Russian cruiser Nikolayev
 Nikolayev in 1986 | |
| Career (Soviet Union) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Nikolayev |
| Builder: | 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant[1] |
| Laid down: | 25 June 1968 |
| Launched: | 19 December 1969 |
| Commissioned: | 31 December 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 July 1992 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1994 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Kara-class cruiser |
| Displacement: | 8,200 tons standard 9,700 tons full load[2] |
| Length: | 173.2 m (568 ft) |
| Beam: | 18.6 m (61 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.7 m (22 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 120,000 hp (89 MW) |
| Speed: | 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range: | 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) |
| Complement: | 380 |
| Armament: | 2 quad SS-N-14 Silex anti-submarine missiles 2 twin SA-N-3 Goblet surface-to-air missile launchers (80 missiles) SA-N-4 Gecko surface-to-air missile launchers (40 missiles) 2 twin 76mm AK-726 dual purpose guns 4 30mm AK-630 CIWS 2x5 533 mm PTA-53-1134B torpedo tubes 2 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers 2 RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket launchers |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 Kamov Ka-25 'Hormone-A' or Kamov Ka-27 'Helix' |
Nikolayev was the lead ship of the Kara-class cruisers of the Soviet Navy. She was launched in December 1969 and completed in December 1971. After the fall of the USSR, she was transferred to the Ukrainian Navy. In 1994 she was scrapped in India.[2]
References
- ↑ "Nikolayev". World Warships. Matterson Marine Pty Ltd. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chant, Chris (2004). Warships Today. Summertime Publishing Ltd. p. 98. ISBN 0-7607-6700-9.
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