Leningrad class destroyer
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| Class overview | |
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| Completed: | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,150 tons standard, 2,582 tons full load |
| Length: | 127.5 m |
| Beam: | 11.7 m |
| Draught: | 4.06 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft geared turbines, 3 boilers, 66,000 hp |
| Speed: | 36 knots |
| Range: | 2,100 nm at 20 knots |
| Complement: | 250 |
| Armament: | 5 × 130 mm guns (5x1) 2 × 76 mm guns 2 × 45 mm anti-aircraft guns 8 × 533mm torpedo tubes (2x4) 80 mines |
| Notes: | Ships in class include: Leningrad, Minsk, Moskva, Kharkov, Tibilisi, Baku |
The Leningrad class were destroyer leaders built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1930s. These large destroyers were inspired by the contre-torpilieurs built for the French Navy. There were two groups of three ships each. The first group was designated Project 1 and the Second Group project 38 by the Soviets. These ships were the first large vessels designed and built by the Soviets after the revolution. They had several shortcomings being top heavy and having poor seakeeping.
[edit] Ships
All ships were named after Cities
| Ship | Fleet | Builder | Completed | Service/Fate |
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| Leningrad | Baltic Fleet | Zhdanov yard, Leningrad | December 1936 | Scrapped in 1960's |
| Minsk | Baltic Fleet | Zhdanov yard, Leningrad | February 1939 | Sunk in Kronstadt harbour by Stukas 23 September 1941 but salvaged. Decommissioned 1959 |
| Moskva | Black Sea Fleet | Marti Yard, Nikolaev | August 1937 | Sunk by mine on 26 June 1941, near Constanza, Romania |
| Kharkov | Black Sea Fleet | Marti Yard, Nikolaev | August 1937 | Sunk by bombing of the coast of the Crimea 6 October 1943 |
| Tbilisi | Pacific Fleet | Dalzavod, Komsomolsk na Amure | 1939 | scrapped 1960s |
| Baku | Pacific Fleet | Dalzavod, Komsomolsk na Amure | 1939 | Transferred to the Soviet Northern Fleet via the Arctic Ocean 1942, scrapped in the 1960s |
[edit] References
- M.J Whitley, Destroyers of World War 2, 1988 Cassell Publishing ISBN 1-85409-521-8
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