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Soviet destroyer Stremitelny (1937)
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Stremitelny (Russian: Стремительный, lit. 'Impetuous') was one of 29 Gnevny-class destroyer (officially known as Project 7) built for the Soviet Navy during the late 1930s. Completed in 1938, the ship was assigned to the Baltic Fleet and played a minor role in the 1939–1940 Winter War against Finland. Stremitelny was transferred to the Northern Fleet in mid-1940. After the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) in June 1941, she covered an amphibious landing along the Arctic coast. The ship was attacked and sunk by German dive bombers the following month in Polyarny with the loss of 111 crew and passengers. Her wreck was partially salvaged the following year.
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Name | Stremitelny (Стремительный (Impetuous)) |
Ordered | 2nd Five-Year Plan |
Builder | Shipyard No. 189 (Ordzhonikidze), Leningrad |
Laid down | 22 August 1936 |
Launched | 4 February 1937 |
Completed | 18 November 1938 |
Fate | Sunk by aircraft, 20 July 1941 |
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Class and type | Gnevny-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,612 t (1,587 long tons) (standard) |
Length | 112.8 m (370 ft 1 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
Range | 2,720 nmi (5,040 km; 3,130 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement | 197 (236 wartime) |
Sensors and processing systems | Mars hydrophone |
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