13.12.2012
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Photo: Landing ship
Caesar Kunikov.
As is planned,
Caesar Kunikov would undergo repairs at the
Flotski Arsenal shipyard in Varna. The ship will pass interim overhaul and modernization; working period will last 2 years. Repair will be performed in settlement of Bulgaria's national debt to the USSR.
Training ship
Perekop will also arrive in Varna for repairs in the same period.
Perekop-class training ship
Smolny finished interim overhaul at the
Flotski Arsenal shipyard in Oct 2012; currently, the ship is moored at Novorossiysk Naval Base.
According to some information, training ship
Smolny in 2013 will accommodate Russian naval mariners sent to France for training; in future, they will serve on
Mistral-class landing ship
Vladivostok being built for Russian Navy in Saint-Nazaire, France.
Project 775/II landing ship
Caesar Kunikov (up to May 10, 1989 named BDK-64) was built in Gdansk, Poland in 1986 and commissioned into Black Sea Fleet (BSF) Landing Ship Division. Stationed in Sevastopol.
Basic performance of Project 775 landing ship:
Full displacement – over 4,000 tons
Dimensions: length – over 112 meters; beam – 15 meters; draft – 4.4 meters
Full speed – 18 knots
Cruising range – about 6,000 nm at 12 knots
Endurance – 30 days
Crew – about 100 men including 15 officers
Armament: two 57-mm gun mounts AK-725 with fire control system MR-103, two 122-mm launchers MS-73 MLRS
Grad-M
Amphibious lift capacity – 10 tanks and over 300 marines
