| Smetlivy (destroyer) | |
|---|---|
 Smetlivy in 2007 | |
| Career (Russia) |   |
| Name: | Smetlivy |
| Builder: | 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant (SY 445), Nikolayev |
| Laid down: | 15 July 1966 |
| Launched: | 26 August 1967 |
| Commissioned: | 25 September 1969 |
| Status: | Active, Black Sea Fleet |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Kashin-class destroyer |
| Displacement: |
3,400 tons standard, 4,390 tons full load |
| Length: | 144 m (472.4 ft) |
| Beam: | 15.8 m (51.8 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
2 x COGAG; 2 shafts, 4 x M8E gas turbines; 72,000 hp (88 MW) --72,000 hp (54,000 kW)-- |
| Speed: | 33 knots |
| Range: | 3,500 miles |
| Complement: | 300 |
| Armament: |
2 x double barreled 76 mm AK-726 guns, SAM: 2 x twin launchers (NATO reporting name: SA-N-1 Volna), Navalised version of the Isayev S-125 (SA-3 Goa) system, 32 x missiles, 1×5 533 mm torpedo tubes, 2 x twelve barrel RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers, 2x4 anti-ship SS-N-25 Uran missiles. |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 Kamov Ka-25 |
Smetlivy (Сметливый - "Resourceful") is a Kashin-class guided missile destroyer of the Russian Navy.
Ordered by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s, Smetlivy was laid down in July 1966 and commissioned into the Soviet Black Sea Fleet in 1969. In 1990 the ship was laid up for repairs and modification. She became part of the Russian Navy after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The ship returned to service in 1995, now armed with the more modern SS-N-25 Switchblade missile system.[1] In August 2008 the ship took part in the Russo-Georgian war, and was part of task force from a Black Sea Fleet enforcing "de facto" blockade of the Republic of Georgia. In 2009 the ship was again laid up for repairs, returning to service in mid-2011 and being involved in Russian-Italian naval exercises in the Mediterranean Sea.[2][3][4] As of 2013 the Smetlivy is the last Kashin-class destroyer in service with the Russian Navy.[5]
In 2013, she was sent off the coast of Syria in response to military tensions and a build up of Western naval forces.[6]
References[]
- ↑ "Large ASW Destroyer "Smetlivy"". Black Sea Fleet Information Resource. http://flot.sevastopol.info/eng/ship/largeaswdestroyers/smetlivy.htm. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ↑ "Russia's Black Sea Fleet conducts anti-sub warfare drills". en.rian.ru. 6 October 2009. http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20091006/156371162.html. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ↑ "BSF Task Unit Returned from Mediterranean". rusnavy.com. 21 November 2011. http://rusnavy.com/news/navy/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=13667. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ↑ "Ветеран ударных сил Черноморского флота готовится к возвращению в строй" (in Russian). flot.com. 2 November 2011. http://flot.com/news/vpk/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=57244. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
- ↑ "Russia Sends 1 More Warship to Mediterranean Sea Fleet – Official | World | RIA Novosti". En.ria.ru. http://en.ria.ru/world/20130906/183216610/Russia-Sends-1-More-Warship-to-Mediterranean-Sea-Fleet--Official.html. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
- ↑ Alec Luhn in Moscow. "Russia sends missile cruiser to Mediterranean as Syria tension mounts | World news". theguardian.com. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/12/russia-sends-ships-mediterranean-syria. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
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