Soviet cruiser Admiral Lazarev

Admiral Lazarev in 1957
History
Soviet Union
Name
  • Admiral Lazarev
  • (Адмирал Лазарев)
NamesakeMikhail Lazarev
Ordered9 November 1950
BuilderAdmiralty Shipyard, Leningrad
Yard number626
Laid down6 February 1951
Launched29 June 1952
Commissioned30 December 1953
Recommissioned18 March 1972
Decommissioned12 October 1986
Stricken11 February 1988
IdentificationSee Pennant numbers
FateScrapped, 1991
General characteristics
Class and typeSverdlov-class cruiser
Displacement
  • 13,600 tonnes (13,385 long tons) standard
  • 16,640 tonnes (16,377 long tons) full load
Length
  • 210 m (689 ft 0 in) overall
  • 205 m (672 ft 7 in) waterline
Beam22 m (72 ft 2 in)
Draught6.9 m (22 ft 8 in)
Propulsion
Speed32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement1,250
Armament
  • 4 × triple 15.2 cm (6.0 in)/57 cal B-38 guns in Mk5-bis turrets
  • 6 × twin 10 cm (3.9 in)/56 cal Model 1934 guns in SM-5-1 mounts
  • 16 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) AA guns in V-11M mounts
  • 2 × quintuple 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes in PTA-53-68-bis mounts
Armour
  • Belt: 100 mm (3.9 in)
  • Conning tower: 150 mm (5.9 in)
  • Deck: 50 mm (2.0 in)
  • Turrets: 175 mm (6.9 in) front, 65 mm (2.6 in) sides, 60 mm (2.4 in) rear, 75 mm (3.0 in) roof
  • Barbettes: 130 mm (5.1 in)
  • Bulkheads: 100–120 mm (3.9–4.7 in)

Admiral Lazarev was a Sverdlov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy.