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IRIAN light cruiser (1952/1963)


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Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Irian (ex-Ordzhonikidze) 201 600 194 Marti Yd, Leningrad, USSR 19.10.1949 17.9.1950 18.8.1952 // 24.1.1963 deleted 1972


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

13600
Displacement full, t

16640
Length, m

210.0
Breadth, m

21.99
Draught, m

7.38
No of shafts

2
Machinery

2 TV-7 geared steam turbines sets, 6 KV-68 boilers
Power, h. p.

110000
Max speed, kts

32.7
Fuel, t

oil
Endurance, nm(kts)

5700(17)
Armour, mm

belt: 100 - 20, bulkheads: 120 - 100, deck: 50 - 20, turrets: 175, barbettes: 130, CT: 130
Armament

4 x 3 - 152/59 MK-5-bis, 6 x 2 - 100/70 SM-5-1, 16 x 2 - 37/70 V-11, 40 - 132 mines
Electronic equipment

Rif, Giuys-2, 2x Neptun, 2x Zalp, 2x Yakor' radars, Tamir-5N sonar
Complement

1270


Standard scale images


<i>Irian </i>1965
Irian 1965


Project history

Sold to Indonesia in 1962 where she arrived in October 1962. Soviet Project 68bis. A second Soviet cruiser was to have been acquired by the end of 1963 according to Indonesian sources but was never delivered. There were also talks about an aircraft carrier built on the Sverdlov class hull but eventually nothing came out of it. Irian was modified to serve in the tropical climate but still was ill suited to the tasks of the Indonesian Navy.

Ship protection

Main 100mm belt (3.3m high) protected space between end barbettes and was closed by 120mm fore and 100mm aft bulkheads, there was thin 20mm belt between citadel and ship ends. 50mm flat main deck connected with upper edge of main belt, outside citadel it was 20mm. Steering gear compartment had 100mm sides and 20mm roof. CT had 130mm sides, 100mm roof and 30mm deck, secondary CT had 10mm protection. Main turrets had 175mm faces, 65mm sides, 60mm rears and 75mm roofs. Barbettes were protected by 130mm armour. Secondary turrets had 20mm faces, sides and rears, 10mm roofs and 20mm barbettes.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

She was put on a disposal list in 1972 because of lack of spare parts needed to keep this impressive ship running.

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