Soviet World War II destroyers
Appearance
There were fourteen different classes of destroyers that were used by the Soviet Navy in World War II:
- Yakov Sverdlov class Destroyer
- Frunze class Destroyer
- Orfey class Destroyer
- Izijaslav class Destroyer
- Fidonisy class Destroyer
- Leningrad class Destroyer - 6 operational in July 1941
- Tashkent class Destroyer
- Type 7 class Destroyer - 28 operational in July 1941
- Type 7U class Destroyer - 18 operational in July 1941
- Opytny class Destroyer
- Ognevoy class Destroyer
- Town class Destroyer
- Regele Ferdinand class Destroyer
Gallery
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Yakov Sverdlov
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Derzky class or Bespokoiny class
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Izyaslav class
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Project 20 Tashkent class
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Project 7 Gnevny class
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Project 7U Soobrazitelnyy class
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Project 30 Ognevoy class
References
[edit]- Roger Chesneau, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Cassell Publishing. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
- Yakubov, Vladimir; Worth, Richard (2008). "The Soviet Project 7/7U Destroyers". In Jordan, John; Dent, Stephen (eds.). Warship 2008. London: Conway. pp. 99–114. ISBN 978-1-84486-062-3.