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VYBORG coast defence battleship (1932 / 1947)


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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 equipmentnone
Complement

330



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<i>Vyborg</i> <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Vyborg Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


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.