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Soviet Navy — Cruiser 1939

German cruiser Lützow (1939)

Admiral Hipper-class cruiser

German cruiser Lützow (1939)
U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy photo NH 91808 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — 1939 The Soviet cruiser Tallinn at Leningrad, Soviet Union, in the late 1940s. Tallinn was built in Germany as the heavy cruiser Lützow . She was sold to the Soviet Union in 1940, but was never completed. The ship became a barracks ship in 1949 and was scrapped in 1960. / View from English (Krasnogo Flota) Embankment through Leutenant Shmidt Bridge to the Leutenant Shmidt Embankment. /

Service

  1. Kriegsmarine as Lützow? — 11 February 1940163 days of the war
  2. Soviet Navy as Petropavlovsk (from September 1940)15 April 1940 — 19531,966 days of the war
Admiral Hipper-class cruiser Particulars
Name
Lützow
Pennant / hull number
1939
Builder
Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau, Bremen
Laid down
2 August 1937
Launched
1 July 1939
Fate
Broken up, 1953–1961 (1953)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
17,322 long tons (17,600 t)
Displacement, full load
19,783 long tons (20,100 t)
Length
210 m (689 ft) OA
Beam
21.8 m (71.5 ft)
Draught
7.9 m (25.9 ft)
Speed
32 knots (59.3 km/h, 36.8 mph)
Complement
1,382
Main gun
203 mm (8 in)

Lützow was a Admiral Hipper-class cruiser, operated by the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number 1939. Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau, Bremen laid her keel on 2 August 1937. She was launched on 1 July 1939.

Four ships of the class were built. The class followed the Deutschland-class cruiser and was succeeded by the P-class cruiser.

She displaced 17,322 long tons standard and 19,783 long tons at full load. She measured 210 m (689 ft) long with a beam of 21.8 m (72 ft). Her designed speed was 32 knots, and she carried a complement of 1,382.

Her main battery was eight 203 mm (8.0 in) guns. She carried three aircraft. Her machinery developed 132,000 shp.

She served with the Kriegsmarine as Lützow until 11 February 1940. She then passed to the Soviet Navy, serving as Petropavlovsk (from September 1940) from 15 April 1940. She was in commission for 2,129 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in 1953.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 3 × Blohm & Voss steam turbines
  • 3 × propellers
Power
  • 132000 shp
Armament
  • 8 × 20.3 cm guns
  • 12 × 10.5 cm SK C/33 guns
  • 12 × 3.7 cm SK C/30 guns
  • 8 × 2 cm C/30 guns
  • 12 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
Armour
  • Belt: 70 to 80 mm
  • Armor deck: 20 to 50 mm
  • Turret faces: 105 mm
Aircraft
  • 3 aircraft

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from German cruiser Lützow (1939) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — Official U.S. Navy photo NH 91808 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons