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Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov (Russian: Адмира́л фло́та Сове́тского Сою́за Кузнецо́в, "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov") is an aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft cruiser in Russian classification) that has served as the flagship of the Russian navy.
Most notably, the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano was the largest carrier of the war, and the largest object sunk by a submarine when she was hit by four torpedoes from USS Archerfish. [5] Sixteen carriers were lost to the air groups of enemy aircraft carriers, and five were sunk to land based aircraft.
The cruiser is the largest Russian warship to be sunk in wartime since the end of World War II, and the first Russian flagship sunk since Knyaz Suvorov in 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War. Russia said that 396 crew members had been evacuated, with one sailor killed and 27 missing, but there are unverified reports of more casualties.
Drones give Ukraine the advantage. Earlier this month, Ukraine said it sank the Ivanovets, a Russian guided-missile ship, also in the Black Sea.Its most notable strike was on the Moskva in April ...
The Russian Navy was reestablished in December 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union (USSR), most Soviet aircraft carriers were transferred over to Russia (with the exception of Varyag which was transferred to Ukraine.
The list of aircraft carriers of the Soviet Union and Russia includes all aircraft carriers built by, proposed for, or in service with the naval forces of either the Soviet Union or Russia. Although listed as aircraft carriers, none of them (with the exception of the never-built Ulyanovsk ) is a "true" aircraft carrier ( supercarrier ).
The Russian Ministry of Defence said a fire caused a munitions explosion, and the ship sank in stormy seas while being towed to port. [51] [52] Moskva is the largest warship to be sunk in combat since the ARA General Belgrano in the 1982 Falklands War, and the largest Russian warship to be sunk since World War II.
A206 Vinnytsia – In June 2022, footage emerged showing the Grisha II-class ship sunk at moorings, after a Russian attack on 24 February 2022. [93] [94] The ship had previously been converted to an auxiliary ship in 2018 and decommissioned in 2021. Eight unidentified vessels were claimed, on 26 February 2022, as destroyed by Russian forces. [95]