Mikhail kutuzov cruiser yachts

The Mikhail Kutuzov was a Sverdlov-class light cruiser, the last conventional gun cruisers built for the Soviet Navy. They were modified and enlarged versions of the Project K Chapayev-class light cruisers. Unlike the Chapayev class, the Sverdlov class were built with two quintuple mm torpedo launchers on each side of the hull, with two spare torpedoes for each launcher. The anti-aircraft armament was also strengthened as the Sverdlov class gained two additional pairs of mm twin turrets as well as two 37 mm twin V autocannon turrets. Despite their size and displacement, the maximum speed was an impressive kn ( km/h). Named after Mikhail Kutuzov, a Field Marshal of the Russian Empire that defeated Napoleon during his campaign to Russia, she was laid down on 23rd February , commissioned on 30th December , and assigned to the Black Sea Fleet of the Soviet Navy. In , she became a test platform for the first naval helicopters, namely the Mi-1 and Ka When on 29th October , ex-Italian ba

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