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Zulu class submarines (1952)

Project 611 (NATO “Zulu”) conventional attack submarines 26 submarines 1952-57 The Project 611 (NATO Zulu class) were an early postwar…

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Petya class Frigates (1960)

Project 159 class, Strozhevoi Korabl (light escort) Frigates 8 General Purpose Frigates 1948-1970: 54 completed. One aspect of the Soviet…

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Kola class frigates (1951)

Project 42 Sokol class, Strozhevoi Korabl (light escort) Frigates 8 General Purpose Frigates 1949-1980 The Kola class frigates were known…

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Whiskey class submarines

Project 613 (NATO “Whiskey”) conventional attack submarines 215 submarines (340 initially) 1951-58 After seeing the GUPPY, K (Barracuda) and Tang…

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Kotlin class destroyers (1958)

Project 56, 56A, 56M (1958-1988) 27 conventional, ASW and missile destroyers The Kotlin (project 56) are the first “true” post-war…

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Kara class cruisers (1969)

Project 1134B Berkut ASW Cruisers 7 ASW cruisers: Nikolayev, Ochakov, Kerch, Azov, Petropavlovsk, Tachkent, Vladivostok The Kara class missile cruisers…

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Neustrashimy, Proyekt 41 destroyers

Destroyer Neustrashimy (1952) In service 1955-74 Neustrashimy (“Dauntless”) was an attempt by the admiralty to replace the large-scale Skoriy class…

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Kresta I class cruisers (1964)

Project 1134 Berkut (1964) Admiral Zozulya, Vladivostok, Vitse-Admiral Drozd, Sevastopol. Though considerably larger, more effective and reliable than the previous…

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Quebec class submarines (1950)

Project 615 – NATO “Quebec” 30 submarines (1950-54) Preserved M-296 These thirty conventional attack submarines called internally project 615, were…

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Cold War Soviet Submarines

Cold War Soviet Submarines circa 1,450 submarines 1950-90 Introduction The Soviet silent service in the cold war: Like in the…