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Soviet destroyer Smetlivy (1937)
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Smetlivy (Russian: Сметливый, lit. 'Sly') 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 and played a minor role in the 1939–1940 Winter War against Finland. After the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) in June 1941, the ship participated in the Gulf of Riga Campaign before withdrawing to Tallinn, Estonia. Smetlivy supported Soviet forces during the defense of Tallinn in August and covered the subsequent evacuation to Leningrad. The ship provided naval gunfire support to the defenders of Leningrad over the next several months before she was assigned to evacuate Soviet troops from their enclave in Hanko, Finland, in November. Smetlivy struck several mines returning from Hanko and sank with heavy loss of life.
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Name | Smetlivy (Сметливый (Sly)) |
Ordered | 2nd Five-Year Plan |
Builder | Shipyard No. 189 (Ordzhonikidze), Leningrad |
Laid down | 17 September 1936 |
Launched | 16 July 1937 |
Completed | 6 November 1938 |
Commissioned | 29 November 1938 |
Stricken | 17 February 1956 |
Fate | Sunk by mines, 4 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) |
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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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