Russian Navy

Peresvet

Peresvet. Photo by SiriusM from shipspotting.com

Peresvet is a Project 775M Large Landing Ship (LLS).

REGISTRATION

Pacific Fleet

CONSTRUCTION, NAME

The ship was laid down at Gdansk shipyard (Poland) under the name of BDK-11; commissioned in 1991. The ship was renamed into Peresvet on February 17, 2006.

MILESTONES

In 2004 the ship visited Japanese port of Kure.

In 2005, 2006, 2007 it took part in "Cruise of Memory" over Pacific Fleet's battle glory sites.

In August 2005 it visited Chinese port of Qingdao ant participated in RF-China joint exercise.

In 2006 the ship visited US naval base Agana (Guam) and took part in RF-US joint naval exercise on delivery of assistance to disaster victims.

PERFORMANCE

Speed: 18 knots
Operational range: 6,000 miles at 12 knots
Crew: 87 men

DIMENSIONS

Displacement: 4,080 tonnes
Length: 112.5 meters
Beam: 15 meters
Draft: 3.7 meters

PROPULSION

CODAD powerplant, two screws, total power is 19,200 shp

ARMAMENT

2 launchers of MLRS UMS-73 Grad-M
2 air defense artillery systems AK-630M
AK-176 multipurpose gun mount
6 anti-subversive grenade launchers
Capacity is up to 500 tonnes of armor vehicles and 225 marines

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