Russian destroyer Bezuderzhnyy

Bezuderzhnyy was a Sovremenny-class destroyer of the Russian Navy.[1] She was renamed to Gremyashchiy in 2007.

Bezuderzhnyy underway on 1 June 1993
History
Russia
Name:
  • Bezuderzhnyy
  • (Безудержный)
Namesake:
Builder: Severnaya Verf, Saint Petersburg
Laid down: 24 February 1987
Launched: 30 September 1989
Commissioned: 25 June 1991
Decommissioned: 2007
Renamed:
  • Gremyashchiy
  • (Гремящий)
Homeport: Kaliningrad
Identification: Pennant number: 406, 435, 444, 682
Status: Undergoing scrap
General characteristics
Class and type: Sovremenny-class destroyer
Displacement: 6,600 tons standard, 8,480 tons full load
Length: 156 m (511 ft 10 in)
Beam: 17.3 m (56 ft 9 in)
Draught: 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Propulsion: 2 shaft steam turbines, 4 boilers, 75,000 kW (100,000 hp), 2 fixed propellers, 2 turbo generators,and 2 diesel generators
Speed: 32.7 knots (60.6 km/h; 37.6 mph)
Range:
  • 3,920 nmi (7,260 km; 4,510 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
  • 1,345 nmi (2,491 km; 1,548 mi) at 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement: 350
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Radar: Air target acquisition radar, 3 × navigation radars, 130 mm gun fire-control radars, 30 mm air-defence gun fire control radar
  • Sonar: Active and passive under-keel sonar
  • ES: Tactical situation plotting board, anti-ship missile fire control system, air defence, missile fire-control system, and torpedo fire control system
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 2 PK-2 decoy dispensers (200 rockets)
Armament:
  • Guns:
  • 4 (2 × 2) AK-130 130 mm naval guns
  • 4 × 30 mm AK-630 CIWS
  • Missiles
  • 8 (2 × 4) (SS-N-22 'Sunburn') anti-ship missiles
  • 48 (2 × 24) SA-N-7 'Gadfly' surface-to-air missiles
  • Anti-submarine:
  • 2 × 2 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 2 × 6 RBU-1000 300 mm anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried: 1× Ka-27 series helicopter
Aviation facilities: Helipad

Development and design
Main article: Sovremenny-class destroyer

Project began in the late 1960s when it was becoming obvious in the Soviet Navy that naval guns still had an important role particularly in support of amphibious landings, but existing gun cruisers and destroyers were showing their age. A new design was started, employing a new 130 mm automatic gun turret.

The ships are  156 metres (511 ft 10 in) in length, with a beam of 17.3 metres (56 ft 9 in) and a draught of 6.5 metres (21 ft 4 in).

Construction and career

Bezuderzhnyy was laid down on 24 February 1987 and launched on 30 September 1989 by Severnaya Verf in Saint Petersburg.[2] She was commissioned on 25 June 1991

She was renamed to Gremyashchiy in 2007.

By 2012, she had not entered the open sea since 1997 and on December 1, the naval flag was lowered on her.[3]

In April 2016, it was announced by the RF Ministry of Defense that she would be scrapped.[4]

References
  1. "Destroyers - Project 956". russianships.info. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  2. "Sovremenny". web.archive.org. 2005-11-04. Retrieved 2020-12-17.
  3. ""Гремящий"". flot.com. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  4. "Сведения закупки". zakupki.gov.ru. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
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