Soviet cruiser Krasny Kavkaz
Service
- as Krasny Kavkaz25 January 1932 — 21 November 19522,193 days of the war
- Name
- Krasny Kavkaz
- Builder
- Russud Dockyard, Nikolayev
- Laid down
- 31 October 1913
- Launched
- 21 June 1916
- Commissioned
- 25 January 1932
- Fate
- Sunk as target, 21 November 1952 (1952)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 7,441 long tons (7,560 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 8,887 long tons (9,030 t)
- Length
- 170 m (557.7 ft)
- Beam
- 15.7 m (51.5 ft)
- Draught
- 6.6 m (21.7 ft)
- Speed
- 29 knots (53.7 km/h, 33.4 mph)
- Range
- 3,500 nmi (6,482 km)
- Complement
- 878
- Main gun
- 180 mm (7.1 in)
Krasny Kavkaz was a Admiral Nakhimov-class cruiser in service with the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid at Russud Dockyard, Nikolayev on 31 October 1913. She entered service on 25 January 1932, having been launched on 21 June 1916.
Her class ran to two ships. The class followed the Svetlana-class cruiser and was succeeded by the Kirov-class cruiser.
Displacement was 7,441 long tons standard and 8,887 long tons at full load. She measured 170 m (558 ft) long with a beam of 15.7 m (52 ft). Her designed speed was 29 knots, and she carried a complement of 878. Her main battery was of 180 mm (7.1 in) calibre.
Her belt armour was 76 mm (3.0 in). She carried two aircraft. 55,000 shp drove four shafts.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.
She was expended as a target on 21 November 1952. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 shafts, 4 geared steam turbines
- Power
- 10 Yarrow boilers
- 55000 shp
- Armament
- 4 × 1 – 180 mm guns
- 4 × 2 – 100 mm AA guns
- 2 × 1 – 76 mm AA guns
- 4 × 1 – 45 mm AA guns
- 4 × 1 – 12.7 mm AA machine guns
- 4 × 3 – 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 60–120 mines
- Armour
- Upper and lower armoured decks: 20 mm each
- Turrets: 76 mm
- Lower armour belt: 76 mm
- Upper armour belt: 25 mm
- Conning tower: 76 mm
- Aircraft
- 2 × KOR-1 seaplanes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Soviet cruiser Krasny Kavkaz on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Arkhiv fotografiy korabley russkogo i sovetskogo VMF. (Архив фотографий кораблей русского и советского ВМФ.) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons