Who is this warship

[kriegerfaust]

[ArIskandir]

The profile looks Tashkent-like

[Northern Nightowl]

There are hints on the image itself: "gun cruiser for Venezuela", an involvement of Vickers as maker for gun turrets and the year 1955. You've to dig through Venezuelan navy procurement politics in the years before and after WWII to get your answer. Wikipedia, especially the English version, may be a starting point.

Regards, Nightowl

[kriegerfaust]

Nueva Esparta-class destroyers were a class of destroyers used by the navy of Venezuela. The lead ship was named after Nueva Esparta (Spanish for "New Sparta"), one of the states of Venezuela.

These ships were ordered in 1950, and were built by the Vickers-Armstrongs shipyards in Barrow-in-Furness between 1951 and 1954.

History[edit]

The ships were designed by Vickers-Armstrong shipyards in the 1950s for the Venezuela naval forces. The design has been identified as a derivative of the Batch 3 Battle-class destroyers built for the United Kingdom and Australia, according to information released by the International Naval Research Organization and several independent researchers in 2006. They were to form part of a fleet that included a 25,000 ton aircraft carrier and a Tiger-class cruiser.

The fleet arrangement for 30/04/1949 covers:

• 1 (25,000-ton) aircraft carrier (conceptual engineering)
• (This sounds the most like this could be it) 1 (8,000-ton) cruiser (detailed engineering)
• 3 Nueva Esparta-class destroyers (built)
• 6 Alimirante Celemente-class destroyer escorts (built)
• 4 submarines (1 used from US Navy)
• 12 patrol boats (detailed engineering)
• 2 minesweepers (basic engineering)
• 1 marine assault ship (built)