Soviet training ship Dunay
Dunay was a tall ship serving with the Soviet Navy, first launched as Cristoforo Colombo, laid at the Castellammare yards on 15 April 1926. It was destroyed in a fire in 1963.
Cristoforo Colombo in Italian service | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Italy | |
| Name | Cristoforo Colombo |
| Namesake | Christopher Columbus |
| Laid down | 15 April 1926 |
| Launched | 4 April 1928 |
| Commissioned | 1 July 1928 |
| Fate | Ceded to the Soviet Union as war reparation, March 1949 |
| Name | Dunay |
| Acquired | 1949 |
| Stricken | 1959 |
| Fate | Destroyed by fire in 1963 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 4.146 t (4 long tons) standard |
| Length | 100.5 m (329 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 15.5 m (50 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 7 m (23 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion | sail |
| Speed | 10 knots |
| Complement | 400 |
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