Kotlin class destroyer (Project 56)

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SAM Kotlin class destroyer Vozbuzhdenyy.''

These ships were cold-war era destroyers built for the Soviet Navy, The Russian name for this class was type 56 Spokoinyy. 26 ships were built between 1955 and 1958, they were all decomissioned in the late 1980's. The Chinese Luda class destroyers are based on this design.

Contents

1 Design
2 General Charecteristics
3 Ships
4 Links

Design

This design was a smaller version of the type 41 Neustrashimyy desroyer which was seen as being too large and expensive for economic series production. Detailed design changes eliminated some of the problems seen during trials of the Neustrashimyy. A production run of 100 ships was planned but this was curtailed because of the advent of the guided missile.

Eight ships were modernised with a SAM system (SA-N-1) replacing the aft gun in the late 1960's. These ships were known to NATO as the Kotlin SAM class.

General Charecteristics

from Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995

Displacement; - 2662 tons standard, 3230 tons full load
Length; - 126.1 m
Beam; - 12.7 m
Draught; - 4.2 m
Machinery: - 2 shaft geared steam turbines, 4 boilers, 72,000 hp
Speed; - 38 knots
Armament: 4 130 mm guns (2x2), 16 45 mm guns (4x4), 10 533 mm torpedo tubes (2x5), 6 depth charge throwers (later replaced by anti submarine mortars), 50 mines
Crew; - 284

Ships

Spokoinyy - Peaceful
Svetlyy - Bright ( or Light)
Speshnyy - Rapid
Skromnyy - Modest
Svedushchiy - Knowledgeable
Smyshlenyy - Sharp (quickwitted)
Skrytnyy- Secretive
Soznatelnyy - Aware
Spravedlivyy - Just , Kotlin SAM modernisation and trasfer to the Polish navy as the ORP Warzawa
Nesokrashimyy - Indestructible
Nakhodchivyy- Resourceful
Nastoyachivyy - Real
Byvalvyy -
Bravyy - Kotlin SAM prototype
Besslednyy
Burlivyy - Turbulent
Blagorodnyy - Noble
Plammeny- Fiery or Ardent
Naporystyy - Forceful
Vyzyvayuschiy- Challenging
Veskiy - Convincing
Vdokhnovenyy - Inspiring
Vozmuschenyy- Indignant
Vozbuzhdenyy- Excited
Vliyatelnyy - Influential
Vyderzhannyy- Consistent

The ships were scrapped between 1987 and 1990

Links

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/56.htm -Article from FAS

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