Svetlana-class cruiser
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Svetlana |
| Operators |  Soviet Navy |
| In commission | 21 March 1927 - 1958 |
| Completed | 8 (3 completed as cruisers) |
| General characteristics (Original Svetlana, 1912 draft) | |
| Type | Light cruiser |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 6,800 tons (standard) 7,400 tons (full load) |
| Length | 158.4 m overall |
| Beam | 15.35 m |
| Draft | 5.7 m |
| Propulsion | 16 Yarrow oil boilers, 4 Parsons turbines, 50,000 shaft horsepower (37,000 kW) |
| Speed | 29.5 knots (54.6 km/h) @ 50,000 shp (37,000 kW) |
| Range | 1,490 nautical miles (2,760 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement | 878 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 15×130/55 guns 4×64 mm anti-aircraft guns 4× machine guns 2 450 mm torpedo launchers |
| Armour | list error: <br /> list (help) 75 mm main belt 20+25 mm deck 120 mm conning tower |
The "Svetlana" class was the first and only series of light cruisers of the Russian Empire. 8 were laid down as part of 1912-1916 shipbuilding program, intended for scouting service with Gangut and Maria-class battleship formations and leading destroyer flotillas.
Construction was interrupted by World War I and Russian revolution of 1917. Three hulls were completed by the Soviet Union as cruisers (including heavily modified Krasny Kavkaz), two were completed as tankers, the rest three scrapped.
Original program
Svetlana, the first true light cruiser of Russian navy, was heavily dependent on pre-war cruiser designs. 6 out of 15 single-mount guns were placed in casements, 9 on the deck. Despite good experience with 152-mm Canet guns, Navy standard since 1892,[1] Svetlana employed smaller and inferior 130-mm guns.
The concept was formulated in 1912 by Alexei Krylov. Hull was designed by colonel Sasinovsky and refined by John Brown and Company shipyards in Clydebank who ran a series of scale model tests. Superstructure was initially designed to resemble both Gangut class battleships Novik class destroyers; tripod masts with raised rangefinders were added in 1920s. Specifications were continuously changed throughout WW1, adding two flying boats, roll dampers etc.
| Original name | In Soviet service | Laid down[2] | Launched[2] | Commissioned[2] | Fate[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltic Fleet Group | |||||
| Svetlana , Светлана | Profintern, Krasny Krym, Красный Крым | 11.11.1913 | 28.11.1915 | 01.07.1928 | Converted to a blockship 18.03.1958, scrapped 1959 |
| Admiral Butakov, Адмирал Бутаков | 23.07.1916 | 1917 | Cancelled, scrapped in early 1950s | ||
| Admiral Spiridov, Адмирал Спиридонов | completed as tanker | 16.11.1913 | 27.08.1916 | 1926 | 1941 |
| Admiral Greig, Адмирал Грейг | completed as tanker | 24.11.1913 | 26.11.1916 | 1926 | Beached by a storm and broke in two 23.12.1937 in Tuapse harbor, scrapped. |
| Black Sea Fleet Group | |||||
| Admiral Nakhimov , Адмирал Нахимов | Chervona Ukraina, Червона Украина | 18.10.1913 | 25.10.1915 | 21.03.1927 | Sunk by German air raid 12.11.1941. Salvaged in 1947, used as target until 1952 |
| Admiral Kornilov, Адмирал Корнилов | July 1914 | Cancelled, never launched, scrapped in 1920s | |||
| Admiral Istomin, Адмирал Истомин | July 1914 | Cancelled, never launched, scrapped in 1920s | |||
| Admiral Lazarev | Krasny Kavkaz | 18.10.1913 | 15.05.1916 | 25.01.1932 | Sunk as target 1952, scrapped 1958 |
Post-WWI completion
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