m
- Draught: 9.45 m
- Machinery: 3 shafts, geared steam turbines, 12 boilers, 201,000 hp
- Speed: 32 knots
- Range: 8300 nm at 14 knots
- Armament:
- 9 - 12 inch guns (3 × 3)
- 8 - 6 inch guns (4 × 2)
- 8 - 100 mm AA guns (4 × 2)
- 28 - 37 mm AA guns, (7 × 4)
- 2 seaplanes, 1 catapult
- Armour:
- 230 mm belt
- 305 mm turrets
- 330 mm barbettes
- 330 mm conning tower
- 90 mm deck
- Crew:1837
[edit] Ships
- Kronshtadt - built by Baltic Shipyard Leningrad - laid down 15 July 1939 - Scrapped 1950's
- Sevastopol - built by Marti Yard, Nikolaev - laid down 1939 - incomplete hull captured by the Germans in 1941 and scrapped
[edit] References
- Stephen McLaughlin, Project 69, The Kronshtadt class battlecruisers - in Warship 2004, Conway's Maritime Press
- - Article in English
- - Article in Russian Language
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