K-1000 battleship

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Class overview
Name	K-1000 Heavy Fleet Unit
Operators	Soviet Navy (alleged)
Preceded by	Sovetsky Soyuz class
Planned	7
Cancelled	7
General characteristics
Type	Battleship
Displacement	66,000–79,000 tonnes (65,000–78,000 long tons) (est.)
Length	297m
Beam	38m
Speed	28–33 knots (52–61 km/h; 32–38 mph) (est.)
Armament	12 × 410 mm (16.1 in) or 9 × 460 mm (18.1 in) guns 2 × missile dome 6 × twin 130 mm (5.1 in) guns 8 × twin 45-millimeter (1.8 in) guns 6 × quadruple 45-millimeter (1.8 in) guns 12 × quadruple 25-millimeter (0.98 in) guns 11 x single 25-millimeter (0.98 in) guns
Armour	Waterline belt: 280–470 mm (11–19 in) Upper deck: 70–160 mm (2.8–6.3 in) each Middle deck: 80–180 mm (3.1–7.1 in) Turrets: 190–410 mm (7.5–16.1 in) Barbettes: 235–285 mm (9.3–11.2 in) Secondary turrets: 35–55 mm (1.4–2.2 in) Conning tower: 210–250 mm (8.3–9.8 in) Bulkheads: 240–255 mm (9.4–10.0 in)

The K-1000 battleship was rumoured to be a type of advanced battleship produced by the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold War. Soviet intelligence agencies actively encouraged the circulation of rumours about the type, which were reprinted by several Western journals including Jane's Fighting Ships.^[1]