The Baltic Fleet of the Russian Federation is a new flagship: what is known about the Protetic Ship "Severomorsk"

As reported on March 3 by Army Recognition, this decision is due to the need to strengthen the protracic defense (PL) and the replacement of the destroyer "Infused" Project 956, which is probably removed from the combat warehouse and waiting for the disposal. Western analysts noted that the Baltic Fleet has traditionally had limited means to the northern and Pacific fleets, focusing on surface ships and multi -purpose courts.

Now Severomorsk, specifically designed to combat submarines, will greatly expand the fleet. In addition, the ship will be involved in the tests of new diesel-electric submarines built in St. Petersburg. The Great Protetic Ship (MIC) "Severomorsk" (by 1996, the ship was called "Simferopol") was laid in 1984 at the Yantar plant in Kaliningrad.

He served in the Northern Navy, participating in joint exercises with the United States and Norway, patrol in the Arctic, the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Aden. Dimensions and watertone: main weapons: the ship is equipped with four gas turbine engines with a capacity of 20,000 hp. Each, which is 80,000 hp This power plant allows the ship to develop a maximum speed of 29. 5 knots, and the range of swimming is 6 882 sea miles.

In this case, the ship can be in the sea for up to 30 days without replenishment. The ship is equipped with an advanced hydroacoustic "Pauline" system, which provides far detection of submarines and the Fregate radar. The gas turbine power plant makes it more reliable than the destroyers of the project 956 operating on steam turbine installations.

The authors of the material write that until recently the flagship of the Baltic Fleet remained the destroyer "Infused", but his age and operational restrictions made him ineffective. Unlike "Severomoresk", the ships of the 956 class "Consolanny" was created to combat surface purposes, had limited capabilities of the plane and used outdated steam turbine power plant.

Thus, "Severomorsk" will allow the Baltic Fleet to significantly strengthen the prototic defense, which is especially relevant in the conditions of increasing the activity of NATO underwater forces in the region. It should be reminded that in early February it became known that in Russia the modernization of the heavy atomic rocket cruiser "Admiral Nakhimov" of the project 11442.