Russian Navy

Georgy Pobedonosets

Georgy Pobedonosets. Photo from navalcadet.narod.ru

Georgy Pobedonosets is a Project 775 Large Landing Ship (LLS)

REGISTRATION

Northern Fleet

CONSTRUCTION, NAME

The ship was built in Gdansk (Poland) in 1984 and commissioned in 1985. Initially, it was named BDK-45; On July 27, 2002 the ship was renamed into Georgy Pobedonosets.

MILESTONES

The ship was repeatedly ranked as the best ship in unit and division.

Two times she was twice named the best Northern Fleet's surface ship as for results of 1999.

The ship is awarded with Diploma of Murmansk Region Governor.

In September 2007 she took part in joint naval exercise with Norwegian floating base Horten in the Barents Sea.

Since July 10 through August 29, 2012 the ship was deployed in the Barents, the Norwegian, and the North seas, in the North Atlantic and various parts of the Mediterranean jointly with ships of Baltic, Black Sea, and Northern fleets under general direction of Northern Fleet's Kola Flotilla Commander RADM Vladimir Kasatonov from the board of landing ship Georgy Pobedonosets.

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 coupled 57-mm gun mounts AK-725
2 launchers of MLRS A-215 Grad-M
4 launchers of MANPADS Strela-2
Capacity is up to 500 tonnes of armor vehicles and 225 marines

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