| Soviet destroyer Pylky (1952) | |
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File:RI Siliwangi, Jalesveva Jayamahe, p44.jpg A Skory-class destroyer of Indonesian Navy c. 1960s | |
| Career (Soviet Union) |  |
| Name: |
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| Namesake: | Ardent in Russian |
| Builder: | Zhdanov Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 20 April 1952 |
| Launched: | 31 July 1952 |
| Commissioned: | 31 December 1952 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 May 1964 |
| Career (Indonesia) |  |
| Name: | Diponegoro |
| Namesake: | Diponegoro |
| Commissioned: | 1964 |
| Renamed: | Sultan Badarudin |
| Career | |
| Namesake: | Mahmud Badaruddin II |
| Decommissioned: | 1973 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: 306 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Skory-class destroyer |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | 120.5 m (395 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
| Draught: | 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph) |
| Range: | 4,080 nautical miles (7,556 km; 4,695 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Complement: | 286 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | |
| Armament: |
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Pylky was a Skory-class destroyer of the Soviet Navy which later transferred to the Indonesian Navy and renamed RI Diponegoro (306).[1]
Development[]
The development of the first post-war destroyer project based on the previous project 30 was entrusted to the TsKB-17 team. The composition of the armament was finally specified on November 28, 1945. The technical design materials and working drawings were developed under the leadership of the chief designer A. L. Fisher (deputies G. D. Agul, K. A. Maslennikov) in the new, recreated, TsKB-53. The technical design was approved by the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 149-95 of January 28, 1947.[2]
The lead ship of this project was accepted into the USSR Navy on December 21, 1949, on the occasion of J.V. Stalin's birthday. Engineer-Lieutenant Colonel A.T.[2]
Construction and career[]
The ship was built at Zhdanov Shipyard in Leningrad and was launched on 31 July 1952 and commissioned into the Baltic Fleet on 31 July 1952.[3]
She was decommissioned on 9 May 1964 and sold to the Indonesian Navy. She was renamed RI Diponegoro (306). Later in her service she was renamed as Sultan Badarudin.[4]
She was retired from Indonesian Navy in 1973.[4][5]
References[]
- ↑ "Destroyers - Project 30bis". http://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_30bis.htm.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A.M., Vasiliev (2006). 60 years together with the fleet. pp. 104–304. ISBN 5-903152-01-5.
- ↑ "Сайт "АТРИНА" • Эскадренный миноносец пр.30-бис типа "Смелый"". 2007-09-01. http://www.atrinaflot.narod.ru/2_mainclassships/05_em_30bis/0_30bis.htm.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1947-1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 178. ISBN 9781557501325.
- ↑ Moore, Capt. John (1974). Jane's Fighting Ships 1974-75. Jane's Information Group. p. 168. ISBN 978-0354005067.
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