Uragan-class guard ship
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Uragan |
| Builders | Mykolaiv Black Sea shipyard(4) Peterburg North Shipyard(14) |
| Operators | Soviet Navy |
| Preceded by | N/A |
| Succeeded by | Yastreb class |
| Subclasses | Series I, II, III, IV |
| Built | 1927–1938 |
| In service | 1930–1959 |
| In commission | 1930–1956 |
| Completed | 18 |
| Lost | 4 |
| General characteristics (Type I as built) | |
| Class & type | Uragan-class guard ship |
| Displacement | 490 t (480 long tons) (standard) |
| Length | 71.5 m (234 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 2.95 m (9 ft 8 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (trials) |
| Range | 850 nmi (1,570 km; 980 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement | 107–114 men (wartime) |
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Uragan-class guard ships (рус: Сторожевой корабель тип Ураган) were built for the Soviet Navy as small patrol and escort ships in four batches with slightly different specifications. Their official Soviet designations were Projects 2, 4 and 39, but they were nicknamed the "Bad Weather Flotilla" by Soviet sailors by virtue of their meteorological names. Eighteen were built from 1927 to 1938 and those of the Baltic and Northern Fleets participated in the 1939–1940 Winter War against Finland. The Uragan class served during World War II in all four of the Soviet Fleets, including Black Sea and Pacific Fleets. Four of those ships assigned to the Baltic Fleet were lost during the war, including two during the Soviet evacuation of Tallinn in late 1941.
The surviving ships of the Baltic Fleet participated in the Siege of Leningrad and the subsequent Leningrad–Novgorod offensive in 1944.