Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War

Battleship class

Sovetsky Soyuz-class battleship

The class in numbers

  • 15 Planned
  • 15 Cancelled

Design and service

Type
Battleship
Built
1938–1941
Preceded by
Russian battleship Imperator Nikolai I (1916)
Succeeded by
Project 24

Class specifications

Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.

After 1941 modifications
Displacement, standard
58,216 long tons (59,150 t)
Displacement, full load
64,121 long tons (65,150 t)
Length
269.4 m (883.9 ft) OA
Speed
28 knots (51.9 km/h, 32.2 mph)
Main gun
406 mm (16 in)
Armament
  • 3 × triple 406 mm guns
  • 6 × twin 152 mm guns
  • 6 × twin 100 mm DP guns
  • 10 × quadruple 37 mm AA guns

Sources