Project 68bis

NATO: Sverdlov

Project 68bis (mod8)

Type CL
Soviet designation KR
NATO reporting name Sverdlov (mod8)
Country USSR
Displacement (t) 13,230
Length (m) 210.0
Beam (m) 22.0
Draft (m) 7.4
Height (m) 22.0
Max speed (kn) 32.7
Endurance (days) 30

Sensors

Sonar (1)

Name Type Platform Passive range (km) Active range (km)
Tamir 5N Hull surf 0.4 0.9

Radar (3)

Name NATO name Air search Surface search Fire control
Gyuys-1M4 Cross Bird Yes Yes
MR-510 Kil'-U Big Net Yes Yes
Neptune Yes

Launchers (28)

Name Tubes
2 x 100mm SM-5-1s (port) 2
2 x 100mm SM-5-1s (port) 2
2 x 100mm SM-5-1s (port) 2
2 x 100mm SM-5-1s (starboard) 2
2 x 100mm SM-5-1s (starboard) 2
2 x 100mm SM-5-1s (starboard) 2
2 x 37mm V-11 (port) 2
2 x 37mm V-11 (port) 2
2 x 37mm V-11 (port) 2
2 x 37mm V-11 (port) 2
2 x 37mm V-11 (port) 2
2 x 37mm V-11 (port) 2
2 x 37mm V-11 (port) 2
2 x 37mm V-11 (port) 2
2 x 37mm V-11 (starboard) 2
2 x 37mm V-11 (starboard) 2
2 x 37mm V-11 (starboard) 2
2 x 37mm V-11 (starboard) 2
2 x 37mm V-11 (starboard) 2
2 x 37mm V-11 (starboard) 2
2 x 37mm V-11 (starboard) 2
2 x 37mm V-11 (starboard) 2
3 x 152mm MK-5-bis (forward) 3
3 x 152mm MK-5-bis (forward) 3
3 x 152mm MK-5-bis (aft) 3
3 x 152mm MK-5-bis (aft) 3
5 x 533mm Torpedo (port) 5
5 x 533mm Torpedo (starboard) 5

Individual hulls (2)

Name Short name Country Start date End date Remark
Mikhail Kutuzov Mikhail Kutuzov USSR 1967-09-11 (Modernization from "Project 68bis (mod1)") 1979-09-30 (Modernization to "Project 68A")
Sverdlov Sverdlov USSR 1966-04-29 (Modernization from "Project 68bis (mod7)") 1989-05-30 (Decommissioned)