Soviet cruiser Aleksandr Nevsky

Aleksandr Nevsky in 1983
History
Soviet Union
Name
  • Aleksandr Nevsky
  • (Александр Невский)
NamesakeAlexander Nevsky
Ordered1 December 1948
BuilderAdmiralty Shipyard, Leningrad
Yard number625
Laid down30 May 1950
Launched7 June 1951
Commissioned31 December 1952
Recommissioned15 December 1970
Decommissioned30 May 1989
Stricken31 December 1989
IdentificationSee Pennant numbers
FateScrapped, 1991
General characteristics
Class & typeSverdlov-class cruiser
Displacement
  • 13,600 tonnes (13,385 long tons) standard
  • 16,640 tonnes (16,377 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)
Complement1,250
Armament
  • 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
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)

Aleksandr Nevsky was a Sverdlov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy.

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