Russian guided missile cruiser RFS Marshal Ustinov 1978-

Harbour of Cape Town, South Africa 24 November 2019

Published with courtesy of Andre Vom Hagen

Project 1164 Atlant-class called by the NATO Slava-class guided missile cruisers (Gvardeysky Raketnyj Kreyser) consisting of the Moskva (ex-Slava), Marshal Ustinov (ex-Admiral Flota Lobov) and the Varyag (ex-Chervona Ukrinya) and the not completed or cancelled Ukrayina, Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya, Admiral Flota Sovestkoyo Soyiz Gorshkov, Varyag and Sevastopol, preceded by the Kara-class and succeeded by the yet not realized Lider of Shkval class (project 23560). With hull number 070 laid down at the Kommuna #445 Yard, Nikolayev, Ukraine in 1978, launched in 1982 and commissioned in 1986. Her overhaul was finished in October 2016.

General technical class specifications. Displacement 98.00-10.000 (standard)-11.200-12.500 (full load) tons and as dimensions 186,4 x 20,8 x 8,4 metres or 611.7 x 68.3 x 27.7 feet. Horsepower 130.000 shp/97.000 kW allowing a speed of 32 knots and with a speed of 18 knots a range of 3.000 nautical miles. Crew numbers between 476-529 men. Armament consists of 8x2-P-1000 Vulcan anti ship missiles, 8x8 S-300F Fort long range surface-to-air missiles, 2x20 OS-missiles, 1x2-13cm L 70 AK-130 dual-purpose guns and 6x1 AK-630 close-in weapon systems. Able to carry a Kamov Ka-25/27 helicopter.