The Skoryy class were the first destroyers built for the Soviet Navy after
World War II. The Soviet designation was Project
30bis. The ships were derived from the Project
30 Ognevoy-class destroyer, but were slightly
larger with better sea-keeping and significantly
increased endurance. These ships were longitudinally
framed and completely welded. The ships were built
in 101 modular pre-fabricated sections which led
to rapid building times.
Their general design also remained very
classical, with benches of torpedo tubes distributed between the two chimneys
and the quarter deck, a more modern double turret artillery, and a powerful AA
battery, according to the standards imposed in 1944-45. The machinery and main
armament was essentially identical to those of the Ognevoy class destroyers but
the boilers employed forced draught for increased power. The ships were
modernised in the 1950s with new anti-aircraft guns and anti-submarine mortars
and updated sensors (new radar and sonar). One bank of torpedo tubes were removed
and extra accommodation (deckhouses) added.
In total 70 ships seems to have been built between
1949 and 1953. This was the largest operational
Soviet destroyer class ever, answering the Gearing
class. These ships served on the four fleets (Baltic,
Arctic, Black Sea and Far East) until the end
of the Cold War. The sailors who served on these
destroyers were loved for their simplicity and
reliability.
Destroyer Bezuprechny on 03 December 1947 is
enlisted in the lists of the ships of the Soviet
Fleet. Laid down on 15 July 1949 at the Shipyard
named after 61 kommunara, Nikolaev (yard No.1104),
launched on 31 December 1949, commissioned on
09 September 1950 and on 07 November 1950 was
assigned to the Black Sea Fleet.
On 03 May 1962 the ship was withdrawn from combat
service, and placed at the berth for storage,
and on 14 March 1975 was disarmed, excluded from
the Navy and scrapped.
Specifications |
Displacement (tons): | Standard: | 2316 |
Full load: | 3066 |
Dimensions (m): | Length: | 120,5 |
Beam: | 12 |
Draft: | 4,26 | Speed
(knots): | 35,5 | Range: |
3500 nmi (14,9 knots), 2900 nmi (18,4 knots), 1000 nmi (35 knots), 900 nmi (35,5
knots) | Autonomy (days): | 10
| Propulsion: | 2x30000
hp TV-6 GTZA, 2 fixed pitch propellers, 2x150 kW turbine-type generators, 2x75
kW diesel-generators | Armament: |
2x2 130 mm B-2LM (600 rounds) - Redan radar 1x2 85 mm 92K (600 rounds)
- MPUAZO Soyuz-30bis with Vympel-2 radar 4x2 37 mm V-11 – 8000 rounds
2x5 533 mm PTA-53-30bis torpedo tubes (10 torpedoes) - Mina-30bis with radar Redan-4
fire control system 6 BMB 50 BB-1 depth-charges 52 KB- Krab mines
or 60 M-26 mines | Electronics: |
Gyuys-1M air search radar, Rif-1 surface search radar, Rym-1 navigation radar,
Fakel IFF, Tamir-5N sonar | Complement: | 286
(19 officers) |
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