Soviet destroyer Smely (1939)
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Smely (Russian: Смелый, lit. 'Valiant') was one of 18 Storozhevoy-class destroyers (officially known as Project 7U) built for the Soviet Navy during the late 1930s. Although she began construction as a Project 7 Gnevny-class destroyer, Smely was completed in 1941 to the modified Project 7U design.
An unidentified Storozhevoy-class destroyer in the Black Sea | |
History | |
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Soviet Union | |
Name | Smely (Смелый (Valiant)) |
Ordered | 2nd Five-Year Plan |
Builder | Shipyard No. 190 (Zhdanov), Leningrad |
Yard number | 521 |
Laid down | March 1938 |
Launched | 30 April 1939 |
Completed | 31 May 1941 |
Commissioned | 18 June 1941 |
Fate | Mined and scuttled, 27 July 1941 |
General characteristics (Storozhevoy, 1941) | |
Class and type | Storozhevoy-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 112.5 m (369 ft 1 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 3.98 m (13 ft 1 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 steam turbine sets |
Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
Endurance | 1,800 nmi (3,300 km; 2,100 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Complement | 207 (271 wartime) |
Sensors and processing systems | Mars hydrophones |
Armament |
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Serving with the Baltic Fleet, she served as an escort after the start of the German invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) in June 1941. While covering minelaying operations in the Irbe Strait, she was mined on 27 July. After the failure of attempts to save her, Smely was sunk by a torpedo from an accompanying motor torpedo boat.