Vidlitsa
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Видлица [Vidlitsa] (ex-Шилка [Shilka]) | 300 Yd (Leninskaya Kuznitsa), Kiev | 12.1939 | spring 1941 | --- | scuttled incomplete 19.8.1941 | ||
Каховка [Kakhovka] (ex-Аргунь [Argun`) | 300 Yd (Leninskaya Kuznitsa), Kiev | 12.1939 | 18.9.1941 | --- | scuttled incomplete 18.9.1941 | ||
Волочаевка [Volochaevka] | 300 Yd (Leninskaya Kuznitsa), Kiev | 12.1939 | spring 1941 | --- | destroyed 4.10.1941 |
Displacement standard, t |
735 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
71.7 |
Breadth, m |
11.3 |
Draught, m |
1.15 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
1600 |
Max speed, kts |
12 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 800(8) |
Armour, mm | belt: 50 - 16, deck: 30 - 8, turret: 50 - 40, CT: 50 - 20 |
Armament |
2 x 2 - 130/50 B-28, 2 x 2 - 45/43 41K, 3 x 2 - 12.7/79 |
Complement |
40 |
Project history: Completely new project of large well-armed monitors for Amur flotilla, intended to replace old Tayfun class ships. In view of threat of German invasion they were planned to be commissioned by European river flotillas. All three incomplete ships were destroyed by builder to avoid capture by Germans.
Ship protection: Ships should have enough strong protection, citadel was closed by 50mm belt and 30mm deck, turrets and CT had 50mm protection.
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