File:Russian_cruiser_Moskva.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Moskva
Sign in to saveAlso known as Russian cruiser Slava, Slava, Russian cruiser Moskva, Soviet cruiser Slava
1979 Slava-class guided missile cruiser
"Moskva" was a Soviet guided missile cruiser built in 1979 that served as a major warship in the Soviet Navy. It matters historically as an example of the advanced military technology and naval power the Soviet Union developed during the Cold War.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Key facts
- Name
- Slava (in Soviet service), Moskva (from 1995)
- Namesake
- Glory (1979–1995), Moscow (1995–2022)
- Builder
- 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant (SY 445), Nikolayev , Ukrainian SSR
- Launched
- 27 July 1979
- Commissioned
- 30 January 1983
- Decommissioned
- September 1990
- Reinstated
- April 2000
- Fate
- Sunk by two Ukrainian R-360 Neptune anti-ship missiles on 14 April 2022
- Notes
- Flagship of the Black Sea Fleet
- Class type
- Slava -class cruiser
- Displacement
- 9,380 tons standard 11,490 tons full load
- Length
- 186.4 m (611 ft 7 in)
- Beam
- 20.8 m (68 ft 3 in)
- Draught
- 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
- Speed
- 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
- Complement
- 419 enlisted men and 66 officers
- Armour
- Splinter plating
- Aircraft carried
- 1 Ka-25 or Ka-27 helicopter
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- shipwreck
- Part of
- Black Sea Fleet
- Named after
- Moscow
- Award
- Order of Nakhimov
- Operator
- Russian Navy
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Mass
- 11280
- Manufacturer
- Mykolayiv Shipyard
- Conflict
- Russian annexation of Crimea
- Image
- Russian cruiser Moskva.jpg
- Height
- 42.5
- Width
- 21
- Length
- 186
- Speed
- 32
- Significant event
- shipwrecking
Show 18 more facts
- call sign
- RJT22
- Commons category
- Moskva (ship, 1979)
- vessel class
- Slava-class guided missile cruiser
- draft
- 7.9
- yard number
- 2008
- service entry
- 1982-12-30
- beam
- 21
- depicted by
- Russian warship, go fuck yourself
- country of registry
- Russia
- location of creation
- Mykolaiv
- shipping port
- Port of Sevastopol
- short name
- Слава
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2022-04-14
- maximum capacity
- 680
- pennant number
- 121
- different from
- Slava
- armament
- RBU-6000
- name
- Slava
Sources (9)
via Wikidata · CC0
~10 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Moskva, formerly Slava, was a guided missile cruiser of the Russian Navy. Commissioned in 1983, she was the lead ship of the Project 1164 Atlant class, named after the city of Moscow. With a crew of 510, Moskva was the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet.
The cruiser was deployed during the Russo-Georgian War and 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, and Russia's intervention in Syria (2015). She led the naval assault during the Russo-Ukrainian war, from February 2022 until her sinking on 14 April 2022.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moskva” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.