Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War

Destroyer class

Tashkent-class destroyer

Tashkent class

The class in numbers

  • 4 Planned
  • 1 Completed
  • 3 Cancelled
  • 1 Lost

Design and service

Type
Destroyer
Built
1937–1940
Succeeded by
Kiev-class destroyer

Class specifications

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

As designed
Displacement, standard
2,840 long tons (2,886 t)
Length
139.7 m (458.3 ft) OA
Speed
42.7 knots (79.1 km/h, 49.1 mph)
Complement
250
Main gun
130 mm (5.1 in)
Armament
  • 3 × twin 130 mm guns
  • 6 × single 45 mm AA guns
  • 6 × single 12.7 mm machine guns
  • 3 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • 76 mines
  • 24 × depth charge, 2 depth charge throwers, 1 rack

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