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The '''Soyuz-class''' was a pair of battleships built the Revolutionary Navy of the Stasnovan Union. The Soyuz-class were the largest and most powerful warships built for the Stasnovan Revolutionary Navy in the period, as well as the heaviest class ever buit in Stasnov. Armed with three triple 406 mm gun turrets and able to sail at a speed of 28 knots, the Soyuz battleships were strong contestants for the title of the most powerful vessels in the Zentrum Sea. The two ships served throughout the war, and participated in virtually all major Stasnovan naval operations. The class was named Soyuz (Union) and its planned five ships were supposed to bear the names of the five "Red Republics". However, only Krasnaya Belovya (Red Belovya) and Krasnaya Korskaya (Red Korskaya) were finished before the war started, and construction of the rest of the ships was cancelled. As a result, the two vessels came to be known as " | The '''Soyuz-class''' was a pair of battleships built the Revolutionary Navy of the Stasnovan Union. The Soyuz-class were the largest and most powerful warships built for the Stasnovan Revolutionary Navy in the period, as well as the heaviest class ever buit in Stasnov. Armed with three triple 406 mm gun turrets and able to sail at a speed of 28 knots, the Soyuz battleships were strong contestants for the title of the most powerful vessels in the Zentrum Sea. The two ships served throughout the war, and participated in virtually all major Stasnovan naval operations. The class was named Soyuz (Union) and its planned five ships were supposed to bear the names of the five "Red Republics". However, only Krasnaya Belovya (Red Belovya) and Krasnaya Korskaya (Red Korskaya) were finished before the war started, and construction of the rest of the ships was cancelled. As a result, the two vessels came to be known as "Malenkov's Daughters" or "Malenkov's Twins", as it was Malenkov himself - a long time advocate of a strong navy - who apporved their construction. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The catastrophic loss of the majority of the Imperial Stasnovan Navy during the First Great War and the following Civil War left the newly born Stasnovan Union without a major surface force. Particularly, the battleship force of the young Revolutionary Navy was composed of just three Gangut-class battleships: the Mark Krauss (former Imperator Alexei II), the Anatoly Volkov (former Knyaz Zakharov) and the heavily damaged Respublika (former Imperatritsa Anna Velikaya). | |||
==Design== | ==Design== | ||
Revision as of 14:23, 20 July 2019
 Krasnaya Belovya c.1941
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: |
8 Noyabrya Shipyards,  Stasnov |
| Operators: | Stasnovan Revolutionary Navy |
| Built: | 1935-1940 |
| In service: | 1940-1960 |
| Planned: | 5 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Cancelled: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Battleship |
| Length: | 262 metres |
| Beam: | 38 metres |
| Draft: | 10 metres |
| Installed power: | 211,000 shp (150,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 3 shafts, Sokolov steam turbines |
| Speed: | 28 knots |
| Range: | 7,680 nmi (14,220 km; 8,840 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement: | ~2,700 officers and men |
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| Aircraft carried: | 4 KOR-2 flying boats |
| Aviation facilities: | 2 aircraft catapults |
The Soyuz-class was a pair of battleships built the Revolutionary Navy of the Stasnovan Union. The Soyuz-class were the largest and most powerful warships built for the Stasnovan Revolutionary Navy in the period, as well as the heaviest class ever buit in Stasnov. Armed with three triple 406 mm gun turrets and able to sail at a speed of 28 knots, the Soyuz battleships were strong contestants for the title of the most powerful vessels in the Zentrum Sea. The two ships served throughout the war, and participated in virtually all major Stasnovan naval operations. The class was named Soyuz (Union) and its planned five ships were supposed to bear the names of the five "Red Republics". However, only Krasnaya Belovya (Red Belovya) and Krasnaya Korskaya (Red Korskaya) were finished before the war started, and construction of the rest of the ships was cancelled. As a result, the two vessels came to be known as "Malenkov's Daughters" or "Malenkov's Twins", as it was Malenkov himself - a long time advocate of a strong navy - who apporved their construction.
Background
The catastrophic loss of the majority of the Imperial Stasnovan Navy during the First Great War and the following Civil War left the newly born Stasnovan Union without a major surface force. Particularly, the battleship force of the young Revolutionary Navy was composed of just three Gangut-class battleships: the Mark Krauss (former Imperator Alexei II), the Anatoly Volkov (former Knyaz Zakharov) and the heavily damaged Respublika (former Imperatritsa Anna Velikaya).