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List of Russian Cruisers from 1873
through to World War Two. Including name of ships, launch
dates and fates for all Russian Cruisers built since 1875. |
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| Ships Name |
Launch Date |
Fate |
| General
Admiral Class Armoured Cruisers
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| General Admiral |
1873 |
Converted to minelayer in 1909 and renamed Narova and
again Oktiabrya. Used as a training ship later in her life before being
scrapped in 1940. |
| Gerzog Edinburgski |
1875 |
Converted to minelayer in 1909 and renamed Onega. Used
as a training ship before being hulked in 1915. |
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| Vladimir Monomakh |
1882 |
Sunk by Japanese torpedoes on 28th May 1905. |
| |
| Dmitri Donskoi |
1883 |
Scuttled on 29th May 1905. |
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| Admiral Nakhimov |
November 1885 |
Scuttled on 28th May 1905 after being torpedoed by the
Japanese. |
| |
| Pamiat Azova |
June 1888 |
Became a torpedo training ship called Dvina in 1909 but
was sunk by torpedoes from CMB79 on 18th August 1919. |
| |
| Rurik |
November 1892 |
Sunk by Japanese cruisers on 14th August 1904. |
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| Rossia (Rossiya, Rossija) |
May 1896 |
|
Damaged by Japanese cruisers in 1904 but she was
repaired and served in WW1. Scrapped in 1922. |
| |
| Gromoboi |
May 1899 |
|
Heavily damaged by Japanese cruisers in 1904 but was
repaired. Damaged by mines on 23rd May 1905 she was again repaired and
served in WW1. Scrapped in 1922. |
Bayan Class
View Class |
| Bayan (later Japanese
Aso) |
June 1900 |
Mined on 27th July 1904 but repaired then sunk on 8th
December 1904. Raised by the Japanese Navy and served as Aso. Used as a
target and sunk on 8th August 1932. |
| Admiral Makarov |
May 1906 |
Scrapped in 1922. |
| Bayan |
August 1907 |
Served at the Moon Sound action on 17th October 1917.
Scrapped in 1922. |
| Pallada |
November 1906 |
Torpedoed by U26 and sunk on 11th October 1914. |
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| Rurik |
17th November 1906 |
Flagship of cruiser Squadron in the Baltic during WW1.
Ran aground on 13th February 1915 but was refloated, then mined on 19th
November 1916. Scrapped in 1923. |
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| Admiral Kornilov |
1887 |
Used as a torpedo training ship from 1908. Marked for
scrapping in 1911. |
| |
| Svietlana |
December 1896 |
Sunk by Japanese ships Otowa and Niitaka on 28th May
1905. |
| |
| Variag |
October 1899 |
Heavily damaged by the Asama on 9th February 1904 she
was scuttled. Raised by Japanese Navy and served as Soya. Sold to Russia
in 1916 and went to Liverpool for repairs in 1917 but was scrapped there
in 1921. |
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| Askold |
March 1900 |
Served in the Mediterranean and then White Sea until
captured by the Royal Navy and renamed Glory IV. Scrapped in 1921. |
| |
| Novik |
August 1900 |
Scuttled after taking hits from Tsushima on 20th August
1904. Raised by the Japanese Navy and served as Suzuya. Marked for
scrapping in 1913. |
| |
| Boyarin |
June 1901 |
Mined twice and finally sunk on 12th February 1904. |
| Vitiaz
Class Protected Cruisers |
| Vitiaz |
1884 |
Wrecked in May 1893. |
| Rynda |
1885 |
Marked for scrapping in 1914. |
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Rynda.
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Rynda.
From the collection of Dmitry
Lemachko |
|
Rynda.
From the collection of Dmitry
Lemachko |
| Pallada
Class Protected Cruisers
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| Pallada (later Tsugaru) |
August 1899 |
Torpedoes by the Japanese on 8th February 1904 but
survived to be sunk at Port Arthur on 8th December 1914. Raised by
Japanese Navy and served as Tsugaru until scrapped in 1923. |
| Diana |
October 1899 |
Scrapped in 1922. |
| Aurora |
11th May 1900 |
Preserved as an historical monument to the Russian
Revolution. |
| Bogatyr
Class Protected Cruisers
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| Bogatyr |
January 1901 |
Grounded herself on 15th May 1904. Scrapped in 1922. |
| Oleg |
August 1903 |
Sunk by torpedoes from CMB4 on 17th June 1919. |
| Kagul |
October 1902 |
Renamed Ochakov then General Kornilov. Sold to Bizerta
in 1920. |
| Pamiat Merkuria |
June 1903 |
Renamed Komintern and later became a training ship.
Sunk on 17th July 1942. |
| Izumrud
Class Protected Cruisers |
| Izumrud |
October 1903 |
Wrecked on 29th May 1905. |
| Jemtchug |
August 1903 |
Sunk by the Emden on 28th October 1914. |
| Muravev Amurski Class |
| Muravev Amurski |
11th April 1914 |
Sunk on 8th September 1943. |
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| Admiral Nevelskoi |
21st November 1914 |
Sunk on 1st June 1916. |
| Svetlana Class
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| Svetlana
(Profintern) |
27th November 1915 |
Scrapped in 1960. |
| Admiral Butakov |
5th August 1916 (never completed) |
Broken up incomplete late 1950s |
| Admiral Spiridov |
9th September 1916 |
Hulked in 1947. |
| Admiral Greig |
9th December 1916 |
Ran aground and stranded herself on 23rd December 1938. |
| Admiral Nakhimov Class
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| Admiral Nakhimov
(Chervona Ukraina) |
6th November 1915 |
Captured by the Red Army and renamed Chervona Ukraina
in 1926. Foundered and sank on 13th November 1941. |
| Admiral Lazarev
(Krasni Kavkaz) |
21st June 1916 |
Served under the name of Krasni Kavkaz from 1932. |
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| Prut (ex Medjidieh) |
- |
The Russians raised the Medjidieh after she was sunk on
3rd April 1915 and renamed her Prut. She was captured by the Germans in
May 1918 and returned to Turkey. |
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| Peresviet |
- |
Originally a battleship she was sunk but raised by the
Japanese. Handed back to Russia on 5th April 1916 she was classed as a
cruiser. Eventually mined and sunk on 4th January 1917. |
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| Variag |
- |
Raised by the Japanese after she was scuttled she was
handed back on 5th April 1916. Scrapped in 1923. |
| Kirov
Class |
| Kirov |
30th November 1936 |
Served in the defence of Tallin and later in 1941
Leningrad. Decommissioned in 1970s. |
| Voroshilov |
28th June 1935 |
Mined on 20th November 1942 but was repaired. Scrapped
sometime in 1960s. |
| Maxim
Gorkiy Class |
| Maxim Gorkiy |
30th April 1938 |
Damaged by a mine on 23rd June 1941, repaired but
damaged again by German shells in April 1942. Used as a support ship for
Leningrad operation in 1944. Scrapped in 1958. |
| Molotov |
23rd February 1939 |
Damaged by Italian torpedoes on 3rd August 1942 she was
repaired by 1944. Renamed Slava in 1958 and used for training. |
| Kaganovich |
October 1943 |
Renamed Petropavlovsk in 1958. Scrapped in 1960s. |
| Kalinin |
April 1943 |
Scrapped in 1960s. |
| Chapayev
Class |
| Chapayev |
1940 |
Scrapped in 1961. |
| Chkalov |
1948 |
Renamed Komsomolec in 1960. Used as a training ship. |
| Zhelezniakov |
1940 |
Used as a training ship. |
| Frunze |
31st December 1940 |
Scrapped in 1960s. |
| Kuibyshev |
31st January 1941 |
Scrapped in 1960s. |
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Project 53 / Petropavlovsk / Tallin / Dnepr |
| Ex-German Lützow |
- |
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| SVERDLOV
class cruisers |
| Displacement:
13,600t standard; 16,640t full load, Armament: 12-152mm/5 Mk5
(4*3), 12-100mm/70 (6*2), 32-37mm (16*2), 10-533mm TT (2*5), Complement:
1250. |
| Sverdlov |
Baltic |
5.7.50 |
Stricken 1989 |
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| Zhdanov |
Baltic |
27.12.50 |
Stricken 1991 |
| Admiral Ushakov |
Baltic |
29.9.51 |
Stricken 1987 |
| Aleksandr Suvorov |
Baltic |
15.5.52 |
Stricken 1990 |
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| Admiral Senyavin |
Baltic |
22.12.52 |
Stricken 1991 |
| Smitry Pozharski |
Baltic |
25.6.53 |
Stricken 1987 |
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| Kronstadt |
Baltic |
11.9.54 |
BU 1961 |
| Tallin |
Baltic |
11.9.54 |
Bu 1961 |
| Varyag |
Baltic |
5.6.56 |
Bu 1961 |
| Ordzhonikdze |
Admiralty |
17.9.50 |
To Indonesia 1962 |
| Aleksandrnevski |
Admiralty |
7.6.51 |
Stricken 1989 |
| Admiral Lazarev |
Admiralty |
29.6.52 |
Stricken 1986 |
| Shcherbakov |
Admiralty |
17.3.54 |
BU 1989 |
| Dzerzhinski |
Nikolayev |
31.8.50 |
Stricken 1989 |
| Admiral Nakhimov |
Nikolayev |
29.6.51 |
Stricken 1961 |
| Mikhail Kutuzov |
Nikolayev |
29.11.52 |
? |
| Admiral Kornilov |
Nikolayev |
17.3.54 |
Hulk PKZ 130, |
| Oktyabrskaya |
Severodvinsk |
25.5.54 |
Stricken 1957 |
| Murmansk |
Severodvinsk |
24.4.55 |
Stricken 1992 |
| Arkhangelsk |
Severodvinsk |
- |
BU 1961 |
| Vladivostok |
Severodvinsk |
- |
BU 1961 |
| KYNDA
class cruisers |
| Displacement:
4400t Standards; 5600t full load, Armament: 2 SS-N-3 (2*4, 16
missiles), 1 SA-N-1 (1*12, 24 missiles), 4-76mm (2*2, 2 RBU-6000 ASW RL
(2*12), 6-533mm TT (2*3), Complement: 375-390. |
| Grozny |
Zhdanov |
26.3.61 |
Stricken 24.6.91 |
| Admiral Fokin |
Zhdanov |
19.11.61 |
Stricken 30.12.93 |
| Admiral Golovko |
Zhdanov |
18.7.62 |
Stricken 1991 |
| Varyag |
Zhdanov |
7.4.63 |
Decomm 14.10.90 |
|
KRESTA I class cruisers |
| Displacement:
6000t standard; 7500t full load, Armament: 2 SS-N-3 (2*2, 4
missiles), 2 SA0N-1 (2*2, 44 missiles), 4-57mm (2*2), 2 RBU-6000 ASW RL
(2*12), " RBU-1000 ASW RL (2*6), 10-533mm TT (2*5), 1 helicopter, Complement:
380. |
| Admiral Zozulya |
Zhdanov |
17.10.65 |
Extant 1995 |
| Vitse-Admiral Drozd |
Zhdanov |
18.11.66 |
Stricken 1.10.90 |
| Vladivostok |
Zhdanov |
1.8.67 |
Stricken 1.1.91 |
| Sevastopol |
Zhdanov |
28.4.67 |
Stricken 19.4.90 |
| KRESTA
II class cruisers |
| Displacement: 5600t
standard; 6565t normal; 7535t full load, Armament: 2-4 SS-N-14 (8
missiles), 2 SA-N-3 (2*2, 48 missiles), 2 RBU-6000 (2*12, 144 rockets), 2
RBU-1000 (2*6, 60 rockets), 4-57mm (2*2, total 2200 rounds), 4-AK-630
Gatling guns (total 8000 rounds), 2-5 21in TT, 1 Ka-25 helicopter, Complement:
343. |
| Kronstadt |
Zhdanov |
10.2.68 |
Stricken 24.6.91 |
| Admiral Isakov |
Zhdanov |
22.11.68 |
Stricken 30.6.93 |
| Admiral Nakhimov |
Zhdanov |
15.4.69 |
Stricken 31.1.91 |
| Admiral Makarov |
Zhdanov |
22.1.70 |
Stricken 3.7.92 |
| Marshal Voroshilov |
Zhdanov |
8.10.70 |
Stricken 3.7.92 |
| Admiral Oktyabr'skiy |
Zhdanov |
21.5.71 |
Stricken 30.6.93 |
| Admiral Isachenkov |
Zhdanov |
28.3.72 |
Stricken 3.7.92 |
| Marshal Timoshenko |
Zhdanov |
21.10.73 |
Stricken 3.7.92 |
| Vasily Chapaev |
Zhdanov |
28.11.74 |
Stricken 30.6.93 |
| Admiral Yumashev |
Zhdanov |
30.9.76 |
Stricken 23.2.93 |
| KARA
class cruises |
| Displacement: 6700t
standard; 7630t normal; 8565t full load, Armament: 2-4 SS-N-14 (8
missiles), 2 SA-N-3 (2*2, 72 missiles), 2 SA-N-4 (2*2, 40 missiles),
4-76mm (2*2, 4800 rounds total), 4 AK-630 Gatling (total 8000 rounds), 10
533mm TT(2*5, no reloads), 2 RBU-6000 (144 rounds), 2 RBU-1000 (60 rounds;
not in Petropavlovsk), 1 Ka-25 helicopter, Complement: 380. |
| Nikolayev |
Nikolayev |
19.12.69 |
Stricken 29.10.92 |
| Ochakov |
Nikolayev |
30.4.71 |
Extant 1995 |
| Kerch |
Nikolayev |
21.7.72 |
Extant 1995 |
| Azov |
Nikolayev |
14.9.73 |
Extant 1995 |
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151 Azov at Malta, September 2004.
Kara class cruiser, launched 14th September 1973.
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| Petropavlovsk |
Nikolayev |
22.11.74 |
Extant 1995 |
| Tashkent |
Nikolayev |
5.11.75 |
Stricken 3.7.92 |
| Vladivostok |
Nikolayev |
5.11.76 |
Extant 1995 |
| KIROV
class cruisers |
| Displacement:
24,000t standard; 28,000t full load, Armament: 20 SS-N-19 (20*1),
12 SA-N-6 (12*1, 96 missiles), 2 SA-N-4 (2*2, 40 missiles), 2-100mm (2*1),
8-30mm Gatling (8*1), 1 SS-N-14 (1*2, 14-16 missiles), 8-533mm TT (2*4), 1
RBU-6000 ASW RL (1*12), 2 RBU-1000 ASW RL (2*6), 3 helicopters, Complement:
800. |
| Kirov |
Baltic, Leningrad |
27.12.77 |
Extant 1995 |
| Frunze |
Baltic, Leningrad |
26.5.81 |
Extant 1995 |
| Kalinin |
Baltic, Leningrad |
26.4.86 |
Extant 1995 |
| Yuri Andropov |
Baltic, Leningrad |
29.4.89 |
Completing |
| Admiral Kuznetzov |
Baltic, Leningrad |
- |
Cancelled 4.10.90 |
| SOVREMENNYY
class cruisers |
| Displacement:
6200t standard; 7800t full load, Armament: 2 SS-N-22 (2*4, 8
missiles), 2 SA-N-7 (2*1, ?48 missiles), 4-130mm DP (2*2), 4-30mm Gatling
(2*2), 4-533mm TT ("8"), 2 RBU-1000 ASW RL (2*6), 1 helicopter, Complement:
350-380. |
| Sovremennyy |
Zhdanov |
18.11.78 |
Extant 1995 |
| Otchayannyy |
Zhdanov |
29.3.80 |
Extant 1995 |
| Otlichny |
Zhdanov |
21.3.81 |
Extant 1995 |
| Osmotritelnyy |
Zhdanov |
24.4.82 |
Extant 1995 |
| Bezuprechnyy |
Zhdanov |
Aug 1983 |
Extant 1995 |
| Boyevoy |
Zhdanov |
4.8.84 |
Extant 1995 |
| Stoykiy |
Zhdanov |
27.7.85 |
Extant 1995 |
| Okrylennyy |
Zhdanov |
31.5.86 |
Extant 1995 |
| Vnushitelny |
Zhdanov |
17.10.87 |
Hulked incomplete |
| Burnyy |
Zhdanov |
Feb 1987 |
Extant 1995 |
| Gremyashchiy |
Zhdanov |
30.5.87 |
Extant 1995 |
| Bystryy |
Zhdanov |
28.11.87 |
Extant 1995 |
| Rastoropnyy |
Zhdanov |
4.6.88 |
Extant 1995 |
| Bezboyaznennyy |
Zhdanov |
Mar 1989 |
Extant 1995 |
| Bezuderzhannyy |
Zhdanov |
Jun 1990 |
Extant 1995 |
| Bespokoynyy |
Zhdanov |
1990 |
Extant 1995 |
| Nastoychivy |
Zhdanov |
1991 |
Extant 1995 |
| Besstrashnyy |
Zhdanov |
1992 |
Extant 1996 |
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434 Besstrashnyy at Malta, 18th February 1996.
Sovremennyy Class Cruiser, launched 1992.
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434 Besstrashnyy leaving Malta, 19th February 1996.
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| Vazhnyy |
Zhdanov |
- |
Building |
| Vdumchivyy |
Zhdanov |
- |
Building |
| UDALOY
class cruiser |
| Displacement:
6200t standard; 7900t full load, Armament: 2 SS-N-4 (2*4, 8
missiles), 8 vertical launch point defence (48 missiles), 2-100mm (2*1),
4-30mm Gatling (4*1), 2 RBU-6000 ASW RL (2*12), 8-533mm TT ("*4), 2
helicopters, Complement: 300. |
| Udaloy |
Kaliningrad |
5.2.80 |
Extant 1995 |
| Vitse Admiral Kulakov |
Zhdanov |
16.5.80 |
Extant 1995 |
| Marshal Vasilyevskiy |
Zhdanov |
29.12.81 |
Extant 1995 |
| Admiral Zakharov |
Kaliningrad |
4.11.82 |
Extant 1995 |
| Admiral Spiridonov |
Zhdanov |
1983 |
Extant 1995 |
| Admiral Tributs |
Zhdanov |
26.3.83 |
Extant 1995 |
| Marshal Shaposhnikov |
Kaliningrad |
Jan 1985 |
Extant 1995 |
| Simferopol |
Kaliningrad |
24.1.85 |
Extant 1995 |
| Admiral Levchenko |
Zhdanov |
21.2.85 |
Extant 1995 |
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| Admiral Vinogradov |
Kaliningrad |
4.6.87 |
Extant 1995 |
| Admiral Kharlamov |
Kaliningrad |
29.6.88 |
Extant 1995 |
| Admiral Pantaleyev |
Kaliningrad |
1988 |
Extant 1995 |
| Admiral Chabanenko |
Kaliningrad |
1992 |
Extant 1995 |
| Admiral Basistiy |
Kaliningrad |
- |
Extant 1995 |
| SLAVA
class cruisers |
| Displacement:
10,000t normal; 12,500 full load, Armament: 16 SS-N-12, 8 SA N-6 (8
missiles per launcher), 2 SA-N-4 launchers (40 missiles), 2-130mm (1*2),
6-30mm Gatling, 10-533mm TT (2*5), 2 RBU-6000, 1 Hormone-B helicopter, Complement:
600. |
| Slava |
Nikolayev |
27.7.79 |
To Ukraine 1990 |
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106 Slava. At Malta, 27th November 1989.
Slava Class Cruiser, launched 27th July 1979.
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| Marshal Ustinov |
Nikolayev |
25.5.82 |
Extant 1995 |
| Chervonaya Ukraina |
Nikolayev |
28.8.83 |
Extant 1995 |
| Admiral Lobov |
Nikolayev |
11.8.90 |
Ukranian Vilna Ukraina 1995 |
| Rossiya |
Nikolayev |
- |
Cancelled 4.10.90 |
| Admiral Gorshkov |
Nikolayev |
- |
Cancelled 4.10.90 |
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