Indonesian cruiser Irian
Appearance
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Name | Ordzhonikidze |
Builder | Admiralty Shipyard, Leningrad |
Laid down | 19 October 1949 |
Launched | 17 September 1950 |
Commissioned | 30 June 1952 |
Out of service | Sold to Indonesia in 1962 |
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Name | KRI Irian |
Acquired | 1962 |
Commissioned | 1963 |
Fate | Sold for scrap in 1972 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
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Beam | 22 m (72 ft) |
Draught | 6.9 m (23 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 shaft geared steam turbines, 6 boilers, 110,000 hp (82,000 kW) |
Speed | 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) |
Range | 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 1,250 |
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Ordzhonikidze was a Sverdlov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy.
In April 1956 the ship docked at Portsmouth; aboard were Nikita Khrushchev[1] and Nikolai Bulganin[2].
Former Royal Navy diver Lionel Crabb was recruited to observe the Ordzhonikidze.[3]
References
- ^ Day, Peter (8 March 2006). "How Buster Crabb's fatal spy mission angered Eden". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Frogman files show blunders surrounding Cdr 'Buster' Crabb's death". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "FROGMAN MISSING NEAR SOVIET SHIP; British Diver Reported Seen During Russian Leaders' Visit- Feared Dead". The New York Times. May 5, 1956. Retrieved 17 March 2020.