List of ships of the Soviet Navy

This is a list of ships and classes of the Soviet Navy.

Corvettes

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In the Soviet Navy these were classified as small anti-submarine ships (MPK) or small missile ships (MRK).

Guardships

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In the Soviet Navy, frigates were classified as guard ships (SKR)

Gunboats

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  • Krasnaya Abkhaziya
  • Krasnaya Armeniya
  • Krasnaya Gruziya
  • Krasnoye Znamya
  • Krasnyy Adzharistan

Destroyers

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Type 1934A destroyerPylky (ex-German)

Akizuki-class destroyerVnezapny (ex-Japanese)

  • Kashin class
    • Komsomolets Ukrainy (1960)
    • SoobrazitelnyyAdaptable (1961)
    • ProvornyyAgile (1962)
    • ObraztsovyyExemplary (1964)
    • OdarennyyGifted (1964)
    • OtvazhnyyCourageous (1964)
    • SteregushchiyWatchful (1966)
    • Krasnyy Kavkaz (1966)
    • ReshitelnyyDecisive (1966)
    • StrogiySevere (1967)
    • SmetlivyyResourceful (1967)
    • Krasnyy Krym (1969)
    • SposobnyyCapable(1970)
    • SkoryyFast (1971)
  • Modified Kashin class
    • OgnevoyFiery (1963)
    • SlavnyyGlorious (1965)
    • StroynyyHarmonious (1965)
    • SmyshlennyyHumorous (1966)
    • SmelyyValiant (1968)
    • SderzhannyyRestrained (1972)
    • Rajput (built for Indian Navy) (1980)
    • Rana (built for Indian Navy) (1982)
    • Ranjit (built for Indian Navy) (1983)
    • Ranvir (built for Indian Navy) (1986)
    • Ranvijay (built for Indian Navy) (1988)
  • Gnevny class (Project 7 class)
  • Leningrad class
  • Novik
  • Derzky class
  • Orfey class
  • Izyaslav class
  • Fidonisy class
  • Ognevoy class (Project 30 class)
  • Soobrazitelny class (Project 7u class)
  • Regele Ferdinand class (ex-Romanian)
  • Sovremennyy class
    • SovremennyyModern (1980)
    • OtchayannyyFoolhardy (1982)
    • OtlichnyyPerfect (or Excellent) (1983)
    • OsmotritelnyyCircumspect (1984)
    • BezuprechnyyIrreproachable (1985)
    • BoyevoyMilitant (1986)
    • StoykiySteadfast (1986)
    • OkrylennyyInspiring (1987)
    • BurnyyFiery (1988)
    • GremyashchiyThunderous (originally Vedushchiy) (1988)
    • BystryyQuick (1989)
    • RastoropnyyPrompt (1989)
    • BezboyaznennyyIntrepid (1990)
    • BezuderzhnyyTenacious (1991)
    • BespokoynyyRestless (1992)
    • NastoychivyyReliable (originally Moskovskiy Komsomolets) (1993)
    • BesstrashnyyFearless (1994)
    • VazhnyyEminent (not completed)
    • VdumchivyyThoughtful (not completed)
  • Town class (on loan 1944–1952 from the UK)
  • Udaloy I class
  • Udaloy II class

Cruisers

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NameClassBuiltIn ServiceStatusImage
AuroraDiana class19031903-1945Museum ship since 1956
KominternBogatyr-class19051905-1942Sunk 1942
Chervona UkrainaAdmiral Nakhimov-class19271927-1941Sunk 1941, raised and used as a target
Krasny KrymSvetlana-class cruiser19281928-1959Scrapped 1959
Krasny KavkazAdmiral Nakhimov-class19321932-1952Sunk as target 1952
KirovKirov-class cruiser19381938-1974Scrapped in 1974
VoroshilovKirov-class cruiser19401940-1973Scrapped 1973
Maxim GorkyKirov-class cruiser19401940-1959Scrapped 1959
MolotovKirov-class cruiser19411941-1972Scrapped 1972
KaganovichKirov-class cruiser19441944-1960Scrapped 1960
KalininKirov-class cruiser19531953-1963Scrapped 1963
MurmanskOmaha-class cruiser19441944-1949Scrapped 1949
TallinnAdmiral Hipper-class cruiser19441944-1960Scrapped 1960
ChapayevChapayev class19501950-1960Scrapped 1960
ZheleznyakovChapayev class19501950-1976Scrapped 1976
KuybyshevChapayev class19501950-1965Scrapped 1965
ChkalovChapayev class19501950-1981Scrapped 1981
FrunzeChapayev class19501950-1960Scrapped 1960
SverdlovSverdlov class19521952-1989Scrapped 1993
ZhdanovSverdlov class19521952-1991Scrapped 1991
Admiral UshakovSverdlov class19531953-1987Scrapped 1987
Aleksandr SuvorovSverdlov class19531953-1990Scrapped 1990
Admiral SenyavinSverdlov class19541954-1991Scrapped 1991
Dmitry PozharskySverdlov class19541954-1987Scrapped 1987
KronstadtSverdlov classScrapped Incomplete 1961
TallinnSverdlov classScrapped Incomplete 1961
VaryagSverdlov classScrapped Incomplete 1961
OrdzhonikidzeSverdlov class19521952-1972Scrapped 1972
Aleksandr NevskySverdlov class19521952-1989Scrapped 1989
Admiral LazarevSverdlov class19521952-1986Scrapped 1986
ShcherbakovSverdlov classScrapped Incomplete 1961
DzerzhinskySverdlov class19521952-1989Scrapped 1989
Admiral NakhimovSverdlov class19531953-1961Scrapped 1961
Mikhail KutuzovSverdlov class19541954-2000Museum ship at Novorossiysk
Admiral KornilovSverdlov classScrapped Incomplete 1957
Oktyabrskaya RevolyutsiaSverdlov class19541954-1987Scrapped 1987
MurmanskSverdlov class19551955-1992Ran aground 1992, Scrapped in place 2013
ArkhangelskSverdlov classScrapped Incomplete 1961
VladivostokSverdlov classScrapped Incomplete 1961
GroznyyKynda class19621962-1991Scrapped 1991
Admiral FokinKynda class19641964-1993Scrapped 1995
Admiral GolovkoKynda class19641964-2002Scrapped 2004
VaryagKynda class19651965-1990Scrapped 1990
Admiral ZozulyaKresta I class19671967-1994Scrapped 1995
VladivostokKresta I class19691969-1991Scrapped 1991
Vitse-Admiral DrozdKresta I class19681968-1990Sunk 1992
SevastopolKresta I class19691969-1989Scrapped 1989
KronstadtKresta II class19691969-1991Scrapped 1993
Admiral IsakovKresta II class19701970-1993Sunk 1994
Admiral NakhimovKresta II class19711971-1991Scrapped 1993
Admiral MakarovKresta II class19721972-1992Scrapped 1994
KhabarovskKresta II class19731973-1992Scrapped 1994
Admiral OktyabrskyKresta II class19731973-1993Scrapped 1993
Admiral IsachenkovKresta II class19741974-1992Scrapped 1992
Marshal TimoshenkoKresta II class19751975-1992Scrapped 1994
Vasily ChapayevKresta II class19761976-1993Scrapped 1993
Admiral YumashevKresta II class19771977-1992Scrapped 1994
NikolayevKara class19711971-1992Scrapped 1994
OchakovKara class19731973-2011Scuttled 2014, As of 2023 still laid up awaiting scrapping
KerchKara class19741974-2020Scrapped 2020
AzovKara class19751975-1998Scrapped 2000
PetropavlovskKara class19761976-1992Scrapped 1996
TashkentKara class19771977-1992Scrapped 1994
VladivostokKara class19791979-1994Scrapped 1994
SlavaSlava class19821982-2022Sunk 2022
Marshal UstinovSlava class19861986–PresentIn Service
VaryagSlava class19891989–PresentIn Service
UkrainaSlava class19901990-PresentLaid up in Ukraine, Incomplete
Oktyabrskaya RevolutsiyaSlava classCancelled and disassembled on the way in 1990

Coastal defence ships

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NameClassBuiltIn serviceStatusImage
VyborgVäinämöinen class19291947-1966Scrapped 1966

Amphibious assault

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NameClassBuiltIn serviceStatusImage
BDK-65 SaratovTapir-class19661966-2022Sunk on 24 March 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
BDK-6Tapir-class19661966-1992Scrapped 1995
BDK-13Tapir-class19671967-1994
BDK-62Tapir-class19671967-1997
BDK-66 Sergey LazoTapir-class19681968-1994
BDK-69 OrskTapir-class19681968–presentIn service
BDK-77Tapir-class19691969-1994
Doneckiy ShakhterTapir-class19691969-2002
BDK-100 Krasnaya PresnyaTapir-class19701970-1993Sunk 1995
BDK-104 Ilya AzarovTapir-class19711971-2004scrapped 2004
Alexandr TortcevTapir-class19711971-1994
Petr IlyichevTapir-class19721972-1993
Nikolay VilkovTapir-class19741974–presentIn service
Nikolay FilchenkovTapir-class19751975–presentIn service
Nikolay GolubkovTapir-classNever completed
(SDK-47) BDK-47Ropucha-class19741974-1994
(SDK-48) BDK-48Ropucha-class19751975-1994
(SDK-63) BDK-63Ropucha-class19751975-1994
(SDK-90) BDK-90Ropucha-class19751975-1994
(SDK-91) BDK-91

Olenegorski Gornjak

Ropucha-class19761976-brought on stand mod. IIDamaged on 4 August by Ukrainian army.
(SDK-181) BDK-181Ropucha-class19761976-1994
(SDK-182) BDK-182 KondopogaRopucha-class19761976-brought on stand mod. IIIn Service with Russia
(SDK-183) BDK-183 KotlasRopucha-class19771977-2005
(SDK-197) BDK-197Ropucha-class19771977-1994
(SDK-200) BDK-200Ropucha-class19771977-1993
(SDK-55) BDK-55 Aleksandr OtrakowskiRopucha-class19781978–PresentIn Service with Russia
(SDK-119) BDK-119Ropucha-class19791979-2018Sunk 2018
OslyabyaRopucha-class19811981–PresentIn Service with Russia
Admiral NevelskoyRopucha-class19821982–PresentIn Service with Russia
MinskRopucha-class19831983–PresentIn Service with Russia
BDK-102 KaliningradRopucha-class19841984–PresentIn Service with Russia
Georgiy PobedonosetsRopucha-class19851985–PresentIn Service with Russia
Aleksandr ShabalinRopucha-class19851985–PresentIn Service with Russia
(SDK-64) BDK-64 Tsezar Kunikov 158Ropucha-class19861986–PresentIn Service with Russia
(SDK-46) BDK-46 Novocherkassk 142Ropucha-class19871987–PresentIn Service with Russia
YamalRopucha-class19881988–PresentIn Service with Russia
AzovRopucha-class19901990–PresentIn Service with Russia
PeresvetRopucha-class19911991–PresentIn Service with Russia
BDK-130 KorolevRopucha-class19911991–PresentIn Service with Russia
Ivan RogovIvan Rogov class19781978-1996
Aleksandr NikolayevIvan Rogov class19821982-2006Undergoing scrapping as of 2023
Mitrofan MoskalenkoIvan Rogov class19901990-2006Undergoing scrapping as of 2023

Battlecruisers

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NameClassBuiltIn serviceStatusImage
KirovKirov class19741980-1990Laid up awaiting Scrapping
FrunzeKirov class19781984-1999Scrapping began in April 2021
KalininKirov class19831988–presentUndergoing refit
Yuri AndropovKirov class19861998–presentFlagship of the Russian North Fleet
DzerzhinskiyKirov classCancelled 1990

Battleships

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NameClassBuiltIn serviceStatusImage
ArkhangelskRevenge class19141916-1949Scrapped 1949
NovorossiyskConte di Cavour class19101914-1955Sunk 1955
FrunzeGangut class19091914-1949Scrapped
MaratGangut class19091915-1955Scrapped
Oktyabrskaya RevolutsiyaGangut class19091915-1952Scrapped
Parizhskaya KommunaGangut class19091914-1956Scrapped

Aircraft carriers/Aviation cruisers

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NameClassBuiltIn serviceStatusImage
MoskvaMoskva class19641967-1996Scrapped in Greece 1996
LeningradMoskva class19651969-1991Scrapped in India 1995
KievMoskva class1967Never CompletedCancelled 1969
KievKiev class19701975-1993Theme park in Tianjin since 1 May 2004.
MinskKiev class19721978-1993Sold to China in 1995; sold again and placed in Naval museum in Jiangsu, China since 2016
NovorossiyskKiev class19751982-1993Scrapped at Pohang, 1997
Admiral GorshkovKiev class19781987-1996

2013–present

In service with India as INS Vikramaditya from 2013
Admiral KuznetsovKuznetsov class19821991–presentIn service with Russian navy
VaryagKuznetsov class19852012–presentIn service with China as Liaoning
UlyanovskUlyanovsk class1988Never CompletedScrapped 1992 40% complete
UnnamedUlyanovsk classCancelledCancelled 1991

Submarines

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SS/SSK

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SSA (auxiliary)

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SSBN

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SSGN

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SSAN (auxiliary)

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Others

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Other

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  • SSV-33 (Pacific Fleet communications ship, based upon the Kirov-class battlecruiser hull)
  • Lun-class ekranoplan (Commissioned as a ship and used as one).
  • VMF Kommuna is a salvage vessel, and having been launched in 1915, one of the oldest naval vessels still in service in a major navy of the world.
  • Dunay a tall ship built in Italy as the Cristoforo Colombo and acquired as war reparation.
  • STS Sedov tall ship built as Magdalene Vinnen II also acquired as war reparation.
  • Marshal Nedelin class missile range instrumentation/space event support ship
  • Onega class acoustic trials ships
  • Potok/Modified T-58 class weapons trials ship
  • T-43 class acoustic trials ships
  • Kashtan-class salvage vessel, a class of salvage vessel/submersible support

Missile and munitions transports

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  • Sadko class
  • Amga class
  • Lama class
  • Muna class

Electronic surveillance ships

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Oceanographic research ships

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  • Nikolay Zubov class (AGOR & AGI)
  • Sibirykov class
  • Yug class

Survey ships

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  • Moma class (AGS)
  • Samara class (AGS)
  • Finik class
  • Biya class
  • Kamenka class
  • Vinograd class

See also

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Citations

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References

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  • "World Navies Today: Russia". HazeGrey.org. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
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