The Kildin-class destroyer was a series of
destroyers
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larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...
built for the
Soviet Navy in the 1950s. They were a missile armed version of the , and the class was named for
Kildin Island
Kildin (also Kilduin; russian: Кильдин, North Sami: Gieldasuolu) is a small Russian island in the Barents Sea, off the Russian shore and about 120 km from Norway. Administratively, Kildin belongs to the Murmansk Oblast of the Russia ...
. Four ships were built around the KSShch (КСЩ,
SS-N-1
The KSShch (russian: Корабельный снаряд «Щука» (КСЩ); Romanization of Russian, tr.:''Korabelny snaryad Shchuka (KSShch)''; en, Shchuka Anti-Ship Missile, "Shchuka" – Pike (fish), pike in English) was a Soviet Union ...
)
anti-ship missile
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. When this missile became obsolete in the 1960s, three ships were modernised in 1972-1977. All ships were decommissioned in the late 1980s early 1990s. The Soviet designation was Project 56EM for the prototype (''Bedovy''), Project 56M for three series ships, and Project 56U for the modernised ships.
Design
The Kotlin-class hull and machinery were retained, A rail SSM launcher was fitted at the stern and the forward 130mm gun was replaced by two quad 57mm anti aircraft guns (45mm in ''Bedovy''). The torpedo tubes were replaced by twin 533mm tubes located on the beam. After the SS-N-1 missile was declared to be obsolete the Soviets replaced these missiles with two 76mm gun turrets aft and four SS-N-2 missile launchers.
Ships
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Bedovy'' (Бедовый - ''Mischievous'') - built by
Zhdanov Shipyard,
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, completed 1958, scrapped 1989
* ''
Neulovimy'' (Неуловимый - ''Elusive'') - built by
Zhdanov Shipyard,
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, completed 1958, scrapped 1990
* ''
Prozorlivy'' (Прозорливый - ''Perceptive'' ) - built in
Nikolayev, completed 1958, scrapped 1991
* ''
Neuderzhimy'' (Неудержимый - ''Unrestrainable'') - built in Komsomolsk na Amure, completed 1958, scrapped 1985 (not modernised)
*''Neukrotimy'' (Неукротимый - ''Indomitable'') - cancelled before construction starts
See also
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List of ships of the Soviet Navy
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List of ships of Russia by project number
The list of ships of Russia by project number includes all Russian ships by assigned project numbers. Ship descriptions are Russian assigned classifications when known. (The Russian term "проект" can be translated either as the cognate "pr ...
References
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All Russian Kildin Class Destroyers - Complete Ship List
{{Kildin-class destroyer
Destroyer classes