Minsk

Survived

Type	Destroyer
Class	Leningrad
War	Second World War
Main guns	5 × single 130 mm (5.1 in) guns

Leningrad-class destroyer leader. With the Tallinn evacuation in 1941. Sunk by bombers at Kronstadt in September 1941, she was raised and back in service in 1942.

Side view of the destroyer leader Minsk Photo: Unknown official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

5 × single 130 mm (5.1 in) guns
2 × single 76.2 mm (3 in) AA guns
2 × single 45 mm (1.8 in) AA guns
2 × quadruple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
68–115 mines
52 depth charges

Builder	Shipyard No. 190 (Zhandov), Leningrad
Laid down	5 October 1934
Launched	6 November 1935
Commissioned	10 November 1938
Displacement	2,350 long tons (2,390 t) (standard) 2,680 long tons (2,720 t) (full load)
Length	127.5 m (418 ft 4 in) (o/a)
Speed	40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)
Complement	250 (311 wartime)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

6 November 1935

Evacuation of Tallinn

Damaged

27–29 August 1941

Air attacks on Kronstadt

Sunk

21–23 September 1941

Raised in 1942