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Ships

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

Technical data

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

Standard scale images

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 planne

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.