Kynda class cruiser

Kynda class cruiser

The Project 58 Missile cruisers, known to NATO as the Kynda class were the first Soviet missile cruisers and a considerable advance for the Soviet Navy. Their main role was anti-surface warfare using the SS-N-3b 'Shaddock' missile. The design proved top-heavy and was soon succeeded by the larger Kresta I, but the Kyndas stayed in service until the fall of the Soviet Union.

History

The ships were ordered in 1956 and laid down in 1960-61. All four ships were built by the Zhdanov yard in Leningrad. Initially classed as destroyers, they were redesignated as Rocket Cruisers in September 1962.

hips

* "Grozny (Terrible)" (Грозный) - completed 1962, scrapped 1991
* "Admiral Fokin" (Адмирал Фокин) - completed 1964, scrapped 1993
* "Admiral Golovko" (Адмирал Головко) - named after Arseniy Golovko, completed 1964. From 1995 to 1997 she served as flagship of the Black Sea fleet, before being deactivated and removed from service in 2002.
* "Varyag" (Варяг) - completed 1965 - decommissioned 1990, This ship featured in a Soviet TV documentary in the late 1970's. There were plans to preserve her as a museum.

Gallery

External links

* [http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/58.htm Article from FAS in English]
* [http://flot.sevastopol.info/eng/ship/cruisers/admiral_golovko.htm page on Admiral Golovko from Black Sea Fleet]


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