Spravedlivyy 1960
Bravyy 1956
Blagorodnyy 1978
Soznatelnyy 1974
Vozbuzhdyonnyy 1989
Veskiy 1979
Plamennyy 1979
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| project 56 | |||||||
| Спокойный [Spokoynyy] | 701 | 190 Zhdanov Yd, Leningrad | 4.3.1953 | 28.11.1953 | 27.6.1956 | stricken 4.1990 | |
| Светлый [Svetlyy] | 702 | 190 Zhdanov Yd, Leningrad | 4.3.1953 | 27.10.1953 | 17.9.1955 | stricken 4.1989 | |
| Спешный [Speshnyy] | 703 | 190 Zhdanov Yd, Leningrad | 30.5.1953 | 7.8.1954 | 30.9.1955 | stricken 4.1989 | |
| Скромный [Skromnyy] | 704 | 190 Zhdanov Yd, Leningrad | 27.7.1953 | 26.10.1954 | 30.12.1955 | stricken 4.1989 | |
| Сведущий [Svedushchiy] | 705 | 190 Zhdanov Yd, Leningrad | 7.12.1953 | 17.2.1955 | 31.1.1956 | stricken 4.1992 | |
| Смышлёный [Smyshlionyy], 10.1958- Московский комсомолец [Moskovskiy komsomolets] | 706 | 190 Zhdanov Yd, Leningrad | 23.2.1954 | 24.5.1955 | 28.6.1956 | stricken 7.1986 | |
| Скрытный [Skrytnyy] | 707 | 190 Zhdanov Yd, Leningrad | 25.7.1954 | 27.9.1955 | 30.9.1956 | stricken 4.1989 | |
| Сознательный [Soznatelnyy] | 708 | 190 Zhdanov Yd, Leningrad | 25.9.1954 | 15.1.1956 | 31.10.1956 | stricken 3.1988 | |
| Справедливый [Spravedlivyy] | 709 | 190 Zhdanov Yd, Leningrad | 25.12.1954 | 12.4.1956 | 20.12.1956 | to Poland 6.1970 (Warszawa) | |
| Несокрушимый [Nesokrushimyy] | 710 | 190 Zhdanov Yd, Leningrad | 15.6.1955 | 20.7.1956 | 30.6.1957 | target 12.1987 | |
| Находчивый [Nakhodchivyy] | 741 | 190 Zhdanov Yd, Leningrad | 19.10.1955 | 30.10.1956 | 18.9.1957 | stricken 4.1989 | |
| Настойчивый [Nastoychivyy] | 742 | 190 Zhdanov Yd, Leningrad | 3.3.1956 | 23.4.1957 | 30.11.1957 | stricken 4.1989 | |
| Блестящий [Blestyashchiy] | 1201 | 445 61 Kommunar Yd, Nikolayev | 20.2.1953 | 27.11.1953 | 30.9.1955 | stricken 7.1987 | |
| Бывалый [Byvalyy] | 1202 | 445 61 Kommunar Yd, Nikolayev | 6.5.1953 | 31.3.1954 | 21.12.1955 | stricken 7.1988 | |
| Бесследный [Besslednyy] | 1205 | 445 61 Kommunar Yd, Nikolayev | 1.4.1954 | 5.11.1955 | 31.10.1956 | stricken 4.1988 | |
| Бурливый [Burlivyy] | 1206 | 445 61 Kommunar Yd, Nikolayev | 5.5.1954 | 28.1.1956 | 28.12.1956 | stricken 5.1989 | |
| Благородный [Blagorodnyy] | 1207 | 445 61 Kommunar Yd, Nikolayev | 5.3.1955 | 30.8.1956 | 18.7.1957 | stricken 4.1989 | |
| Пламенный [Plamennyy] | 1208 | 445 61 Kommunar Yd, Nikolayev | 3.9.1955 | 26.10.1956 | 31.8.1957 | stricken 6.1991 | |
| Напористый [Naporistyy] | 1209 | 445 61 Kommunar Yd, Nikolayev | 17.8.1955 | 30.12.1956 | 31.10.1957 | stricken 7.1987 | |
| Вызывающий [Vyzyvayushchiy] | 81 | 199 Yd, Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 25.7.1953 | 20.5.1955 | 31.3.1956 | stricken 4.1989 | |
| Веский [Veskiy] | 82 | 199 Yd, Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 30.1.1954 | 31.7.1955 | 30.3.1956 | stricken 7.1987 | |
| Вдохновенный [Vdokhnovennyy] | 83 | 199 Yd, Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 31.8.1954 | 7.5.1956 | 31.10.1956 | stricken 3.1987 | |
| Возмущённый [Vozmushchionnyy] | 84 | 199 Yd, Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 30.12.1954 | 8.7.1956 | 31.12.1956 | stricken 3.1987 | |
| Возбуждённый [Vozbuzhdionnyy] | 85 | 199 Yd, Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 29.7.1955 | 10.5.1957 | 31.10.1957 | stricken 4.1989 | |
| Влиятельный [Vliyatelnyy] | 86 | 199 Yd, Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 29.10.1955 | 10.5.1957 | 6.11.1957 | stricken 7.1988 | |
| Выдержанный [Vyderzhannyy], 2.1967- Дальневосточный комсомолец [Dalnevostochnyy komsomolets] | 87 | 199 Yd, Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 30.6.1956 | 24.6.1957 | 10.12.1957 | accommodation hulk 4.1992 | |
| project 56K | |||||||
| Бравый [Bravyy] | 1203 | 445 61 Kommunar Yd, Nikolayev | 25.7.1953 | 28.2.1955 | 9.1.1956 | stricken 7.1987 | |
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Displacement standard, t |
56: 2667 56K: 2890 |
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Displacement full, t |
56: 3230 56K: 3447 |
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Length, m |
126.1 |
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Breadth, m |
12.8 |
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Draught, m |
56: 4.26 56K: 4.50 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 TV-8 geared steam turbines sets, 4 KV-76 boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
72000 |
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Max speed, kts |
56: 38 56K: 35.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
56: 3090(17.9) 56K: 3000(18) |
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Armament |
56: 2 x 2 - 130/58 SM-2-1, 4 x 4 - 45/89 SM-20-ZIF, 2 x 5 - 533 TT, 6 DCT, 2 DCR (48), 36 - 50 mines 56K: 1 x 2 M-1 Volna SAM (16 V-600(4K90)), 1 x 2 - 130/58 SM-2-1, 1 x 4 - 45/89 SM-20-ZIF, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 2 x 16 RBU-2500 Smerch ASWRL, 6 DCT, 2 DCR (48) |
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Electronic equipment |
56: 701, 702: Rif, Neptun, Yakor'-M1, 2x Fut-B, Zaria radars, Pegas-2 sonar 56: 703-705, 710, 1201, 1202, 1205: Rif, Neptun, Yakor'-M1, 2x Fut-B, Zaria radars, Pegas-2 sonar, Machta-P4 ECM suite 56: 707-709, 742, 1206-1209, 81-87: Fut-N, Neptun, Yakor'-M1, 2x Fut-B, Zaria radars, Pegas-2 sonar, Machta-P4 ECM suite 56: 706, 741: Fut-N, Neptun, Yakor'-M1, 2x Fut-B, Volna radars, Pegas-2 sonar, Machta-P4 ECM suite 56K: MR-300 Angara, Neptun, Yakor'-M1, 4R-90 Yatagan, Fut-B, Zaria radars, Pegas-2 sonar, Machta-P4 ECM suite |
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Complement |
56: 284 56K: 270 |
Project history: This Project 56 design was the shrunken version of Project 41. Work began under a 2 June 1951 decree on 'changes in the military characteristics of Project 41'. The main changes ordered were a reduction in full load displacement from 3770t to 3150t, full speed increased from 36kts to 39kts, cruising range (14kts) reduced from 5500nm to 4000nm, stores endurance halved to 10 days, and lighter torpedo tubes and unstabilized 45mm gun mounts (quadruple SM-20s instead of twin SM-16s, 750 rather than 1000 rounds/barrel). A production run of 100 ships (rather than the 110 planned Project 41s) was envisaged. In fact only twenty-seven were completed; production was stopped in October 1955. Four more hulls were then completed as missile ships (Project 56M).
Presumably the 1951 figures represented a sketch design already available; TsKB-53 skipped the usual preliminary design stage to go directly to detailed design in hope of rescuing the production schedule. Work on the first two ships began in February 1952 (much prefabrication preceded the official keel laying. It was soon obvious that the preliminary figures had been too optimistic. However, the figures were officially confirmed in a TTZ issued 4 April 1954 (full load displacement was allowed to rise to 3220t, required speed to fall to 38.5kts, and the 25mm guns of Project 41 were eliminated). By this time the first unit was nearly ready to launch.
There were some differences from Project 41 armament: the director was a new type (Sfera-56; the analogous Sfera-50 was used on Project 50 frigates) and the 45mm guns were arranged in a rhombus so that fire could be concentrated along the centreline. Unlike project 41, project 56 had no ASW rocket launchers forward.
To accommodate the armament and powerplant of Project 41 in a smaller hull, some volume was pushed up above the main deck. To limit topweight, aluminium-magnesium alloy was used in the superstructure. These ships may have had the first Soviet fin stabilizers.
Trials were not altogether satisfactory. Although the powerplant exceeded design power, Spokoynyy did not make her designed speed until major modifications had been made (a centreline rudder replaced two abaft the propellers, and four-bladed propellers replaced the earlier 3-bladed ones). Even brief periods of high-speed steaming greatly reduced the ship's endurance (one hour at full speed cost 184nm at economical speed, compared to 104nm in Skoryy.
This class was very well liked in the Soviet Navy, their high bows made them dry, and they were very fast. Blagorodnyy reportedly made 42.9kts after a 1968 refit, and even the slowest of the class made 36kts about a decade after completion.
One incomplete ship, Bedovyy, was fitted out as a test platform for the new KSS anti-ship missile. The Kiparis system, an adapted gunfire direction system, was used for missile control. Apparently it was then decided to accelerate the missile programme by making this test installation operational (the Project 57 class destroyer was already being developed specifically to fire the KSS missile). Three more ships were completed to a new 56M missile configuration. One of them, Neudierzhimyy, had not been laid down to the Project 56 design, but presumably the material for her construction had already been assembled. These ships were armed with a new quadruple 57mm secondary gun and paired beam torpedo in place of the earlier quintuple mounts. Reportedly the armoured hangar aft contained six missiles. The existing Sfera director was retained.
Modernizations: 1956, Spokoynyy, Svetlyy; 1958, Besslednyy; 1959, Speshnyy; 1960, Blestyashchiy, Byvalyy, Nesokrushimyy, Svedushchiy, Skromnyy: - Rif radar; + Fut-N radar
1958, Svetlyy; 1966, Vyderzhannyy; 1969, Veskiy: + helodeck for 1 Ka-15
1959, Moskovskiy komsomolets: - Volna radar; + Zaria radar
1960, Blestiashchiy, Skrytnyy; 1961, Vdokhnovennyy; 1962, Naporistyy, Plamennyy, Vozmushchionnyy; 1963, Blagorodnyy, Burlivyy; 1965, Byvalyy; 1975, Vyzyvayushchiy; 1976, Besslednyy; 1979, Svedushchiy: as Project 56PLO - - 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 6 DCT, 2 DCR, Pegas-2 sonar; + 2 x 16 RBU-2500 Smerch ASWRL, 2 x 6 RKU-36U Burun ASWRL, Pegas-2M sonar
1961, Moskovskiy komsomolets: as Project 56PLO - - 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 6 DCT, 2 DCR, Pegas-2 sonar; + 2 x 12 RBU-6000 Smerch-2 ASWRL, 2 x 6 RKU-36U Burun ASWRL, Pegas-2M sonar, Kolos-2000 non-acoustic submarine detection system
1964, Bravyy: + 2 x 4 - 45/89 SM-20-ZIF
1960s, Besslednyy: + P-10 radar
1966, Nakhodchivyy; 1970, Nastoychivyy: as Project 56A - - 1 x 2 - 130/58, 3 x 4 - 45/89, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 6 DCT, 2 DCR, mines, Fut-N, 1x Fut-B radars, Pegas-2 sonar, Machta-P4 ECM suite; + 1 x 2 SAM M-1 Volna SAM (16 V-600(4K90)), 2 x 12 RBU-6000 Smerch-2 ASWRL, MR-310 Angara-A, 4R-90 Yatagan radars, Gerkules-2 sonar, Bizan'-4 ECM suite; 3060/3620t, 4.50m draught, 34.5kts, 2150(17)nm, 268p
1966, Vozbuzhdionnyy; 1970, Nesokrushimyy: as Project 56A - - 1 x 2 - 130/58, 3 x 4 - 45/89, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 6 DCT, 2 DCR, mines, Fut-N, 1x Fut-B radars, Pegas-2 sonar, Machta-P4 ECM suite; + 1 x 2 SAM M-1 Volna SAM (16 V-600(4K90)), 4 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230, 2 x 12 RBU-6000 Smerch-2 ASWRL, MR-310 ANgara-A, 4R-90 Yatagan, 2x MR-104 Rys' radars, Gerkules sonar, Bizan'-4 ECM suite; 3060/3620t, 4.50m draught, 34.5kts, 2150(17)nm, 268p
1967, Bravyy; 1970, Byvalyy, Veskiy; 1971, Vozbuzhdionnyy, Naporistyy; 1972, Burlivyy; 1973, Nastoychivyy, Nesokrushimyy, Skromnyy, Skrytnyy, Soznatelnyy, Speshnyy; 1978, Blagorodnyy: + MI-110K thermal wake detector
1969, Skromnyy: as Project 56A - 1 x 2 - 130/58, 3 x 4 - 45/89, 2 x 6 RKU-36U Burun ASWRL, mines, Fut-N, 1x Fut-B radars, Pegas-2 sonar, Machta-P4 ECM suite; + 1 x 2 SAM M-1 Volna SAM (16 V-600(4K90)), MR-310 Angara-A, 4R-90 Yatagan radars, Gerkules-2M sonar, Bizan'-4 ECM suite; 3060/3620t, 4.50m draught, 34.5kts, 2150(17)nm, 268p
1969, Spravedlivyy: as Project 56AE - 1 x 2 - 130/58, 3 x 4 - 45/89, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 6 DCT, 2 DCR, mines, Fut-N, 1x Fut-B, Neptun radars, Pegas-2 sonar; + 1 x 2 SAM M-1 Volna SAM (16 V-600(4K90)), 2 x 1 - 45/69 21KM, 2 x 16 RBU-2500 Smerch ASWRL, MR-300 Angara, 2x Don, 4R-90 Yatagan, Gerkules-2M sonar; 3060/3620t, 4.50m draught, 34.5kts, 2150(17)nm, 268p
1970, Veskiy; 1971, Vliyatelnyy, Svetlyy; 1972, Dalnevostochnyy komsomolets; 1978, Blagorodnyy: + 2 x 2 - 25/112 2M-3M
1970, Veskiy; 1971, Vliyatelnyy, Dalnevostochnyy komsomolets: + 2 x 1 - 45/69 21KM
1970, Veskiy: - Pegas-2 sonar; + Pegas-2M sonar
1970, Veskiy, Vozbuzhdionnyy, Skrytnyy: + MG-409 sonar
1970, Blestyashchiy, Veskiy; 1972, Vozbuzhdionnyy, Dalnevostochnyy komsomolets, Nesokrushimyy, Skrytnyy: + MI-110R radiation wake detector
1971, Naporistyy; 1972, Blestiashchiy, Burlivyy, Vozmushchionnyy, Vyzyvayushchiy; 1975, Vdokhnovennyy; 1978, Plamennyy: + 4 x 2 - 25/112 2M-3M
1971, Blestiashchiy, Vliyatielnyy, Svetlyy, Skrytnyy, Soznatielnyy, Speshnyy; Vozbuzhdionnyy, Dalnevostochnyy komsomolets: - Neptun radar; + 2x Don radars
1971, Naporistyy, Nesokrushimyy; 1972, Burlivyy: + Don radar
1972, Skrytnyy: as Project 56A - 1 x 2 - 130/58, 3 x 4 - 45/89, 2 x 16 RBU-2500 Smerch ASWRL, 2 x 6 RKU-36U Burun ASWRL, mines, Fut-N, 1x Fut-B radars, Pegas-2 sonar, Machta-P4 ECM suite; + 1 x 2 SAM M-1 Volna SAM (16 V-600(4K90)), 4 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230, 2 x 12 RBU-6000 Smerch-2 ASWRL, MR-310 Angara-A, 4R-90 Yatagan, 2x MR-104 Rys' radars, Gerkules sonar, Bizan'-4 ECM suite; 3060/3620t, 4.50m draught, 34.5kts, 2150(17)nm, 268p
1972, Soznatelnyy: as Project 56A - - 1 x 2 - 130/58, 3 x 4 - 45/89, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 6 DCT, 2 DCR, mines, Fut-N, 1x Fut-B radars, Pegas-2 sonar, Machta-P4 ECM suite; + 1 x 2 SAM M-1 Volna SAM (16 V-600(4K90)), 4 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230, 2 x 12 RBU-6000 Smerch-2 ASWRL, MR-310 Angara-A, 4R-90 Yatagan, 2x MR-104 Rys' radars, Gerkules-2M sonar, Bizan'-4 ECM suite; 3060/3620t, 4.50m draught, 34.5kts, 2150(17)nm, 268p
1972, Dalnevostochnyy komsomolets: + MG-329 Bronza sonar
1974, Nastoychivyy: - 1 x 2 Volna SAM; + 1 x 2 Volna-M SAM (16 V-601(4K91)
1970s, Nakhodchivyy, Nesokrushimyy, Svedushchiy, Svetlyy, Skromnyy, Soznatelnyy, Speshnyy, Spokoynyy, Spravedlivyy: - Yakor'-M1 radar; + Yakor'-M2 radar
1970s, Besslednyy: - P-10 radar
1970s, Blestyashchiy: + MI-110P submarine wake detector
1970s, Blestyashchiy: - Machta-P4 ECM suite; + Bizan;-4V ECM suite
1980, Vyzyvayushchiy: - 4 x 2 - 25/112
1981, Nastoychivyy: - MI-110K thermal wake detector
1982, Nastoychivyy: - 1 x 2 Volna-M SAM; + 1 x 2 Volna-P SAM
Naval service: Bravyy was twice badly damaged: 9.11.1970 in Mediterranean Sea in collision with British aircraft carrier Ark Royal and by fire 22.12.1978.
Vdokhnovennyy
Nastoychivyy
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