Soviet Russian guided missile destroyers Gremyashy(i) and Zhguchy(i) visited Rotterdam, Netherlands in September 1971

Parkkade, Rotterdam, Netherlands >21-25< September 1971

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Both anti submarine destroyers were part of Project 57A Grevny called by the NATO Kanin-class which was a modified Project 57bis/NATO named Krupny-class and which were the first Soviet guided missile destroyers  Totally eight were built which were finally decommissioned between 1987-1993. Due to the Dutch newspaper Het vrije volk: democratisch nieuwsblad dated 21 September 1971 we know the names of the ships namely the Gremyashchyi and Zhgychyi. Commanding officer was a cerain admiral Valobuev. That should be rear admiral Evgeniy Ivanovich Volobuev. Their host was the Dutch Van Speijk-class frigate Hr.Ms. Van Galen which visited earlier that same year with her sistership Hr.Ms. Evertsen Odessa, Ukraine. 

The Gremyashy(i), laid down by Zhdanov Shipyard, Leningrad, Soviet Union on 25 February 1958, launched on 30 April 1959, commissioned on 30 June 1990, part of the Northern Fleet and decommissioned in 1991.

The Zhguchy(i), laid down by Zhdanov Shipyard, Leningrad, Soviet Union on 23 June 1958, launched on 14 October 1959, commissioned on 23 December 1990, part of the Northern Fleet and decommissioned in 1987.