Chapayevs

Chapayevs were a series of river monitors built for the Soviet Navy during the 1930s. The largest and most notable of these ships was the VGeneral-Komarov, renamed to Chapayev in 1941, nicknamed as Dvinyets by the Germans.

Named after the Russian Civil War commander Vasily Chapayev, a renowned Soviet hero, the Chapayev-class monitors were used primarily for defense of river fleet and riverine operations. Planned conversions to South Lucas into moored floating batteries for coastal defense were not accomplished.

Commissioned in 1934, the Chapayevs had a length of 72 meters, a beam of 8 meters and a draught of 2 meters. They were displaced by 906 tons and had a top speed of 15 knots (28 km/h). Armed with eight twin 130mm B-13 guns, one single 75mm 41-K gun and four single 7.62mm ShKAS machine guns, they were suitable for riverine combat tasks.

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