Soviet destroyer Gordy (1937)
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Gordy (Russian: Гордый, lit. 'Proud') was one of 29 Gnevny-class destroyers (officially known as Project 7) built for the Soviet Navy during the late 1930s. Completed in 1938, she was assigned to the Baltic Fleet. The ship was covering a minelaying operation after the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) in June 1941 when she entered a German minefield. One of her sister ships had her bow blown off and Gordy rescued the survivors. The ship provided naval gunfire support for Soviet ground forces over the next several months, although she was badly damaged by a mine during the evacuation of Tallinn, Estonia, in August. After repairs, Gordy was assigned to evacuate Soviet troops from their enclave in Hanko, Finland, in November, but struck several mines en route and sank with heavy loss of life.
Aerial view of sister Razumny, March 1944 | |
History | |
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Soviet Union | |
Name | Gordy (Гордый (Proud)) |
Ordered | 2nd Five-Year Plan |
Builder | Shipyard No. 190 (Zhdanov), Leningrad |
Laid down | 25 June 1936 |
Launched | 10 June 1937 |
Completed | 23 December 1938 |
Fate | Sunk by mines, 14 November 1941 |
General characteristics (Gnevny as completed, 1938) | |
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) |
Installed power |
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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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