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Vyborg Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Выборг [Vyborg] (ex-Väinämöinen)		705	Crichton-Vulcan, Aabo, Finland	8.1929	28.12.1930	12.1932 // 22.4.1947	stricken 2.1966

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	3900
Displacement full, t	?
Length, m	93.0 pp
Breadth, m	16.9
Draught, m	4.50
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 Krupp-Germania diesel-generators, 2 Leonard electric motors
Power, h. p.	6000
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	diesel oil 93
Endurance, nm(kts)	700(10)
Armour, mm	belt: 55-50, turrets: 100 (face), deck: 20-13, CT: 120
Armament	2 x 2 - 254/45 Bofors, 4 x 2 - 105/50 Bofors M1932, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Bofors M36, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Bofors M38, 8 x 1 - 20/60 Madsen
Electronic equipment	none
Complement	330

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Project history

Finnish coastal battleship Väinämöinen 3.3.1947 was bought by Soviet Union and commissioned as Vyborg.

Ship protection

Main belt covered the hull between the main barbettes and was closed by 30mm transverse bulkheads, flat main deck was connected with its upper edge. There was an anti-torpedo protection including one longitudinal bulkhead.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

In 1949 Vyborg was reclassified to seagoing monitor and in laid up in 1959.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.