Svetlana-class cruiser
Krasny Krym at anchor in 1943
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Class overview | |
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Name | Svetlana class |
Builders | |
Operators | Soviet Navy |
Preceded by | Muraviev Amurski class |
Succeeded by | Admiral Nakhimov class |
Cost | 8,300,000 rubles |
Built | 1913–28 |
In commission | 1928–58 |
Planned | 4 |
Completed | 3 (1 completed as a cruiser) |
Cancelled | 1 |
Lost | 1 |
Scrapped | 2 |
General characteristics (as designed) | |
Type | Light cruiser |
Displacement | 6,860 t (6,750 long tons) (standard) |
Length | 158.4 m (519 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 15.3 m (50 ft 2 in) |
Draught | 5.56 m (18 ft 3 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 4 × shafts; 4 × direct-drive steam turbines |
Speed | 29.5 knots (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph) |
Complement | 630 |
Armament |
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Armor |
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The Svetlana-class cruiser was the first
Svetlana, now renamed Profintern, became fully operational in 1928 and was transferred to the
Background and design
The
The Svetlana-class ships had an
The increase in size of the Svetlanas during the design process allowed their main armament to be increased from 12 to 15 Pattern 1913 guns in single mounts. Six of the 10 guns on the main
The waterline belt of the Svetlana-class ships was 76 millimeters thick. It extended the whole length of the hull and covered from the lower deck to 0.91 meters (3 ft) below the waterline. Above it was a 25-millimeter (0.98 in) strake of armor that covered the area between the lower and main decks. Those decks were each 20 millimeters (0.79 in) thick and the funnel uptakes were protected by 25 millimeters of armor. The walls of the conning tower were 76 millimeters thick while the gun shields protecting the 130-millimeter guns were 25 millimeters thick.[2]
Ships
Name | Russian | Builder[9] | Laid down[9]
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Launched[9] | Commissioned[9] | Fate |
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Krasny Krym (ex-Svetlana, ex-Profintern) |
Красный Крым, Светлана, Профинтерн | Russo-Baltic Shipyard, Reval (now Tallinn), Estonia | 7 December 1913 | 27 November 1915 | 1 July 1928 | Scrapped, July 1959 |
SS Azneft (ex-Admiral Greig) |
Адмирал Грейг | 7 November 1913 | 9 December 1916 | 24 December 1926 | ||
Admiral Butakov | Адмирал Бутаков | Putilov Shipyard, Saint Petersburg | 29 November 1913 | 5 August 1916 | Scrapped incomplete | |
SS Grozneft (ex-Admiral Spiridov) |
Адмирал Спиридов | 9 September 1916 | 24 December 1926 |
Service
Svetlana and her sister ships were evacuated to
Admiral Spiridov and Admiral Greig were converted into diesel-powered oil tankers during the 1920s and were renamed Grozneft and Azneft respectively. They were subsequently transferred to the
Notes
- ^ Westwood, pp. 89–91
- ^ a b c d Gardiner & Grey, p. 305
- ^ Dodson and Nottelmann, p. 190
- ^ Dodson & Nottelmann, p. 190–91
- ^ Meister, pp. 34–35
- ^ Friedman, p. 262
- ^ Campbell, p. 361
- ^ Friedman, pp. 264
- ^ a b c d Watts, p. 103
- ^ a b Budzbon 1985, p. 306
- ^ Breyer, pp. 117, 165
- ^ Breyer, p. 165
- ^ Budzbon 1980, p. 326
- ^ a b Meister, p. 31
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