MOSCOW. April 30 (Interfax-AVN) - The Admiral Chabanenko large anti-submarine ship of the Northern Fleet will arrive in Liverpool for an unofficial visit on Thursday under the flag of commander of a surface ships squadron Vice Admiral Gennady Radzevsky.
The Russian Navy commander-in-chief's aide Colonel Igor Dygalo told Interfax-Military News Agency that on the fist day of the visit the ship crew will head for the Invincible aircraft carrier where a welcoming party will be given on behalf of British Royal Navy Commander Admiral Jonathan Band.
The Admiral Chabanenko will stay in Liverpool up until May 6 and its crew will participate in a large-scale cultural program.
The Admiral Chabanenko left the Russian town of Severomorsk on April 22 heading for Liverpool in order to participate in the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic. The vessel's voyage to the Atlantic takes place simultaneously with the combat training of crews in the open sea. Training of sonarmen aimed at finding and identifying various surface and underwater targets were held during the voyage.
Moreover, vessel survivability games and theoretical exercises with commanders of artillery, mine and torpedo, and electromechanical combat sections and specialists responsible for aerial and surface situation have taken place.
The Admiral Chabanenko (Project 1155.1, NATO designation Udaloy-22) was laid down at the Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad in 1990 and set afloat in 1992.
The vessel has a displacement of 7,700 tonnes, length of more than 163 meters and width of 19 meters. The powerplant consists of two regular-speed gas turbines and two full-speed gas turbines. The four turbines ensure a speed of up to 30 knots. The vessel's range is 3,000 miles and endurance 30 days.
Ships of Project 1155.1 are armed with cruise missiles, a universal 130mm artillery system, two four-tube torpedo tubes, anti-aircraft missiles and two deck helicopters. They are capable of offering effective counteraction to the enemy's submarines and surface ships.