| Career |  Soviet Navy  Russian Navy |
|---|---|
| Name: | Murmansk |
| Laid down: | 1953 |
| Launched: | 24 April 1955 |
| Commissioned: | 22 September 1955 |
| Decommissioned: | 1989 |
| Struck: | 1994 |
| Fate: | Sunk off Norway |
| Status: | Wreck |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Displacement: | 13,600 tons standard, 16,640 tons full load |
| Length: | 210 m overall, 205 m waterline |
| Beam: | 22 m |
| Draught: | 6.9 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft geared steam turbines, 6 boilers, 110,000 hp |
| Speed: | 32.5 knots |
| Range: | 9000 nm at 18 knots |
| Complement: | 1,250 |
| Armament: | 12 15.2 cm 57 cal B-38 in 4 triple Mk5-bis turrets, 12 10.0 cm 56 cal Model 1934 in 6 twin SM-5-1 mounts 32 x 3.7 cm AA 10 x 533 cm torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | Belt: 100 mm Conning tower: 150 mm Deck: 50 mm Turrets: 75 mm |
Murmansk (Russian: Мурманск) was a light cruiser project no. 68-bis (Sverdlov class based on a NATO classification) of the Soviet and later the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet.
She was laid down in Severodvinsk in 1953 and commissioned on 22 September 1955. In 1994 she was sold to India for scrapping but ran aground off Norway at Sørvær village during the transfer.
It was first estimated that the winterstorms would finally remove the parts of "Murmansk" that are above water, but in 2009 funding was given to cut up the vessel. The project has started and a dry dock has been built around the ship to allow heavy machinery access. The project will end in 2010.[1]
There is a dispute about possible radioactive substances within the ship.[2] Some claim that the substance found is Polonium-210, which has a half-life of 138 days.
References
- ^ AF Gruppen information
- ^ (in Norwegian) Ny gjennomgang av miljøgiftene i Murmansk. Aftenposten. 1 August 2008. http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/politikk/article2571170.ece. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
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