Minsk (Minsk Class)


Minsk : Click for full picture


Laid down 5th October 1934
Launched 6th November 1935
Completed N/A
Commissioned 23rd February 1939
Fate N/A
Builders Zhdanov, Leningrad
Russia
Complement 250
Dimensions
Displacement 2225 tons std
2582 tons max
Dimensions 418' 3" x 38' 6"
Draught 13' 3"
Armament
Main guns 5 x 130mm (5 x 1)
Secondary guns 2 x 76.2mm (2 x 1)
Torpedo tubes 8 x 21" (2 x 4)
16 torpedoes
Other weapons ASW:
20 x Type B1 depth charges
32 x Type M1 depth charges

Mines:
84 Model 1926
or
68 Model 1931
Countermeasures None
Armour N/A
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft None
Flightdeck None
Hangar None
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel None
Electronics Fit
Radar None
Sonar N/A
ECM None
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines 3 x boilers
3 x SR steam turbines
Power output 66000shp
Speed 36kts
Shafts 3
Range 2100NM @ 20kts
873NM @ 36kts
Fuel 600 tons oil

Minsk was sunk by German aircraft off Kronshtadt on 23rd September 1941. She was salvaged and recommissioned in November 1942. She was transferred to the Northern Fleet in September 1959 as a target tug.

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