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Friday, August 29th 2014, 8:52pm

Destroyers

Orphey-class Destroyer - 1915
Scrapped: Orfei, Azard, Artem, Desna, Grom, Letun, Pobiditel, Volodarski, Samson, Zabiyaka, Uritski, Gavril, Konstantin, Vladimir, Mikhail, Mechislav, Kapitan Belli, Kapitan Izylmetev
In Service: Kapitan Kern, Kapitan Konon-Zotov, Kapitan Kroun, Kapitan I ranga Miklucha Maklai, Lieutenant Dubasov, Lieutenant Ilin

Kursk-class Destroyer - 1924, rebuilt 1943
Kursk, Nalchik, Syktyvkar, Veliky Novgorod, Prokopyevsk, Balakovo, Severodvinsk, Syzran, Mytishchi, Volgodonsk, Novocherkassk, Volzhsky

Voronezh-class Destroyer - 1926
Voronezh, Bratsk, Chelyabinsk, Chita, Oryol, Vladikavkaz, Petrozavodsk, Nizhnevartovsk, Rubtsovsk, Kovrov, Dimitrovgrad, Krasnogorsk

Parnu-class Destroyer - 1929
Parnu, Nizhny Novgorod, Ufa, Kemerovo, Vyatka, Kaluga, Sochi, Shakhty, Armavir, Norilsk, Kamensk-Uralsky, Ussuriysk

Izyslav II-class Destroyer - 1931
Izyaslav II, Fedor Stratilat, Dejatelnyj, Doblestnyj, Dostojnyj, Avtroil, Sokol, Zarkij, Zguchij, Spartak, Zivuchij, Zostkij

Caspiansky-class Destroyer - 1932
Caspiansky

Vinnitsa-class Destroyer - 1934
Vinnitsa, Kherson, Brest, Shevchenko, Stary Oskol, Seversk, Zaporizhia, Nikopol, Akmolinsk, Orsk, Kamyshin, Lviv, Mariupol, Vitebsk, Mogilev, Perm, Barnaul, Karagandy, Berezniki, Kopeysk, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Lutsk, Uralsk

Yelnya-class Destroyer - 1937
Yelnya, Lida, Simferopol, Horlivka, Grodno, Izhevsk, Chimkent, Donetsk, Cheboksary, Yoshkar-Ola, Rybinsk, Korolyov, Armeniya

Pechora-class Destroyer - 1940
Pechora, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Yaroslavl, Kurgan, Vologda, Saransk, Kostroma, Novorossiysk, Angarsk, Balashikha, Khimki

Soobrazitelny-class Destroyer - 1940
Soobrazitelny, Rezvy, Stremitelny, Smeliy, Rekordny, Blestyashchyy, Bystry, Soznatelnyy, Burlivyy, Besstrashniy, Razumny, Provorny

Ognevoy-class Destroyer - 1938/1946
Ognevoy, Ozornoi, Otverzhdyonny, Osmotritelny, Obraztsovy, Odaryonny

Serdityi-class Destroyer - 1946
Serdityi, Samouvarenniy, Bezposhchadny, Gromky, Raztropny, Stoikiy, Gnevny, Statniy, Ryany, Storozhevoi, Gremyashchy, Nastoychivyy, Vlastny, Otlichny, Rezkiy, Speshnyy, Vozbuzhdenyy, Bespokoiny, Surovyi, Smyshlyonyi, Slavnyi, Boiky, Naporystyy, Bezuprechny

Sokrushitelnyi-class Destroyer - 1933/1947
Sokrushitelnyi, Skoryi, Smetlivyi, Smotriaschyi, Serioznyi

Pylkiy-class Destroyer - 1938/1947
Pylkiy

Udaloi-class Destroyer - 1948
Udaloi, Vikhrevoy, Vspylchivyi, Boevoy, Bditelnyi, Ostorozhnyi, Okrylennyi, Velichavyi, Volevoy, Bezboyaznennyi, Bezotkaznyi, Oberegayuschiy

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Friday, August 29th 2014, 9:08pm

Kursk class, Russian Destroyer Escort laid down 1924 (Engine 1942)
In 1942, the Kursk class underwent a partial (25%) reconstruction to modernize them and extend their service life. They got new engines, gun mounts, air and surface search radar, and an upgraded ASW suite. RF Naval Staff now consider them a modern, capable combatant.

Displacement:
1,440 t light; 1,521 t standard; 1,683 t normal; 1,812 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
391.29 ft / 377.30 ft x 32.15 ft x 12.14 ft (normal load)
119.26 m / 115.00 m x 9.80 m x 3.70 m

Armament:
4 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (2x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1942 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1942 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline amidships, all raised guns - superfiring
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns in single mounts, 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1942 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
4 - 0.55" / 14.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.08lbs / 0.04kg shells, 1942 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 330 lbs / 150 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
8 - 20.5" / 520 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 35,965 shp / 26,830 Kw = 33.00 kts
Range 4,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 291 tons

Complement:
130 - 170

Cost:
£0.583 million / $2.334 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 35 tons, 2.1 %
Armour: 7 tons, 0.4 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 7 tons, 0.4 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 778 tons, 46.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 549 tons, 32.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 243 tons, 14.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 71 tons, 4.2 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
488 lbs / 222 Kg = 7.3 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.20
Metacentric height 1.3 ft / 0.4 m
Roll period: 11.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.70
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.21

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.400
Length to Beam Ratio: 11.73 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 19.42 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 62 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 58
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 25.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.28 ft / 1.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 17.55 ft / 5.35 m
- Mid (50 %): 17.55 ft / 5.35 m (10.50 ft / 3.20 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 10.50 ft / 3.20 m
- Stern: 10.50 ft / 3.20 m
- Average freeboard: 14.46 ft / 4.41 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 171.3 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 85.5 %
Waterplane Area: 7,467 Square feet or 694 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 75 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 35 lbs/sq ft or 173 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 1.80
- Overall: 0.57
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Breakdown of Miscellaneous Weights:
Air search radar - 5 tons
Surface search radar - 5 tons
Torpedos - 16 tons
ASW suite - 45 tons

Ships in Class:
- Kursk
- Nalchik
- Syktyvkar
- Veliky Novgorod
- Prokopyevsk
- Balakovo
- Severodvinsk
- Syzran
- Mytishchi
- Volgodonsk
- Novocherkassk
- Volzhsky

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Friday, August 29th 2014, 10:11pm

Voronezh-class, Russian Destroyer laid down 1926

Displacement:
1,454 t light; 1,509 t standard; 1,711 t normal; 1,872 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
400.16 ft / 377.30 ft x 31.82 ft x 12.47 ft (normal load)
121.97 m / 115.00 m x 9.70 m x 3.80 m

Armament:
3 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns in single mounts, 81.57lbs / 37.00kg shells, 1926 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, majority forward
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns in single mounts, 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1926 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships
4 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1926 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 238 lbs / 108 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
9 - 20.9" / 530 mm above water torpedoes
30 tons depth charges/mines

Armour:
Gun Armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 37,242 shp / 27,782 Kw = 34.50 kts
Range 4,500nm at 15.00 kts (Bunkerage = 363 tons)

Complement:
132 - 172

Cost:
£0.687 million / $2.749 million

Distribution of weights at normal Displacement:
Armament: 27 tons, 1.6 %
Armour: 9 tons, 0.5 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 9 tons, 0.5 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 897 tons, 52.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 492 tons, 28.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 256 tons, 15.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 30 tons, 1.8 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
472 lbs / 214 Kg = 7.0 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.39
Metacentric height 1.6 ft / 0.5 m
Roll period: 10.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.22
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.20

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.400
Length to Beam Ratio: 11.86 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 22.16 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 64 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 58
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 15.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 24.11 ft / 7.35 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 16.90 ft / 5.15 m
- Mid (50 %): 16.90 ft / 5.15 m (11.15 ft / 3.40 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 11.15 ft / 3.40 m
- Stern: 11.15 ft / 3.40 m
- Average freeboard: 14.60 ft / 4.45 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 183.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 74.9 %
Waterplane Area: 7,670 Square feet or 713 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 65 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 31 lbs/sq ft or 151 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 1.82
- Overall: 0.57
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Ships in Class:
- Voronezh
- Bratsk
- Chelyabinsk
- Chita
- Oryol
- Vladikavkaz
- Petrozavodsk
- Nizhnevartovsk
- Rubtsovsk
- Kovrov
- Dimitrovgrad
- Krasnogorsk

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Friday, August 29th 2014, 10:12pm

Parnu-class, Russian Destroyer laid down 1929

Displacement:
1,143 t light; 1,199 t standard; 1,343 t normal; 1,457 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
344.49 ft / 344.49 ft x 31.50 ft x 10.83 ft (normal load)
105.00 m / 105.00 m x 9.60 m x 3.30 m

Armament:
3 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns in single mounts, 81.57lbs / 37.00kg shells, 1929 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns in single mounts, 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1929 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1929 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
4 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1929 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 250 lbs / 114 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 200
8 - 21.0" / 533 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
Gun Armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -

- Conning tower: 1.18" / 30 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 29,027 shp / 21,654 Kw = 32.00 kts
Range 3,600nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 257 tons

Complement:
110 - 144

Cost:
£0.621 million / $2.484 million

Distribution of weights at normal Displacement:
Armament: 27 tons, 2.0 %
Armour: 10 tons, 0.7 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 7 tons, 0.5 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 3 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 658 tons, 49.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 428 tons, 31.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 199 tons, 14.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 20 tons, 1.5 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
367 lbs / 166 Kg = 5.5 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.20
Metacentric height 1.2 ft / 0.4 m
Roll period: 11.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.62
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.06

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.400
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.94 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 18.56 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 64 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 66
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 21.00 ft / 6.40 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m (9.35 ft / 2.85 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 9.35 ft / 2.85 m
- Stern: 10.83 ft / 3.30 m
- Average freeboard: 13.36 ft / 4.07 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 176.4 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 71.8 %
Waterplane Area: 6,679 Square feet or 620 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 66 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 33 lbs/sq ft or 161 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 1.59
- Overall: 0.56
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

Ships in Class:
- Parnu
- Nizhny Novgorod
- Ufa
- Kemerovo
- Vyatka
- Kaluga
- Sochi
- Shakhty
- Armavir
- Norilsk
- Kamensk-Uralsky
- Ussuriysk

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Friday, August 29th 2014, 10:13pm

Izyslav II-class, Russian Destroyer laid down 1931

Displacement:
1,291 t light; 1,349 t standard; 1,481 t normal; 1,586 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
357.61 ft / 357.61 ft x 32.48 ft x 11.15 ft (normal load)
109.00 m / 109.00 m x 9.90 m x 3.40 m

Armament:
3 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns in single mounts, 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1931 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (2x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1931 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline, all aft, all raised mounts - superfiring
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (2x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1931 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
4 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1931 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 251 lbs / 114 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 200
9 - 21.0" / 533 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
Gun Armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -

- Conning tower: 1.18" / 30 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 32,893 shp / 24,538 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 3,350nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 236 tons

Complement:
119 - 155

Cost:
£0.747 million / $2.987 million

Distribution of weights at normal Displacement:
Armament: 27 tons, 1.8 %
Armour: 10 tons, 0.7 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 7 tons, 0.5 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 3 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 739 tons, 49.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 485 tons, 32.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 190 tons, 12.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 30 tons, 2.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
407 lbs / 185 Kg = 6.1 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.14
Metacentric height 1.2 ft / 0.4 m
Roll period: 12.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.60
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.400
Length to Beam Ratio: 11.01 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.70 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 66 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 70
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 22.31 ft / 6.80 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 13.94 ft / 4.25 m
- Mid (50 %): 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
- Stern: 14.11 ft / 4.30 m
- Average freeboard: 14.15 ft / 4.31 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 178.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 73.8 %
Waterplane Area: 7,420 Square feet or 689 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 67 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 34 lbs/sq ft or 165 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 1.74
- Overall: 0.56
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

Ships in Class:
- Izyaslav II
- Fedor Stratilat
- Dejatelnyj
- Doblestnyj
- Dostojnyj
- Avtroil
- Sokol
- Zarkij
- Zguchij
- Spartak
- Zivuchij
- Zostkij

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Friday, August 29th 2014, 10:14pm

Caspiansky, Russian Experimental Destroyer laid down 1932

Displacement:
975 t light; 1,035 t standard; 1,134 t normal; 1,214 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
337.93 ft / 337.93 ft x 30.84 ft x 8.86 ft (normal load)
103.00 m / 103.00 m x 9.40 m x 2.70 m

Armament:
3 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (1x3 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1932 Model
Breech loading guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline forward
Main guns limited to end-on fire
2 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (1x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1932 Model
Breech loading guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1932 Model
Breech loading guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
4 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1932 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 403 lbs / 183 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
6 - 20.9" / 530 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
Gun Armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -

- Conning tower: 1.18" / 30 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 17,541 shp / 13,085 Kw = 30.00 kts
Range 3,000nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 179 tons

Complement:
97 - 127

Cost:
£0.592 million / $2.370 million

Distribution of weights at normal [B]Displacement:
Armament: 43 tons, 3.8 %
Armour: 11 tons, 0.9 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 8 tons, 0.7 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 3 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 431 tons, 38.0 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 441 tons, 38.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 159 tons, 14.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 50 tons, 4.4 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
405 lbs / 184 Kg = 6.0 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.10
Metacentric height 1.0 ft / 0.3 m
Roll period: 12.8 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 1.03
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.08

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.430
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.96 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.01 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 62 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 65
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 21.33 ft / 6.50 m
- Forecastle (25 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 16.40 ft / 5.00 m (8.20 ft / 2.50 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 8.20 ft / 2.50 m
- Stern: 8.86 ft / 2.70 m
- Average freeboard: 12.84 ft / 3.92 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 157.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 94.3 %
Waterplane Area: 6,795 Square feet or 631 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 79 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 36 lbs/sq ft or 177 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 1.61
- Overall: 0.56
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

Notes:
Experimental automatic twin mount simmed as a triple mount.
Experimental automatic single mount simmed as a twin mount.

Misc weight includes:
30 tons ASW weapons and equipment
20 tons flag accomodations and communications equipment

Ships in Class:
- Caspiansky

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Friday, August 29th 2014, 10:14pm

Vinnitsa class, Russian Destroyer laid down 1934

Displacement:
1,408 t light; 1,478 t standard; 1,692 t normal; 1,863 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
367.45 ft / 367.45 ft x 32.32 ft x 12.47 ft (normal load)
112.00 m / 112.00 m x 9.85 m x 3.80 m

Armament:
3 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns in single mounts, 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1934 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1934 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (2x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1934 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships
4 - 0.50" / 12.7 mm guns in single mounts, 0.06lbs / 0.03kg shells, 1934 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 251 lbs / 114 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
9 - 21.0" / 533 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
Gun Armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -

- Conning tower: 0.98" / 25 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 37,501 shp / 27,976 Kw = 34.50 kts
Range 5,250nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 385 tons

Complement:
131 - 171

Cost:
£0.939 million / $3.754 million

Distribution of weights at normal Displacement:
Armament: 27 tons, 1.6 %
Armour: 11 tons, 0.6 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 8 tons, 0.5 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 3 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 853 tons, 50.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 488 tons, 28.8 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 284 tons, 16.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 30 tons, 1.8 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
476 lbs / 216 Kg = 7.1 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.32
Metacentric height 1.5 ft / 0.5 m
Roll period: 11.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.29
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.11

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.400
Length to Beam Ratio: 11.37 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.94 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 66 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 63
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 24.28 ft / 7.40 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 17.72 ft / 5.40 m
- Mid (50 %): 17.72 ft / 5.40 m (10.17 ft / 3.10 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 10.17 ft / 3.10 m
- Stern: 11.15 ft / 3.40 m
- Average freeboard: 14.54 ft / 4.43 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 178.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 72.1 %
Waterplane Area: 7,586 Square feet or 705 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 70 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 32 lbs/sq ft or 154 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 1.84
- Overall: 0.56
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

Ships in Class:
- Vinnitsa
- Kherson
- Brest
- Shevchenko
- Stary Oskol
- Seversk
- Zaporizhia
- Nikopol
- Akmolinsk
- Orsk
- Kamyshin
- Lviv
- Mariupol
- Vitebsk
- Mogilev
- Perm
- Barnaul
- Karagandy
- Berezniki
- Kopeysk
- Cherkasy
- Zhytomyr
- Lutsk
- Uralsk

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Friday, August 29th 2014, 10:16pm

Yelnya class, Russian Destroyer laid down 1937
The Yelnya (or Yelnia) class were Russia's first Class A destroyers, laid down in 1937 and completed in 1938. A total of 13 were built, 12 for the Northern Fleet at Murmansk, and one for the Caspian Sea, funded entirely by the Armenian government. This ship, Armeniya, is the flagship of Russia's Caspian Sea Flotilla.

Displacement:
2,125 t light; 2,246 t standard; 2,557 t normal; 2,805 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
393.57 ft / 383.86 ft x 35.10 ft x 14.44 ft (normal load)
119.96 m / 117.00 m x 10.70 m x 4.40 m

Armament:
6 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (3x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1937 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1937 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1937 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
4 - 0.55" / 14.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.08lbs / 0.04kg shells, 1937 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 495 lbs / 225 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 250
8 - 20.9" / 530 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
Gun Armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 52,857 shp / 39,432 Kw = 35.00 kts
Range 4,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 559 tons

Complement:
179 - 233

Cost:
£1.620 million / $6.479 million

Distribution of weights at normal Displacement:
Armament:[/B] 53 tons, 2.1 %
Armour: 13 tons, 0.5 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 13 tons, 0.5 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 1,274 tons, 49.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 748 tons, 29.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 432 tons, 16.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 37 tons, 1.4 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
674 lbs / 306 Kg = 10.1 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.34
Metacentric height 1.7 ft / 0.5 m
Roll period: 11.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 50 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.67
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.460
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.93 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 22.31 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 68 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 19.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 28.22 ft / 8.60 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 20.01 ft / 6.10 m
- Mid (49 %): 20.01 ft / 6.10 m (11.81 ft / 3.60 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 11.81 ft / 3.60 m
- Stern: 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
- Average freeboard: 16.58 ft / 5.06 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 179.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 88.4 %
Waterplane Area: 9,005 Square feet or 837 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 75 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 39 lbs/sq ft or 192 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 2.19
- Overall: 0.58
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped

Ships in Class:
- Yelnya
- Lida
- Simferopol
- Horlivka
- Grodno
- Izhevsk
- Chimkent
- Donetsk
- Cheboksary
- Yoshkar-Ola
- Rybinsk
- Korolyov
- Armeniya

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Friday, August 29th 2014, 10:18pm

Pechora-class, Russian Destroyer laid down 1940
This destroyer was optimized for fleet air defense, although he can conduct other duties. Twelve were constructed in 1940 and serve on the Black Sea.

Displacement:
2,106 t light; 2,241 t standard; 2,540 t normal; 2,779 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
409.99 ft / 393.70 ft x 37.40 ft x 15.09 ft (normal load)
124.96 m / 120.00 m x 11.40 m x 4.60 m

Armament:
6 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (3x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1940 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1940 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1940 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
4 - 0.55" / 14.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.08lbs / 0.04kg shells, 1940 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 495 lbs / 225 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 300
8 - 20.9" / 530 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
Gun Armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 49,907 shp / 37,231 Kw = 35.00 kts
Range 4,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 538 tons

Complement:
178 - 232

Cost:
£1.746 million / $6.983 million

Distribution of weights at normal Displacement:
Armament: 63 tons, 2.5 %
Armour: 13 tons, 0.5 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 13 tons, 0.5 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 1,176 tons, 46.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 753 tons, 29.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 434 tons, 17.1 %
Miscellaneous weights: 101 tons, 4.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
644 lbs / 292 Kg = 9.6 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.12
Metacentric height 1.4 ft / 0.4 m
Roll period: 13.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.74
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.01

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.400
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.53 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 22.85 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 66 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 70
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 25.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.28 ft / 1.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 27.89 ft / 8.50 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 19.69 ft / 6.00 m
- Mid (49 %): 19.36 ft / 5.90 m (11.15 ft / 3.40 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 11.15 ft / 3.40 m
- Stern: 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
- Average freeboard: 16.09 ft / 4.90 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 174.5 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 94.5 %
Waterplane Area: 9,407 Square feet or 874 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 77 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 40 lbs/sq ft or 197 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 1.86
- Overall: 0.57
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

Breakdown of Miscellaneous Weights:
- Radar: 10 tons
- Extra machinery and ammo for twin automatic 130mm DP mounts: 30 tons
- Asdic: 10 tons
- ASW weapons and torpedoes: 51 tons

Electronics Suite:
- 1x NR-100M search radar, model of 1939 (7.5 tons)
- 1x NR-119 air warning radar, model of 1940 (2.5 tons)

Ships in Class:
- Pechora
- Novosibirsk
- Krasnoyarsk
- Yaroslavl
- Kurgan
- Vologda
- Saransk
- Kostroma
- Novorossiysk
- Angarsk
- Balashikha
- Khimki

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Monday, September 29th 2014, 1:47am

Soobrazitelny (Project 69)-class, Russian Destroyer laid down 1944

Displacement:
1,945 t light; 2,131 t standard; 2,440 t normal; 2,687 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
409.67 ft / 393.70 ft x 36.42 ft x 14.11 ft (normal load)
124.87 m / 120.00 m x 11.10 m x 4.30 m

Armament:
4 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (2x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1944 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, evenly spread
2 - 2.95" / 75.0 mm guns (1x2 guns), 15.43lbs / 7.00kg shells, 1944 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline forward, all raised guns - superfiring
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1944 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
4 - 0.55" / 14.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.08lbs / 0.04kg shells, 1944 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 361 lbs / 164 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 650
8 - 20.9" / 530 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.39" / 10 mm 0.39" / 10 mm
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.39" / 10 mm 0.39" / 10 mm
3rd: 0.59" / 15 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -

- Conning tower: 1.18" / 30 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 43,794 shp / 32,670 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 4,400nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 556 tons

Complement:
173 - 225

Cost:
£1.706 million / $6.824 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 46 tons, 1.9 %
Armour: 17 tons, 0.7 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 13 tons, 0.5 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 5 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 1,051 tons, 43.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 696 tons, 28.5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 495 tons, 20.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 135 tons, 5.5 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
739 lbs / 335 Kg = 11.0 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.18
Metacentric height 1.5 ft / 0.5 m
Roll period: 12.5 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.52
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.08

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.422
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.81 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 22.73 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 65 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 65
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 3.28 ft / 1.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 21.98 ft / 6.70 m
- Forecastle (15 %): 21.33 ft / 6.50 m
- Mid (30 %): 20.67 ft / 6.30 m (13.45 ft / 4.10 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 13.45 ft / 4.10 m
- Stern: 13.45 ft / 4.10 m
- Average freeboard: 15.80 ft / 4.82 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 164.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 95.7 %
Waterplane Area: 9,294 Square feet or 863 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 89 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 38 lbs/sq ft or 186 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 1.74
- Overall: 0.57
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

Breakdown of Miscellaneous Weights:
- 45 tons for electronics
- 20 tons for eight 53cm M-1944 reload torpedoes
- 15 tons for climatization gear
- 55 tons for mines or depth charges.
135 tons total miscellaneous weight

Electronics Suite:
- NR-132 surface and air search radar (1 radar, 7.5 tons)
- NR-136 height-finding and air search radar (1 radar, 7.5 tons)
- NR-119 navigational and air-warning radar (1 radar, 2.5 tons)
- NR-160bis fire-control radar (1 radar, 7.5 tons)
- Radar jammer/detector (2 units, 2 tons)
- French-built SAGEM HF/DF (3 tons)
- Sonar (8 tons)
- Diesel emergency electric generator (5 tons)
- Gunnery computer for 130mm guns (2 tons)

Ships in Class:
- Soobrazitelny: Laid down in Petrograd, January 1944.
- Rezvy: Laid down in Petrograd, January 1944.
- Strashnyi: Laid down in Petrograd, January 1944.
- Smeliy: Laid down in Petrograd, January 1944.
- Rekordny: Laid down in Vladivostok, January 1944.
- Blestyashchyy: Laid down in Vladivostok, January 1944.
- Bystry: Laid down in Petrograd, July 1944.
- Soznatelnyy: Laid down in Petrograd, July 1944.
- Burlivyy: Laid down in Petrograd, July 1944.
- Besstrashniy: Laid down in Petrograd, July 1944.
- Razumny: Laid down in Vladivostok, July 1944.
- Provorny: Laid down in Vladivostok, July 1944.

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Friday, October 17th 2014, 3:44am

Kharkov (Project 77), Russian Bol'shoy Protivolodochny Korabl' (Large Antisubmarine Ship) laid down 1945

Displacement:
2,465 t light; 2,682 t standard; 3,080 t normal; 3,397 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
472.96 ft / 459.32 ft x 42.65 ft x 12.80 ft (normal load)
144.16 m / 140.00 m x 13.00 m x 3.90 m

Armament:
6 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (3x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1945 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1945 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1945 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
4 - 0.55" / 14.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.08lbs / 0.04kg shells, 1945 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 495 lbs / 225 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 550
4 - 25.6" / 650 mm above water torpedoes
6 - 17.7" / 450 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm 0.59" / 15 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 47,551 shp / 35,473 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 5,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 715 tons

Complement:
206 - 268

Cost:
£2.120 million / $8.478 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 63 tons, 2.0 %
Armour: 10 tons, 0.3 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 10 tons, 0.3 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 1,199 tons, 38.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,014 tons, 32.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 614 tons, 19.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 180 tons, 5.8 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
1,373 lbs / 623 Kg = 20.5 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.28
Metacentric height 2.2 ft / 0.7 m
Roll period: 12.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.50
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.42

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.430
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.77 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24.53 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 61 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 23.62 ft / 7.20 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 22.31 ft / 6.80 m (14.76 ft / 4.50 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Stern: 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Average freeboard: 18.82 ft / 5.74 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 151.8 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 187.1 %
Waterplane Area: 12,773 Square feet or 1,187 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 100 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 42 lbs/sq ft or 205 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 1.74
- Overall: 0.57
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Breakdown of Miscellaneous Weights:
- 60 tons for electronics
- 12 tons for four 65cm M-1944 reload torpedoes
- 16 tons for climatization gear
- 22 tons for mines or depth charges
- 15 tons for two 9K42-M6 "Groza" 2x4 32cm launchers and reloads
- 10 tons for ASW command center
- 20 tons for growth room and crew comforts
- 25 tons for helicopter and landing deck

Electronics Suite:
- NR-132 surface and air-search radar (1 radar, 7.5 tons)
- NR-136 height-finding and air-search radar (1 radar, 7.5 tons)
- NR-119 navigational and air-warning radar (1 radar, 2.5 tons)
- NR-160bis fire-control radar (1 radar, 7.5 tons)
- NR-170 AA fire-control radar (2 radars, 5 tons)
- Radar jammer/detector (2 units, 2 tons)
- French-built SAGEM HF/DF (3 tons)
- Sonar (8 tons)
- Paravane hydrophone and cable reel (10 tons)
- Diesel emergency electric generator (5 tons)
- Gunnery computer for 130mm guns (2 tons)

Ships in Class:
- Kharkov (BPK-01): Laid down January 1945 in Rostov-on-Don, completed December 1945.
- Yakutsk (BPK-02): Laid down January 1946 in Rostov-on-Don, completed December 1946.

Notes:
Built on the base of a torpedo cruiser / large destroyer hull, this vessel was constructed for operational testing of the 9K42-M6 "Groza" weapon system and associated antisubmarine gear. The Groza system featured two stabilized four-barrel antisubmarine mortar launchers located on the forecastle of the ship. The ship was designed to allow a helicopter to land on the aft deck, but this required the removal of the stern depth-charge racks or minelaying gear, and was not regularly done until 1948.

Kharkov also carried two different sizes of torpedoes: two triple 45cm torpedo launchers (one on each beam) and one quad 65cm torpedo launcher on the midline. The 45cm launchers fire short-ranged acoustic seeking torpedoes designed to target submerged submarines, and had no reloads; the 65cm torpedoes were intended for defense against surface ships, and had one reload per tube.

A second ship, the Yakutsk, was built in 1946, and the design was used as the basis of the Serdityi-class. Proigryvatel' acoustic decoys were fitted to Yakutsk, but Kharkov lacks the necessary fittings to use the system.

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Thursday, May 28th 2015, 1:11am



Ognevoy, Russian Heavy Destroyer laid down 1938 (Engine 1946)

Displacement:
2,637 t light; 2,880 t standard; 3,288 t normal; 3,615 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
483.15 ft / 465.88 ft x 44.29 ft x 13.94 ft (normal load)
147.26 m / 142.00 m x 13.50 m x 4.25 m

Armament:
6 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (3x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1946 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
4 - 2.95" / 75.0 mm guns (2x2 guns), 15.43lbs / 7.00kg shells, 1946 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts
on centreline, all aft, all raised mounts - superfiring
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1946 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
8 - 0.55" / 14.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 0.08lbs / 0.04kg shells, 1946 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 551 lbs / 250 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 550
8 - 20.9" / 530 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.38" / 35 mm 0.98" / 25 mm 0.98" / 25 mm
2nd: 1.18" / 30 mm 0.79" / 20 mm -
3rd: 0.79" / 20 mm 0.79" / 20 mm -
4th: 0.39" / 10 mm 0.39" / 10 mm -

- Conning tower: 2.76" / 70 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 52,693 shp / 39,309 Kw = 34.75 kts
Range 5,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 734 tons

Complement:
216 - 282

Cost:
£1.872 million / $7.487 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 68 tons, 2.1 %
Armour: 50 tons, 1.5 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 37 tons, 1.1 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 13 tons, 0.4 %
Machinery: 1,302 tons, 39.6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,056 tons, 32.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 651 tons, 19.8 %
Miscellaneous weights: 160 tons, 4.9 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
1,315 lbs / 597 Kg = 19.6 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.21
Metacentric height 2.1 ft / 0.6 m
Roll period: 12.9 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 80 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.49
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.32

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.400
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.52 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24.86 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 61 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 61
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 1.64 ft / 0.50 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 27.07 ft / 8.25 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.15 ft / 6.75 m
- Mid (40 %): 22.15 ft / 6.75 m (15.58 ft / 4.75 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 15.58 ft / 4.75 m
- Stern: 15.58 ft / 4.75 m
- Average freeboard: 18.60 ft / 5.67 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 153.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 150.6 %
Waterplane Area: 13,182 Square feet or 1,225 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 97 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 44 lbs/sq ft or 213 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.51
- Longitudinal: 1.60
- Overall: 0.57
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Ships in Class:
- Ognevoy: Acquired from Germany 1945, rebuilt 1946 in Tallinn.
- Ozornoi: Acquired from Germany 1945, rebuilt 1946 in Tallinn.
- Otverzhdyonny: Acquired from Germany 1945, rebuilt 1946 in Tallinn.
- Osmotritelny: Acquired from Germany 1945, rebuilt 1946 in Tallinn.
- Obraztsovy: Acquired from Germany 1945, rebuilt 1946 in Tallinn.
- Odaryonny: Acquired from Germany 1945, rebuilt 1946 in Tallinn.

Notes:
Proigryvatel' acoustic decoys can be towed at the cost of some depth charges or mines.

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Tuesday, October 20th 2015, 2:45am

Serdityi (Type 77bis), Russian Bol'shoy Protivolodochny Korabl' laid down 1946

Displacement:
2,465 t light; 2,681 t standard; 3,075 t normal; 3,390 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
472.96 ft / 459.32 ft x 42.65 ft x 12.80 ft (normal load)
144.16 m / 140.00 m x 13.00 m x 3.90 m

Armament:
6 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (3x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1946 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1946 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1946 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
4 - 0.55" / 14.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.08lbs / 0.04kg shells, 1946 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 495 lbs / 225 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 550
8 - 25.6" / 650 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm 0.59" / 15 mm

- Conning tower: 1.18" / 30 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 47,487 shp / 35,425 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 5,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 708 tons

Complement:
206 - 268

Cost:
£2.162 million / $8.650 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 63 tons, 2.0 %
Armour: 15 tons, 0.5 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 10 tons, 0.3 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 5 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 1,186 tons, 38.6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,021 tons, 33.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 610 tons, 19.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 180 tons, 5.9 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
1,395 lbs / 633 Kg = 20.8 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.27
Metacentric height 2.2 ft / 0.7 m
Roll period: 12.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 71 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.51
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.42

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.429
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.77 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24.53 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 61 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 23.62 ft / 7.20 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 22.31 ft / 6.80 m (14.76 ft / 4.50 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Stern: 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Average freeboard: 18.82 ft / 5.74 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 150.7 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 126.4 %
Waterplane Area: 12,767 Square feet or 1,186 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 100 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 42 lbs/sq ft or 207 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.51
- Longitudinal: 1.75
- Overall: 0.57
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Breakdown of Miscellaneous Weights:
- 60 tons for electronics
- 24 tons for eight 65cm M-1944 reload torpedoes
- 16 tons for climatization gear
- 22 tons for mines or depth charges
- 15 tons for two 9K42-M6 "Groza" 2x4 32cm launchers and reloads
- 18 tons for assorted gear and crew comforts
- 25 tons for helicopter and landing deck (not usually embarked)

Electronics Suite:
- NR-132 surface and air-search radar (1 radar, 7.5 tons)
- NR-136 height-finding and air-search radar (1 radar, 7.5 tons)
- NR-119 navigational and air-warning radar (1 radar, 2.5 tons)
- NR-160bis fire-control radar (1 radar, 7.5 tons)
- NR-170 AA fire-control radar (2 radars, 5 tons)
- Radar jammer/detector (2 units, 2 tons)
- French-built SAGEM HF/DF (3 tons)
- Sonar (8 tons)
- Paravane hydrophone and cable reel (10 tons)
- Diesel emergency electric generator (5 tons)
- Gunnery computer for 130mm guns (2 tons)

Ships in Class:
- Serdityi (Enraged)
- Samouvarenniy (Opinionated)
- Bezposhchadny (Merciless)
- Gromky (Loud)
- Raztropny (Prompt)
- Stoikiy (Steadfast)
- Gnevny (Wrathful)
- Statniy (Stately)
- Ryany (Spirited)
- Storozhevoi (Protective)
- Gremyashchy (Reverberating)
- Nastoychivyy (Persistant)
- Vlastny (Overbearing)
- Otlichny (Great)
- Rezkiy (Cutting)
- Speshnyy (Hurrying)
- Vozbuzhdenyy (Exciting)
- Bespokoiny (Restless)
- Surovyi (Severe)
- Smyshlyonyi (Bright)
- Slavnyi (Glorious)
- Boiky (Jaunty)
- Naporystyy (Assertive)
- Bezuprechny (Perfect)

Notes:
A near copy of the large antisubmarine ship Kharkov, the Serdityi differed primarily in mounting two quadruple 65cm torpedo launchers (rather than one quadruple 65 and two triple 45cm ASW torpedo launchers). The dedicated ASW command center placed on the Kharkov class was replaced with torpedo stowage.

Proigryvatel' acoustic decoys can be towed at the cost of some depth charges or mines.

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Thursday, January 5th 2017, 2:23am

Sokrushitelnyi, Russian (Ex-Latvian) Destroyer laid down 1933 (Engine 1947)

Displacement:
1,889 t light; 2,018 t standard; 2,216 t normal; 2,374 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
392.22 ft / 383.86 ft x 35.27 ft x 12.73 ft (normal load)
119.55 m / 117.00 m x 10.75 m x 3.88 m

Armament:
6 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (3x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1933 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1933 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1933 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 495 lbs / 224 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 300
8 - 20.9" / 530 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
2nd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -
3rd: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm -

- Conning tower: 1.18" / 30 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 44,236 shp / 33,000 Kw = 34.33 kts
Range 3,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 356 tons

Complement:
160 - 209

Cost:
£1.163 million / $4.654 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 53 tons, 2.4 %
Armour: 17 tons, 0.8 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 13 tons, 0.6 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 4 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 970 tons, 43.8 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 729 tons, 32.9 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 327 tons, 14.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 120 tons, 5.4 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
689 lbs / 312 Kg = 10.3 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.3 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.20
Metacentric height 1.5 ft / 0.4 m
Roll period: 12.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 53 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.76
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.07

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.450
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.88 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 22.35 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 67 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 50
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Forecastle (30 %): 21.98 ft / 6.70 m
- Mid (50 %): 21.00 ft / 6.40 m (11.15 ft / 3.40 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 11.15 ft / 3.40 m
- Stern: 11.15 ft / 3.40 m
- Average freeboard: 16.59 ft / 5.06 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 167.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 95.2 %
Waterplane Area: 8,970 Square feet or 833 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 81 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 40 lbs/sq ft or 193 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.51
- Longitudinal: 2.22
- Overall: 0.59
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate

Breakdown of Miscellaneous Weights:
- 45 tons for electronics
- 20 tons for eight 53cm M-1944 reload torpedoes
- 15 tons for climatization gear
- 15 tons for two 9K42-M6 "Groza" 2x4 32cm launchers and reloads
- 25 tons for mines or depth charges.
120 tons total miscellaneous weight

Electronics Suite:
- NR-132 surface and air search radar (1 radar, 7.5 tons)
- NR-136 height-finding and air search radar (1 radar, 7.5 tons)
- NR-119 navigational and air-warning radar (1 radar, 2.5 tons)
- NR-160bis fire-control radar (1 radar, 7.5 tons)
- Radar jammer/detector (2 units, 2 tons)
- French-built SAGEM HF/DF (3 tons)
- Sonar (8 tons)
- Diesel emergency electric generator (5 tons)
- Gunnery computer for 130mm guns (2 tons)

Ships in Class:
- Sokrushitelnyi
- Skoryi
- Smetlivyi
- Smotriaschyi
- Serioznyi

Notes:
1947 Refit: ship's machinery was replaced by a pair of more modern and compact steam turbines of 16500 Kw each, allowing the conversion of an unused former engine space to install more fuel tanks for increased range. The class's fire-control was modernized with the installation of a large electronics suite. Two quad-barreled 9K42-M6 Groza launchers were installed on the forecastle in semi-recessed mountings.

Proigryvatel' acoustic decoys can be towed at the cost of some depth charges or mines.

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Thursday, January 5th 2017, 2:23am

Pylkiy, Russian (ex-Latvian) Destroyer laid down 1938 (Engine 1947)

Displacement:
2,264 t light; 2,416 t standard; 2,685 t normal; 2,900 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
434.51 ft / 426.51 ft x 39.37 ft x 11.91 ft (normal load)
132.44 m / 130.00 m x 12.00 m x 3.63 m

Armament:
6 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (3x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1947 Model
Dual purpose guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (1x4 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1947 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in a deck mount with hoist
on centreline aft, all raised guns - superfiring
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1947 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
Weight of broadside 495 lbs / 224 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 350
8 - 25.6" / 650.24 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 2.00" / 51 mm 1.00" / 25 mm 1.00" / 25 mm
2nd: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
3rd: 0.50" / 13 mm - -

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 52,148 shp / 38,902 Kw = 35.00 kts
Range 6,500nm at 14.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 484 tons

Complement:
186 - 242

Cost:
£1.636 million / $6.544 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 53 tons, 2.0 %
Armour: 30 tons, 1.1 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 30 tons, 1.1 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 1,192 tons, 44.4 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 840 tons, 31.3 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 421 tons, 15.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 150 tons, 5.6 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
850 lbs / 385 Kg = 12.7 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.14
Metacentric height 1.6 ft / 0.5 m
Roll period: 13.2 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.66
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.03

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.470
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.83 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23.51 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 66 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 68
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 21.98 ft / 6.70 m
- Forecastle (25 %): 21.33 ft / 6.50 m
- Mid (50 %): 20.01 ft / 6.10 m (13.12 ft / 4.00 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
- Stern: 13.12 ft / 4.00 m
- Average freeboard: 17.13 ft / 5.22 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 167.0 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 96.6 %
Waterplane Area: 11,319 Square feet or 1,052 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 85 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 40 lbs/sq ft or 196 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.50
- Longitudinal: 1.53
- Overall: 0.56
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

Breakdown of Miscellaneous Weights:
- 45 tons for electronics
- 24 tons for eight 65cm M-1944 reload torpedoes
- 15 tons for climatization gear
- 15 tons for two 9K42-M6 "Groza" 2x4 32cm launchers and reloads
- 51 tons for mines or depth charges.
150 tons total miscellaneous weight

Electronics Suite:
- NR-132 surface and air search radar (1 radar, 7.5 tons)
- NR-136 height-finding and air search radar (1 radar, 7.5 tons)
- NR-119 navigational and air-warning radar (1 radar, 2.5 tons)
- NR-160bis fire-control radar (1 radar, 7.5 tons)
- Radar jammer/detector (2 units, 2 tons)
- French-built SAGEM HF/DF (3 tons)
- Sonar (8 tons)
- Diesel emergency electric generator (5 tons)
- Gunnery computer for 130mm guns (2 tons)

Ships in Class:
- Pylkiy (ex-Latvian Pieplitisa): acquired 1947 and rebuilt

Notes:
1947 Refit: ship's machinery was replaced by more modern steam turbines. The main armament was also updated with new equipment built to stricter Russian specifications, with the old guns being returned Latvia for coastal defense purposes; the 37mm guns were re-sited to ease topweight, which became necessary due to the installation of a large electronics suite. Two quad-barreled 9K42-M6 Groza launchers were installed on the forecastle in semi-recessed mountings.

Proigryvatel' acoustic decoys can be towed at the cost of some depth charges or mines.

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Friday, August 18th 2017, 7:56pm

Udaloi (Project 77M), Russian Bol'shoy Protivolodochny Korabl' laid down 1948

Displacement:
2,500 t light; 2,749 t standard; 3,141 t normal; 3,454 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
473.15 ft / 459.32 ft x 42.98 ft x 13.12 ft (normal load)
144.21 m / 140.00 m x 13.10 m x 4.00 m

Armament:
6 - 5.12" / 130 mm guns (3x2 guns), 79.37lbs / 36.00kg shells, 1948 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline ends, majority forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
4 - 2.95" / 75.0 mm guns (2x2 guns), 15.43lbs / 7.00kg shells, 1948 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline, all aft, 1 raised mount - superfiring
4 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (2x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1948 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
4 - 0.55" / 14.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.08lbs / 0.04kg shells, 1948 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 544 lbs / 247 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 588
8 - 25.6" / 650 mm above water torpedoes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm 0.59" / 15 mm

- Conning tower: 1.18" / 30 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 47,961 shp / 35,779 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 5,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 705 tons

Complement:
209 - 272

Cost:
£2.299 million / $9.195 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 68 tons, 2.2 %
Armour: 15 tons, 0.5 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 10 tons, 0.3 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 5 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 1,172 tons, 37.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,055 tons, 33.6 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 641 tons, 20.4 %
Miscellaneous weights: 190 tons, 6.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
1,437 lbs / 652 Kg = 21.4 x 5.1 " / 130 mm shells or 0.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.25
Metacentric height 2.1 ft / 0.6 m
Roll period: 12.4 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 73 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.56
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.43

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.424
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.69 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 24.57 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 61 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 51
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 23.95 ft / 7.30 m
- Forecastle (25 %): 23.29 ft / 7.10 m
- Mid (50 %): 22.64 ft / 6.90 m (14.76 ft / 4.50 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Stern: 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Average freeboard: 19.01 ft / 5.80 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 148.6 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 124.3 %
Waterplane Area: 12,817 Square feet or 1,191 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 102 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 43 lbs/sq ft or 211 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.51
- Longitudinal: 1.83
- Overall: 0.58
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Ships in Class:
- Udaloi (Bold): Laid down in Arkhangelsk, January 1948.
- Vikhrevoy (Vortex): Laid down in Arkhangelsk, January 1948.
- Vspylchivyi (Spitfire): Laid down in Arkhangelsk, January 1948.
- Boevoy (Militant): Laid down in Arkhangelsk, January 1948.
- Bditelnyi (Watchful): Laid down in Arkhangelsk, January 1948.
- Ostorozhnyi (Careful): Laid down in Arkhangelsk, January 1948.
- Okrylennyi (Winged)
- Velichavyi (Stately, Majestic)
- Volevoy (Volitional)
- Bezboyaznennyi (Dauntless)
- Bezotkaznyi (Troubleproof)
- Oberegayuschiy (Which Protects)

Notes:
Main advance for the Udaloi class is better sonar and better radar for general air-sentry duties. Compared to previous ships, the secondary gun battery is strengthened to include two twin 75mm anti-aircraft guns in two closed turrets.

Proigryvatel' acoustic decoys can be towed at the cost of some depth charges or mines.

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Wednesday, August 28th 2019, 7:29am

Tashkent-class, Russian Large Rocket Ship laid down 1949

Displacement:
2,300 t light; 2,408 t standard; 2,767 t normal; 3,054 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
423.74 ft / 410.11 ft x 41.01 ft x 13.45 ft (normal load)
129.16 m / 125.00 m x 12.50 m x 4.10 m

Armament:
4 - 3.94" / 100 mm guns (2x2 guns), 37.48lbs / 17.00kg shells, 1949 Model
Automatic rapid fire guns in deck mounts with hoists
on centreline, all forward, 1 raised mount - superfiring
8 - 1.46" / 37.0 mm guns (4x2 guns), 1.55lbs / 0.70kg shells, 1949 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring
4 - 0.55" / 14.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.08lbs / 0.04kg shells, 1949 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread, all raised mounts
Weight of broadside 163 lbs / 74 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 550

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.98" / 25 mm 0.20" / 5 mm 0.59" / 15 mm

- Conning tower: 1.18" / 30 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 2 shafts, 46,789 shp / 34,905 Kw = 34.00 kts
Range 5,000nm at 18.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 647 tons

Complement:
189 - 247

Cost:
£1.952 million / $7.807 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 20 tons, 0.7 %
Armour: 10 tons, 0.4 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 5 tons, 0.2 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 5 tons, 0.2 %
Machinery: 1,131 tons, 40.9 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 889 tons, 32.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 467 tons, 16.9 %
Miscellaneous weights: 250 tons, 9.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
1,316 lbs / 597 Kg = 43.1 x 3.9 " / 100 mm shells or 0.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.21
Metacentric height 1.9 ft / 0.6 m
Roll period: 12.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.21
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.32

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
and transom stern
Block coefficient: 0.428
Length to Beam Ratio: 10.00 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 23.33 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 65 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 53
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 30.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 23.62 ft / 7.20 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 22.97 ft / 7.00 m
- Mid (50 %): 22.31 ft / 6.80 m (14.76 ft / 4.50 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Stern: 14.76 ft / 4.50 m
- Average freeboard: 18.82 ft / 5.74 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 149.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 203.0 %
Waterplane Area: 10,950 Square feet or 1,017 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 103 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 41 lbs/sq ft or 199 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.54
- Longitudinal: 2.45
- Overall: 0.62
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Breakdown of Miscellaneous Weights:
Not yet available, 250 tons total

Electronics Suite:
Not yet available

Ships in Class:
- Tashkent: Laid down in Arkhangelsk, January 1949, completed December 9th, 1949.
- Nizhny Tagil: Laid down in Arkhangelsk, January 1949, completed December 9th, 1949.
- Saratov: Laid down in Arkhangelsk, January 1949, completed December 9th, 1949.
- Ulyanovsk: Laid down in Arkhangelsk, July 1949, completed June 9th, 1950.
- Orenburg: Laid down in Arkhangelsk, July 1949, completed June 9th, 1950.
- Lipetsk: Laid down in Arkhangelsk, July 1949, completed June 9th, 1950.

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