Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Soviet Navy — Destroyer

Soviet destroyer Kharkov

Leningrad-class destroyer destroyer leader

Soviet destroyer Kharkov
Unknown official photographer — http://www.allworldwars.com/USSR-Navy-1943.html — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate Destroyer leader Kharkov

Service

  1. Soviet Navy as Kharkov19 November 1938 — 6 October 19431,496 days of the war
Leningrad-class destroyer destroyer leader Particulars
Name
Kharkov
Namesake
Kharkov
Builder
Shipyard No. 198 (Marti South), Nikolayev
Laid down
19 October 1932
Launched
9 September 1934
Commissioned
19 November 1938
Fate
Sunk by aircraft, 6 October 1943
By aircraft (1943)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard
2,150 long tons (2,185 t)
Length
127.5 m (418.3 ft) OA
Beam
11.7 m (38.4 ft)
Draught
4.06 m (13.3 ft)
Speed
40 knots (74.1 km/h, 46 mph)
Range
2,100 nmi (3,889 km)
Complement
250
Main gun
130 mm (5.1 in)

Kharkov was a destroyer of the Leningrad-class destroyer destroyer leader, operated by the Soviet Navy. The ship was named after Kharkov. Her keel was laid at Shipyard No. 198 (Marti South), Nikolayev on 19 October 1932. Launched on 9 September 1934, she entered service on 19 November 1938.

Five ships of the class were built. The Tashkent-class destroyer followed.

Displacement was 2,150 long tons. She measured 127.5 m (418 ft) long with a beam of 11.7 m (38 ft). Her designed speed was 40 knots, and she carried a complement of 250.

Her main battery was five 130 mm (5.1 in) guns. Her machinery developed 66,000 shp through three shafts.

She was in commission for 1,496 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 6 October 1943 by aircraft. 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
  • 3 shafts; 3 geared steam turbines
Power
  • 3 three-drum boilers
  • 66000 shp
Armament
  • 5 × single 130 mm guns
  • 2 × single 76.2 mm AA guns
  • 2 × single 45 mm AA guns
  • 2 × quadruple 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 68–115 mines
  • 52 depth charges

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from Soviet destroyer Kharkov on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown official photographer — http://www.allworldwars.com/USSR-Navy-1943.html — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons