Russian Destroyer in Cobh this weekend.

Rhys Essien

Open to the public on Saturday and Sunday.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_destroyer_Vice-Admiral_Kulakov

It was in Lisbon and Portsmouth over the last few days after coming back from the Gulf of Aden.

Here it is sailing in to Portsmouth a few days ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IVIqctAeHk

Impressive sight indeed.

goldie fish

Pretty impressive alright, and the cash the crew have been spending is also most welcome.

Storm 10

Goldie did you get on board and if you did what was she like inside, must be crammed with electronics etc

Pilotdude5

Had a stroll around on this earlier and was pretty impressed. No access inside but we were guided around everywhere on deck.
Funny watching kids climbing all over the KA-27 and some torpedo tubes. If that had happened 30 years ago they would have gotten a trip to Siberia:D

goldie fish

Didn't go aboard. Unfortunately I'm at the wrong end of the harbour for more than one visit in a weekend... Must buy a boat..

ted1

35knots. She moves fairly fast.

Cookie_Monster

you have to hand it to the Russians, they build awesomely potent looking ships.

ex_infantry man

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

you have to hand it to the Russians, they build awesomely potent looking ships.

ye and ugly looking helicoptors

Rhys Essien

It is going to set sail at 7pm this evening.Roches Point or Crosshaven would be good spots for a few photos or video of it sailing out of harbour.

A bit of info here on their patrols over last few months.

http://navaltoday.com/2012/06/22/vice-admiral-kulakov-starts-escorting-fourth-convoy-through-gulf-of-aden/

goldie fish

ex_infantry man wrote: »

ye and ugly looking helicoptors

The only contra rotating heli in production, and far safer for ground crew than anything with a tail rotor.
As usual the russians look at a problem and come up with their own unique solution.

banie01

goldie fish wrote: »

The only contra rotating heli in production, and far safer for ground crew than anything with a tail rotor.
As usual the russians look at a problem and come up with their own unique solution.

Not quite true...
There's the Kamov KA-50/52 series attack Helicopters that are also currently in production (Kamov too tho I know )
There are also various other models of Ka 27/30/32 series choppers still in production even an AWACS version, that while loosely based on the Ka-27 platform are entirely different beasts.
They are quite popular in the civilian SAR role in Russia too
The Contra Rotating rotor is a specialty of Kamov and the Russians however and Kamov have had many models of C/R heli's enter service, whereas in the west apart from a few Sikorsky prototypes its never been a popular rotor configuration.

By all accounts tough it is a great platform, very capable and highly stable particularly in the maritime role, offers great lift and performance in a compact rotor disc and in the the attack role it offers great performance and survivability too(based on what I've read of the recent Turkish and Korean Ka50 tests)

goldie fish

Should have clarified, Kamov are the only ones who made it work. Kaman did something similar, with the Huskie but the rotors are actually mounted alongside each other, intermeshing, and it never caught on.

banie01

goldie fish wrote: »

Should have clarified, Kamov are the only ones who made it work. Kaman did something similar, with the Huskie but the rotors are actually mounted alongside each other, intermeshing, and it never caught on.

I was probably being pedantic
If I remember correctly the intermeshing rotors on the Kaman were lifted from a german WW2 design I cant remember off the top of my head if it was Flettner or Foche Agelis that built it though.
I'll haveta dig out a book and check that now.

Rhys Essien

Its a pity that they didnt do this as a send off while leaving tonight.Mental.Listen to the car alarms going off.:eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2CMcxHLB4E

eh2010

Anyone got anymore photos of foreign Navy ships that stopped in Cork Harbour over the years?

goldie fish

SDC13161 by seamuscor, on Flickr

Leaving earlier, with Crosshaven in the background. Fast mover, even within the harbour.

JustAThought

Wow. Impressive.
Let's hope it dosnt bump into the American navy visiting Dublin.
There'll be a third world war incident .
Incidentally, I thought we were a neutral country; little ole emerald isle.
Impressive sight thou ; wish I was there to visit.

goldie fish

JustAThought wrote: »

Wow. Impressive.
Let's hope it dosnt bump into the American navy visiting Dublin.
There'll be a third world war incident .
Incidentally, I thought we were a neutral country; little ole emerald isle.
Impressive sight thou ; wish I was there to visit.

We are neutral. Why else would both be visiting.

Storm 10

Fantastic looking ship, she looks exactly like what a warship should look like, strong and powerful looking, just seeing that ship would stop you in your tracks doing anything illegal.

Did she get much of a send off from Cobh ??

Great shots Goldie thanks for posting them.

MJoriordan

Was down there last night. Was a few people around maybe 150-200. A serious loooking boat. It made the boats parked ove in Hawlbouline look like dinky toys. I've attached a few pics.

IT-Guy

Cool looking ship. Any idea what the death-ray style devices are above the torpedo tubes? Clearly visible in goldie_fish's photos in post #5, third photo. Getting a war of the worlds vibe off them

goldie fish

IT-Guy wrote: »

Cool looking ship. Any idea what the death-ray style devices are above the torpedo tubes? Clearly visible in goldie_fish's photos in post #5, third photo. Getting a war of the worlds vibe off them

Its a fire control radar for each of the main guns. Known by its nato reporting name of "Kite Screech".

who the fug

JustAThought wrote: »

Wow. Impressive.
Let's hope it dosnt bump into the American navy visiting Dublin.
There'll be a third world war incident .
Incidentally, I thought we were a neutral country; little ole emerald isle.
Impressive sight thou ; wish I was there to visit.

What does being neutral have to do with courtesy visits from a foreign navy

bazza1

good job we are neutral....or we'd have to kick their ass!...:D

Conchir

MJoriordan wrote: »

Was down there last night. Was a few people around maybe 150-200. A serious loooking boat. It made the boats parked ove in Hawlbouline look like dinky toys. I've attached a few pics.

Love the last photo, nice shots.

Enduro

eh2010 wrote: »

Anyone got anymore photos of foreign Navy ships that stopped in Cork Harbour over the years?

I grew up in Cobh and was quite a military enthusiast in my youth. As a result I've got quite a lot of old analog shots of various visits over the years. I'll have a dig into my slide collection and see what I can find.

I have memories of a multiple American boats (Comte De Grasse, a spruance class firgate, A knox class frigate, A Kidd class destroyer, A Ticonderoga class cruiser (the one that shot down the Iranian airbus IIRC), An Iwo Jima class helicopter carrier, one or two non glamorous support ships too). There was a Soviet frigate/destroyer that docked all the way up in Cork city too in the 80s (They had a table full of propaganda booklets for the public tours which were everyone happily grabbed as souveniers).

Got a great tour of the Kidd class destroyer (One of the officers must have scored my mate's older sister or something ), which included getting dinner in the mess, and a good snoop around the boat , including the CIC (which was awesome).

goldie fish

I got a fantastic tour of a Leahy class once, USS Harry E Yarnell, crewman showed me and a mate his bunk(and the drawer size locker underneath where he must store everything he needs for his duration at sea), and the missile magazine.

cyrusdvirus

I hate you both.

Jealousy induced hatred, but hatred nonetheless!!

Rhys Essien

Good aerial shot of it about to leave here.

http://www.irelandaerialphotography.com/aerial_photos/f2_5667_vice_admiral_kulakov_cobh_626.html