Kildin Class Destroyer

Kildin Class Destroyer

Russian Designation: BRK (Bolshoi Raketny Korabl)
Translation: Large Rocket Ship

Originally BPK (Bolshoi Protivolodochny Korabl)
Translation: Large Anti-Submarine Ship

Manufacturer:

Leningrad, Nikolayev and Komsomolsk shipyards

Role:

Coastal Patrol Ship

Year Adopted:

1958, launched in 1960

Number in Class: 4 ships total production
(All completed in 1958)
Displacement: 3,000 tons (Standard)
3,600 tons (Full Load)

Operational Status:

Obsolete: Russia

Armament:

1x SS-N-1 anti-ship missile launcher (before conversion)
4x SS-N-2C anti-ship missile launchers
(after conversion)
2x Twin 76mm Dual Purpose Guns
(on conversions)
8x Twin 57mm Anti-Aircraft Guns
2x RBU-2500 250mm ASW Rocket Launcher
2x Twin 533mm (21 inch) anti-ship torpedo tubes

Sensor Suite:

1x 'Slim Net' air search radar 
     ('Head Net C' on conversions, except for 'Strut Pair' on Bedovy)
1x 'Flat Spin' air search radar
1x 'Top Bow' fire control radar for missiles
     ('Owl Screech' fire control radar for 76mm guns on conversions)
1x 'Hawk Screech' fire control radar for 57mm guns
1x 'Don-2' navigational radar
1x 'High Pole A' IFF system
1x 'Square Head' IFF systems
1x Hull mounted sonar

Engine:

Four high pressure boilers, geared steam turbines delivering 72,000 hp to two propeller shafts.

Crew:

300 Officers and Sailors

Length:

414.9 feet
(126.5 meters)

Draught:

16.1 feet
(4.9 meters)

Beam:

42.6 feet
(13.0 meters)

Maximum Speed:

35 knots

Range: 4,000 Nautical miles (7,413 km) at 16 knots

Aircraft:

None

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