Destroyers: Sovremenny Class
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Destroyers: Sovremenny Class
Sovremenny Class Destroyer RFS Nastoychivyy pictured at the Baltic Fleet homeport of Baltiysk near Kaliningrad...2018.
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Re: Destroyers: Sovremenny Class
Must be fuelled by discarded tyres
Jim
Jim
HMS Raleigh 1963 , HMS Collingwood 1963 & 67 , HMS Ark Royal 1964-7, HMS Undaunted 1968-71, HMS Victory (Fleet Maintenance Group) 1971-72, HMS Exmouth 1972-74
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Then 28 years in the Fire Brigade
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JEM, EM, OEM, LOEM, POOEL
Then 28 years in the Fire Brigade
Retired since 2002
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Re: Destroyers: Sovremenny Class
And here I thought it was cheap coal!! HAAACK COUGH WHEEEZE......DFO
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Re: Destroyers: Sovremenny Class
No need for radar to track them
Jim
Jim
HMS Raleigh 1963 , HMS Collingwood 1963 & 67 , HMS Ark Royal 1964-7, HMS Undaunted 1968-71, HMS Victory (Fleet Maintenance Group) 1971-72, HMS Exmouth 1972-74
JEM, EM, OEM, LOEM, POOEL
Then 28 years in the Fire Brigade
Retired since 2002
JEM, EM, OEM, LOEM, POOEL
Then 28 years in the Fire Brigade
Retired since 2002
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Re: Destroyers: Sovremenny Class
Either SNIFF...or take a peek! Their reputation for having a "poor" powerplant seems well deserved! OTOH, this class does not have a LOCK on smoking a trail in the Soviet Fleet..... DFO
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Re: Destroyers: Sovremenny Class
Certainly NOT a destroyer, but HUGE n SMOKEY!!! DFO
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Re: Destroyers: Sovremenny Class
Russian battlecruiser Pyotr Velikiy making smoke
Jim
HMS Raleigh 1963 , HMS Collingwood 1963 & 67 , HMS Ark Royal 1964-7, HMS Undaunted 1968-71, HMS Victory (Fleet Maintenance Group) 1971-72, HMS Exmouth 1972-74
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Then 28 years in the Fire Brigade
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JEM, EM, OEM, LOEM, POOEL
Then 28 years in the Fire Brigade
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Re: Destroyers: Sovremenny Class
She sure is, but ALL the other pics I have of her and sisters: never any smoke from the boilers. Looks about like one of our old gun cruisers, which were apparently known for this!
Almost as good as their WW1 era coal fired BBs!! DFO
Almost as good as their WW1 era coal fired BBs!! DFO
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Re: Destroyers: Sovremenny Class
Sovremenny Class Destroyer RFS Admiral Ushakov pictured demonstrating her PK-2 Missile Decoy Countermeasures System....2018.
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Re: Destroyers: Sovremenny Class
Here is both a missile load and laid up units waiting for the scrapper's torch.....DFO
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