Soviet cruiser Admiral Senyavin

Profile drawing of Sverdlov-class cruiser
History
Soviet Union
Name
  • Admiral Senyavin
  • (Адмирал Сенявин)
NamesakeDmitry Senyavin
Ordered31 August 1951
BuilderBaltic Shipyard, Leningrad
Yard number437
Laid down31 October 1951
Launched22 December 1952
Commissioned30 November 1954
Decommissioned1 December 1986
Stricken15 December 1989
IdentificationSee Pennant numbers
FateScrapped, 1992
General characteristics
Class and typeSverdlov-class cruiser
Displacement
  • as designed:
  • 13,600 tonnes (13,385 long tons) standard
  • 16,640 tonnes (16,377 long tons) full load
  • command ship:
  • 14,350 tonnes (14,123 long tons) standard
  • 17,890 t (17,607 long tons) full load
Length
  • 210 m (689 ft 0 in) overall
  • 205 m (672 ft 7 in) waterline
Beam22 m (72 ft 2 in)
Draught6.9 m (22 ft 8 in)
Propulsion
Speed32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement
  • as designed:
  • 1,250
  • command ship:
  • 856
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Krab-11 ESM radar
Armament
  • as designed:
    • 4 × triple 15.2 cm (6.0 in)/57 cal B-38 guns in Mk5-bis turrets
    • 6 × twin 10 cm (3.9 in)/56 cal Model 1934 guns in SM-5-1 mounts
    • 16 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) AA guns in V-11M mounts
    • 2 × quintuple 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes in PTA-53-68-bis mounts
  • command ship:
Armour
  • Belt: 100 mm (3.9 in)
  • Conning tower: 150 mm (5.9 in)
  • Deck: 50 mm (2.0 in)
  • Turrets: 175 mm (6.9 in) front, 65 mm (2.6 in) sides, 60 mm (2.4 in) rear, 75 mm (3.0 in) roof
  • Barbettes: 130 mm (5.1 in)
  • Bulkheads: 100–120 mm (3.9–4.7 in)
Aircraft carried1 × Kamov Ka-25
Aviation facilitiesHangar and helipad

Admiral Senyavin was a Sverdlov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy.


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