Krasny Kavkaz
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"Krasny Kavkaz" (from Russian: "Красный Кавказ" - "Red Caucasus") was a Soviet cruiser.
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[edit] History
Laid down on October 18, 1913 at the Rossud Dockyard as "Admiral Lazarev" and launched on June 8, 1916. She was only completed on December 14, 1926 due to the Russian Revolution. She was renamed "Krasny Kavkaz" and completed to a modernised design, being commissioned on January 25, 1932. Her armament of four 180 mm guns would have placed her as a heavy cruiser according to London Naval Treaty, but the USSR was not a part of this treaty. In 1933 the cruiser visited the ports of Turkey, Greece and Italy. During World War II under the command of officers A. M. Guschin and V. N. Yeroshenko it fought against Germans in Sevastopol, Odessa, Theodosia and Novorossiysk.
[edit] General characteristics
- full load displacement: 9030 tons
- length: 169.5 m
- beam: 15.7 m
- Draught: 6.6 m
- Machinery: 4 shaft steam turbines, 10 boilers 55,000 hp
- Speed: 29 knots
- Range: 3500 nm at 15 knots
- Crew: 878 men
- Armament:
- four 180 mm guns,
- twelve 100 mm guns,
- two 76,2 mm guns,
- four 45 mm guns,
- ten 37 mm guns,
- six 12,7 mm machine guns,
- four 533 mm torpedo launchers,
- two depth charge launchers; up to 100 mines and 40 depth charges, 2 sea planes
- Armour:
- 1-3 inch belt,
- 1 inch deck,
- 3 inch turrets
[edit] External links
- Ship's history (in Russian)
- http://ship.bsu.by/main.asp?id=102181 - article in Russian from Encyclopedia of Ships
[edit] Bibliography
- А. В. Скворцов. Крейсер "Красный Кавказ"
- M.J Whitley, Cruisers of World War 2, 1995
