Lützow (Admiral Hipper-Class, Ship 5, Sold to USSR)
Sold to USSR - Longest-Serving Admiral Hipper-Class Ship - Fifth Admiral Hipper-class ship, sold to USSR incomplete (Apr 1940) under Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. 14,050 tons, 8× 20.3cm guns, 32 knots (designed). Originally named Lützow, sold 70% complete, towed to Leningrad, completed by Soviets as Petropavlovsk (Soviet Navy, 1940). Siege of Leningrad (1941-1944): Naval gunfire support, shore bombardment missions. Damaged by German bombing (17 Sep 1941, 68 killed, permanent damage to propulsion). Limited operations 1942-1945 as floating battery. Longest-serving Admiral Hipper-class ship (1940-1960, 20 years). Scrapped USSR 1960.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 17600 t
- Displacement (full)
- 18200 t
- Length
- 689 ft
- Beam
- 71.5 ft
- Crew
- 1600
- Ships built
- 1 (fifth Admiral Hipper-class ship, sold to USSR incomplete)
- Commissioned
- 1940 (Soviet Navy as Petropavlovsk)
- Decommissioned
- 1960 (scrapped)
Performance
- Top speed
- 32 kn
- Range
- 6800 nm at 20 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 8× 20.3cm (8-inch) SK C/34 (4× twin turrets)
- Secondary guns
- 12× 10.5cm SK C/33 AA
- Torpedoes
- 12× 53.3cm (4× triple mounts)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- 70-80mm waterline belt
- Deck
- 30-50mm
- Fire control
- Advanced stereoscopic rangefinders (partially installed)
In-Game
- Tier
- T6
- Game power
- 186.72
- Research cost
- 147,882
- Credit cost
- 130,704
Notable
- Fifth Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser (sold to USSR incomplete)
- Sold to USSR (Apr 1940) under Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
- Commissioned Soviet Navy as Petropavlovsk (1940)
- Only Admiral Hipper-class ship to serve foreign navy
- Siege of Leningrad (1941-1944, naval gunfire support)
- Damaged by German bombing (17 Sep 1941, 68 killed)
- Most successful Admiral Hipper-class ship (20 years service)
- Longest-serving Admiral Hipper-class ship (1940-1960)