The Soviet Navy
30.11.1939
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The battleship "Oktjabrskaja Revolutsija" |
The Baltic Fleet
The Baltic Fleet of the Red Navy was commanded by V.F. Tributs. The
Red Baltic fleet was the most powerful naval force in the Baltic Sea. The headquarters was
located in Kronstadt. The Baltic fleet had also app. 650 different types of planes under
its command. The objectives were:
- support the attack of the 7th Army on the Karelian Isthmus
- the fleet and the marine brigades are to occupy all islands in the Gulf of Finland
- protect own troop movements
- cut off all sea routes out and into Finland
The Arctic Fleet
The CinC of the Arctic fleet was V.P. Drozd and it was based in
Poljarnyj, Murmansk and Archangel serving as secondary ports. The Arctic fleet had some
150 planes and it's objectives were:
- secure the coast of Murmansk
- support the 14th Army in it's seaborne invasion on Petsamo.
The following table
gives some idea of the Soviet Baltic and Arctic Fleet
(Note:
DP -means Dual Purpose-gun, can be used against sea and air targets.
AA -means Anti-Aircraft
MG -means Machine Gun)
| Ship class | Baltic Sea | Arctic Sea | Displacement | Main armament | Notes |
| Battleships |
2 | - | 26000 | 12 * 305 mm cannon 16 * 120 mm cannon 6 * 76 mm AA armor: 38 - 305 mm |
"Marat" & "Oktjabrskaja Revolutsija" |
| Cruisers | 1 | - | 10000 | 9 * 180 mm cannon 6 * 102 mm DP 6 * torpedo 100 * mines |
"Kirov" |
| Fleet Command | 2 | - | 2900 | 5 * 130 mm cannon 2 * 76 mm AA 8 * torpedo |
"Leningrad"-class |
| Destroyer "Gnevnyj"-class |
7 | 3 | 2600 | 4 * 130 mm cannon 6 * torpedo 70 * mines |
|
| Destroyer "Opytnyj"-class |
1 | - | 1870 | 4 * 130 mm cannon 6 * torpedo 70 * mines |
prototype-ship |
| Destroyer "Sverdlov"-class |
7 | 3 | 1700 | 4 or 5 * 102 mm gun 6 - 9 * torpedo |
modernized during the 30's |
| Torpedoship | 7 | 3 | 500 | 2 * 102 mm gun 3 * torpedo 50 * mines |
"Storm"-class |
| Submarine D-class |
- | 3 | 960 / 1370 | 8 * torpedo 16 * mines |
Tonnage is surface / submerged (the submarine armaments have differences, depending on the source) |
| Submarine L-class |
4 | - | 900 / 1325 | 8 * torpedo 20 * mines |
|
| Submarine P-class |
3 | - | 1075 / 1400 | 2 * 105 mm gun 6 * torpedo 16 * mines |
|
| Submarine M-class |
19 | 5 | 200 / 250 | 1 * 45 mm gun (AA) 2 * torpedo |
|
| Submarine Sts-class |
20 | 9 | 600 / 700 | 2 * 37 mm gun (AA) 6 * torpedo |
|
| Submarine S-class |
6 | - | 790 / 1050 | 1 * 102 mm cannon 1 * 37 mm AA 6 * torpedo |
|
| Gunboat "Krasnoje Znamja" |
1 | - | 1735 | 5 * 130 mm cannon 6 * 45 mm AA |
from the year 1895, armored |
| Gunboats "Moscow"-class |
? | ? | ? | 1 or 2 * 130 mm gun | The total number of the auxiliary gunboats was 16 |
| Gunboats "Lahta"-class |
? | ? | ? | 1 or 2 * 100 mm gun | |
| Motor Torpedo Boats | 40 | - | 11 - 35 | 1 or 2 * MG 2 * torpedo |
"TK"-boats |
(Table source: "Talvisodan Historia 1", WSOY 1991, p.271)
The soviet Cruiser "Kirov"
Picture source: "Talvisodan Historia 1", p.116
9 x 180mm Main guns
6 x 102mm Dual Purpose guns
6 torpedos
could take 100 mines
