Northern Fleet’s flagship in Indian drills
The nuclear-powered missile cruiser “Pyotr Veliky” conducted joint drills with an Indian vessel in the Arabian Sea on Wednesday.
“Pyotr Veliky” and the Indian Talwar class missile frigate “INS Trishul” practiced artillery shooting, joint maneuvering, and carried out several communications drills, RIA Novosti reports.
Pyotr Veliky is returning to its home base in Severomorsk from large-scale naval drills in the Pacific Ocean. The cruiser called at the port of Mormugao in the Indian state of Goa on August 6. There it replenished water and food supplies. Mormugao is the only port on India’s western coast allowing visits by nuclear-powered ships.
Russia’s largest and most powerful warship, the Pyotr Veliky has a displacement of between 24,000 and 26,000 tons, and a speed of up to 31 knots (almost 57 km/h). The ship is 251 meters in length and has a crew of more than 700 sailors.
The ship’s main weapons include 20 SS-N-19 Shipwreck missiles, designed to engage large surface targets.
