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List of ships of the Soviet Navy

This is a list of ships and classes of the Soviet Navy.

Corvettes edit

In the Soviet Navy these were classified as small anti-submarine ships (MPK) or small missile ships (MRK).

Guardships edit

In the Soviet Navy, frigates were classified as guard ships (SKR)

Gunboats edit

  • Krasnaya Abkhaziya
  • Krasnaya Armeniya
  • Krasnaya Gruziya
  • Krasnoye Znamya
  • Krasnyy Adzharistan

Destroyers edit

Type 1934A destroyer Pylky (ex-German)

Akizuki-class destroyer Vnezapny (ex-Japanese)

  • Kashin class
    • Komsomolets Ukrainy (1960)
    • Soobrazitelnyy – Adaptable (1961)
    • Provornyy – Agile (1962)
    • Obraztsovyy – Exemplary (1964)
    • Odarennyy – Gifted (1964)
    • Otvazhnyy – Courageous (1964)
    • Steregushchiy – Watchful (1966)
    • Krasnyy Kavkaz (1966)
    • Reshitelnyy – Decisive (1966)
    • Strogiy – Severe (1967)
    • Smetlivyy – Resourceful (1967)
    • Krasnyy Krym (1969)
    • Sposobnyy – Capable(1970)
    • Skoryy – Fast (1971)
  • Modified Kashin class
    • Ognevoy – Fiery (1963)
    • Slavnyy – Glorious (1965)
    • Stroynyy – Harmonious (1965)
    • Smyshlennyy – Humorous (1966)
    • Smelyy – Valiant (1968)
    • Sderzhannyy – Restrained (1972)
    • Rajput (built for Indian Navy) (1980)
    • Rana (built for Indian Navy) (1982)
    • Ranjit (built for Indian Navy) (1983)
    • Ranvir (built for Indian Navy) (1986)
    • Ranvijay (built for Indian Navy) (1988)
  • Gnevny class (Project 7 class)
  • Leningrad class
  • Novik
  • Derzky class
  • Orfey class
  • Izyaslav class
  • Fidonisy class
  • Ognevoy class (Project 30 class)
  • Soobrazitelny class (Project 7u class)
  • Regele Ferdinand class (ex-Romanian)
  • Sovremennyy class
    • Sovremennyy – Modern (1980)
    • Otchayannyy – Foolhardy (1982)
    • Otlichnyy – Perfect (or Excellent) (1983)
    • Osmotritelnyy – Circumspect (1984)
    • Bezuprechnyy – Irreproachable (1985)
    • Boyevoy – Militant (1986)
    • Stoykiy – Steadfast (1986)
    • Okrylennyy – Inspiring (1987)
    • Burnyy – Fiery (1988)
    • Gremyashchiy – Thunderous (originally Vedushchiy) (1988)
    • Bystryy – Quick (1989)
    • Rastoropnyy – Prompt (1989)
    • Bezboyaznennyy – Intrepid (1990)
    • Bezuderzhnyy – Tenacious (1991)
    • Bespokoynyy – Restless (1992)
    • Nastoychivyy – Reliable (originally Moskovskiy Komsomolets) (1993)
    • Besstrashnyy – Fearless (1994)
    • Vazhnyy – Eminent (not completed)
    • Vdumchivyy – Thoughtful (not completed)
  • Town class (on loan 1944–1952 from the UK)
  • Udaloy I class
  • Udaloy II class
    • Admiral Chabanenko (1995)
    • Admiral Basistyy (not completed)
    • Admiral Kucherov (not completed)

Cruisers edit

Name Class Built In Service Status Image
Aurora Diana class 1903 1903-1945 Museum ship since 1956
 
Komintern Bogatyr-class 1905 1905-1942 Sunk 1942
 
Chervona Ukraina Admiral Nakhimov-class 1927 1927-1941 Sunk 1941, raised and used as a target
 
Krasny Krym Svetlana-class cruiser 1928 1928-1959 Scrapped 1959
 
Krasny Kavkaz Admiral Nakhimov-class 1932 1932-1952 Sunk as target 1952
 
Kirov Kirov-class cruiser 1938 1938-1974 Scrapped in 1974
 
Voroshilov Kirov-class cruiser 1940 1940-1973 Scrapped 1973
Maxim Gorky Kirov-class cruiser 1940 1940-1959 Scrapped 1959
 
Molotov Kirov-class cruiser 1941 1941-1972 Scrapped 1972
 
Kaganovich Kirov-class cruiser 1944 1944-1960 Scrapped 1960
 
Kalinin Kirov-class cruiser 1953 1953-1963 Scrapped 1963
 
Murmansk Omaha-class cruiser 1944 1944-1949 Scrapped 1949
 
Tallinn Admiral Hipper-class cruiser 1944 1944-1960 Scrapped 1960
 
Chapayev Chapayev class 1950 1950-1960 Scrapped 1960
Zheleznyakov Chapayev class 1950 1950-1976 Scrapped 1976
 
Kuybyshev Chapayev class 1950 1950-1965 Scrapped 1965
Chkalov Chapayev class 1950 1950-1981 Scrapped 1981
 
Frunze Chapayev class 1950 1950-1960 Scrapped 1960
Sverdlov Sverdlov class 1952 1952-1989 Scrapped 1993
 
Zhdanov Sverdlov class 1952 1952-1991 Scrapped 1991
 
Admiral Ushakov Sverdlov class 1953 1953-1987 Scrapped 1987
 
Aleksandr Suvorov Sverdlov class 1953 1953-1990 Scrapped 1990
 
Admiral Senyavin Sverdlov class 1954 1954-1991 Scrapped 1991
Dmitry Pozharsky Sverdlov class 1954 1954-1987 Scrapped 1987
 
Kronstadt Sverdlov class Scrapped Incomplete 1961
Tallinn Sverdlov class Scrapped Incomplete 1961
Varyag Sverdlov class Scrapped Incomplete 1961
Ordzhonikidze Sverdlov class 1952 1952-1972 Scrapped 1972
 
Aleksandr Nevsky Sverdlov class 1952 1952-1989 Scrapped 1989
 
Admiral Lazarev Sverdlov class 1952 1952-1986 Scrapped 1986
 
Shcherbakov Sverdlov class Scrapped Incomplete 1961
Dzerzhinsky Sverdlov class 1952 1952-1989 Scrapped 1989
 
Admiral Nakhimov Sverdlov class 1953 1953-1961 Scrapped 1961
Mikhail Kutuzov Sverdlov class 1954 1954-2000 Museum ship at Novorossiysk
 
Admiral Kornilov Sverdlov class Scrapped Incomplete 1957
Oktyabrskaya Revolyutsia Sverdlov class 1954 1954-1987 Scrapped 1987
 
Murmansk Sverdlov class 1955 1955-1992 Ran aground 1992, Scrapped in place 2013
 
Arkhangelsk Sverdlov class Scrapped Incomplete 1961
Vladivostok Sverdlov class Scrapped Incomplete 1961
Groznyy Kynda class 1962 1962-1991 Scrapped 1991
 
Admiral Fokin Kynda class 1964 1964-1993 Scrapped 1995
 
Admiral Golovko Kynda class 1964 1964-2002 Scrapped 2004
 
Varyag Kynda class 1965 1965-1990 Scrapped 1990
 
Admiral Zozulya Kresta I class 1967 1967-1994 Scrapped 1995
 
Vladivostok Kresta I class 1969 1969-1991 Scrapped 1991
 
Vitse-Admiral Drozd Kresta I class 1968 1968-1990 Sunk 1992
 
Sevastopol Kresta I class 1969 1969-1989 Scrapped 1989
 
Kronstadt Kresta II class 1969 1969-1991 Scrapped 1993
Admiral Isakov Kresta II class 1970 1970-1993 Sunk 1994
 
Admiral Nakhimov Kresta II class 1971 1971-1991 Scrapped 1993
 
Admiral Makarov Kresta II class 1972 1972-1992 Scrapped 1994
 
Khabarovsk Kresta II class 1973 1973-1992 Scrapped 1994
 
Admiral Oktyabrsky Kresta II class 1973 1973-1993 Scrapped 1993
 
Admiral Isachenkov Kresta II class 1974 1974-1992 Scrapped 1992
 
Marshal Timoshenko Kresta II class 1975 1975-1992 Scrapped 1994
 
Vasily Chapayev Kresta II class 1976 1976-1993 Scrapped 1993
 
Admiral Yumashev Kresta II class 1977 1977-1992 Scrapped 1994
 
Nikolayev Kara class 1971 1971-1992 Scrapped 1994
 
Ochakov Kara class 1973 1973-2011 Scuttled 2014, As of 2023 still laid up awaiting scrapping
 
Kerch Kara class 1974 1974-2020 Scrapped 2020
 
Azov Kara class 1975 1975-1998 Scrapped 2000
 
Petropavlovsk Kara class 1976 1976-1992 Scrapped 1996
 
Tashkent Kara class 1977 1977-1992 Scrapped 1994
 
Vladivostok Kara class 1979 1979-1994 Scrapped 1994
 
Slava Slava class 1982 1982-2022 Sunk 2022
 
Marshal Ustinov Slava class 1986 1986–Present In Service
 
Varyag Slava class 1989 1989–Present In Service
 
Ukraina Slava class 1990 1990-Present Laid up in Ukraine, Incomplete
 
Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya Slava class Cancelled and disassembled on the way in 1990

Coastal defence ships edit

Name Class Built In service Status Image
Vyborg Väinämöinen class 1929 1947-1966 Scrapped 1966
 

Amphibious assault edit

Name Class Built In service Status Image
BDK-65 Saratov Tapir-class 1966 1966-2022 Sunk on 24 March 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
 
BDK-6 Tapir-class 1966 1966-1992 Scrapped 1995
BDK-13 Tapir-class 1967 1967-1994
BDK-62 Tapir-class 1967 1967-1997
BDK-66 Sergey Lazo Tapir-class 1968 1968-1994
BDK-69 Orsk Tapir-class 1968 1968–present In service
 
BDK-77 Tapir-class 1969 1969-1994
Doneckiy Shakhter Tapir-class 1969 1969-2002
BDK-100 Krasnaya Presnya Tapir-class 1970 1970-1993 Sunk 1995
BDK-104 Ilya Azarov Tapir-class 1971 1971-2004 scrapped 2004
Alexandr Tortcev Tapir-class 1971 1971-1994
Petr Ilyichev Tapir-class 1972 1972-1993
Nikolay Vilkov Tapir-class 1974 1974–present In service
Nikolay Filchenkov Tapir-class 1975 1975–present In service
 
Nikolay Golubkov Tapir-class Never completed
(SDK-47) BDK-47 Ropucha-class 1974 1974-1994
(SDK-48) BDK-48 Ropucha-class 1975 1975-1994
(SDK-63) BDK-63 Ropucha-class 1975 1975-1994
(SDK-90) BDK-90 Ropucha-class 1975 1975-1994
(SDK-91) BDK-91

Olenegorski Gornjak

Ropucha-class 1976 1976-brought on stand mod. II Damaged on 4 August by Ukrainian army.
(SDK-181) BDK-181 Ropucha-class 1976 1976-1994
(SDK-182) BDK-182 Kondopoga Ropucha-class 1976 1976-brought on stand mod. II In Service with Russia
(SDK-183) BDK-183 Kotlas Ropucha-class 1977 1977-2005
(SDK-197) BDK-197 Ropucha-class 1977 1977-1994
(SDK-200) BDK-200 Ropucha-class 1977 1977-1993
(SDK-55) BDK-55 Aleksandr Otrakowski Ropucha-class 1978 1978–Present In Service with Russia
(SDK-119) BDK-119 Ropucha-class 1979 1979-2018 Sunk 2018
Oslyabya Ropucha-class 1981 1981–Present In Service with Russia
 
Admiral Nevelskoy Ropucha-class 1982 1982–Present In Service with Russia
Minsk Ropucha-class 1983 1983–Present In Service with Russia
 
BDK-102 Kaliningrad Ropucha-class 1984 1984–Present In Service with Russia
 
Georgiy Pobedonosets Ropucha-class 1985 1985–Present In Service with Russia
 
Aleksandr Shabalin Ropucha-class 1985 1985–Present In Service with Russia
 
(SDK-64) BDK-64 Tsezar Kunikov 158 Ropucha-class 1986 1986–Present In Service with Russia
 
(SDK-46) BDK-46 Novocherkassk 142 Ropucha-class 1987 1987–Present In Service with Russia
 
Yamal Ropucha-class 1988 1988–Present In Service with Russia
 
Azov Ropucha-class 1990 1990–Present In Service with Russia
 
Peresvet Ropucha-class 1991 1991–Present In Service with Russia
 
BDK-130 Korolev Ropucha-class 1991 1991–Present In Service with Russia
 
Ivan Rogov Ivan Rogov class 1978 1978-1996
 
Aleksandr Nikolayev Ivan Rogov class 1982 1982-2006 Undergoing scrapping as of 2023
Mitrofan Moskalenko Ivan Rogov class 1990 1990-2006 Undergoing scrapping as of 2023
 

Battlecruisers edit

Name Class Built In service Status Image
Kirov Kirov class 1974 1980-1990 Laid up awaiting Scrapping
 
Frunze Kirov class 1978 1984-1999 Scrapping began in April 2021
 
Kalinin Kirov class 1983 1988–present Undergoing refit
 
Yuri Andropov Kirov class 1986 1998–present Flagship of the Russian North Fleet
 
Dzerzhinskiy Kirov class Cancelled 1990

Battleships edit

Name Class Built In service Status Image
Arkhangelsk Revenge class 1914 1916-1949 Scrapped 1949
 
Novorossiysk Conte di Cavour class 1910 1914-1955 Sunk 1955
 
Frunze Gangut class 1909 1914-1949 Scrapped
 
Marat Gangut class 1909 1915-1955 Scrapped
 
Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya Gangut class 1909 1915-1952 Scrapped
 
Parizhskaya Kommuna Gangut class 1909 1914-1956 Scrapped
 

Aircraft carriers/Aviation cruisers edit

Name Class Built In service Status Image
Moskva Moskva class 1964 1967-1996 Scrapped in Greece 1996
 
Leningrad Moskva class 1965 1969-1991 Scrapped in India 1995
 
Kiev Moskva class 1967 Never Completed Cancelled 1969
Kiev Kiev class 1970 1975-1993 Theme park in Tianjin since 1 May 2004.
 
Minsk Kiev class 1972 1978-1993 Sold to China in 1995; sold again and placed in Naval museum in Jiangsu, China since 2016
 
Novorossiysk Kiev class 1975 1982-1993 Scrapped at Pohang, 1997
 
Admiral Gorshkov Kiev class 1978 1987-1996

2013–present

In service with India as INS Vikramaditya from 2013
 
Admiral Kuznetsov Kuznetsov class 1982 1991–present In service with Russian navy
 
Varyag Kuznetsov class 1985 2012–present In service with China as Liaoning
 
Ulyanovsk Ulyanovsk class 1988 Never Completed Scrapped 1992 40% complete
 
Unnamed Ulyanovsk class Cancelled Cancelled 1991

Submarines edit

SS/SSK edit

SSB edit

SSG edit

SSA (auxiliary) edit

SSN edit

SSBN edit

SSGN edit

SSAN (auxiliary) edit

Others edit

Other edit

  • SSV-33 (Pacific Fleet communications ship, based upon the Kirov-class battlecruiser hull)
  • Lun-class ekranoplan (Commissioned as a ship and used as one).
  • VMF Kommuna is a salvage vessel, and having been launched in 1915, one of the oldest naval vessels still in service in a major navy of the world.
  • Dunay a tall ship built in Italy as the Cristoforo Colombo and acquired as war reparation.
  • STS Sedov tall ship built as Magdalene Vinnen II also acquired as war reparation.
  • Marshal Nedelin class missile range instrumentation/space event support ship
  • Onega class acoustic trials ships
  • Potok/Modified T-58 class weapons trials ship
  • T-43 class acoustic trials ships
  • Kashtan-class salvage vessel, a class of salvage vessel/submersible support

Missile and munitions transports edit

  • Sadko class
  • Amga class
  • Lama class
  • Muna class

Electronic surveillance ships edit

Oceanographic research ships edit

  • Nikolay Zubov class (AGOR & AGI)
  • Sibirykov class
  • Yug class

Survey ships edit

  • Moma class (AGS)
  • Samara class (AGS)
  • Finik class
  • Biya class
  • Kamenka class
  • Vinograd class

See also edit

Citations edit

References edit

  • "World Navies Today: Russia". HazeGrey.org. Retrieved 16 October 2014.

External links edit

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