Although the Russian Navy has a large number of suitable vessels in its fleets, it has built a number of special training ships. The Smolny (Russian: Смольный)-class of training ships (Smolnyy (Russian: Смольный) and Perekop (Russian: Перекоп) were built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1970s, and two of them currently serve with the Russian Navy’s Baltic Fleet. A third ship – Khasan (Russian: Хасан) – was scrapped in 1998.
The class characteristics are:
The class characteristics are:
- Displacement: 7270 tons
- Dimensions:
- Length: 138m
- Beam: 17.2m
- Draught: 5.53m
- Propulsion: 2 x 8,000 hp diesel engines, each driving a propeller
- Speed: 20 knots
- Range: 9,000 nautical miles at 14 knots
- Complement: 132 + 30 Instructors + 300 cadets
- Armament: 4 x 76mm guns (2 x 2); 4 x 30 mm anti-aircraft guns (2 x 2); 1 x RBU-2500 anti-submarine weapon system
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