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Tsezar’ Kunikov large landing ship (Caesar Kunikov (BDK-64))
  Caesar Kunikov (BDK-64) (Russian: «Цезарь Куников» (БДК-64), romanized: Tsezar’ Kunikov) was a Project 775 (NATO reporting name: Ropucha-I-class) large landing ship (Bol’shoy Desantnyy Korabl) of the Russian Navy that was reported sunk by the Ukrainian GUR on Valentine’s Day 2024, the same day as the death of her namesake, Caesar Lvovich Kunikov, 81 years earlier. The ship was built at the Stocznia Północna shipyard
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Spetsai (F-453)
  The Greek frigate Spetsai (F-453) (Greek: Φ/Γ ΣΠΕΤΣΑΙ) is the second ship of the Greek Hydra frigate class. She is based on the Blohm + Voss MEKO 200 frigate class and was built by Hellenic Shipyards Co. at Skaramagas. She is the fifth ship of the Hellenic Navy to be named after the Saronic Gulf island of Spetses. She has participated in international operations such as Enduring
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Hydra-class frigate
The Hydra class is a group of four frigates in service with the Hellenic Navy. They were designed in Germany and are part of the MEKO group of modular warships, in this case, the MEKO 200 design. The program was authorized in 1988 and partially paid for with FMS aid and provisioned for the commission of six vessels. The
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Hydra (F-452)
Hydra (F-452) (Greek Φ/Γ Ύδρα) is the lead ship of the Greek Hydra-class frigate and the flagship of the Hellenic Navy. The ship was built in the same shipyard as the Blohm + Voss MEKO 200 frigate class, on which its design was based. Three more vessels were built by Hellenic Shipyards Co. at Skaramagas in the following years. It is the fifth ship in
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HDMS Peter Willemoes (F362)
HDMS Peter Willemoes (F362) is an Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate in the Royal Danish Navy. The ship is named after Peter Willemoes, an 18-19th-century Danish officer. Design The design is shared across the three-ship class. Construction and service history She was laid down on 12 March 2009 and launched on 21 December 2010 by Odense Steel Shipyard, Odense. Commissioned on
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HDMS Iver Huitfeldt (F361)
The HDMS Iver Huitfeldt (F361), also known as the Iver Huitfeldt-class destroyer, is the lead ship of the Iver Huitfeldt-class of multi-role frigates operated by the Royal Danish Navy. The ship was constructed by Odense Steel Shipyard and was commissioned in 2017. The Iver Huitfeldt has a displacement of 6,700
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HDMS Absalon (F341)
  HDMS Absalon (F341) and her sister ship Esbern Snare are the two members of the Absalon class. The lead ship of the class is named after Danish archbishop and statesman Absalon and received full operational status in 2007. Design The ships are the first in a series of RDN vessels tasked with carrying out new types of missions
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HDMS Esbern Snare (F342)
HDMS Esbern Snare (F342) is an Absalon-class frigate and is, along with her sister ship, the HDMS Absalon, amongst the largest combat vessels currently commissioned in the Royal Danish Navy. Esbern Snare is part of the first stage of a strategic realignment within the Royal Danish Navy, which is transitioning to focus on international operations, in which Absalon-class vessels will form
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United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO)
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) is a joint military command that operates in the United Kingdom’s area of maritime responsibility (AoR), which encompasses the North Atlantic Ocean, the English Channel, and the Irish Sea. The UKMTO is responsible for protecting the UK’s maritime interests, which include ensuring the
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Serna-class landing craft
The Serna class, Russian designation Project 11770, is a class of air cavity system landing craft constructed for the Russian Navy. Twelve boats were built by Vostochnaya Verf between 1994 and 2014. Four boats of the export project 11771 were built in 1994. Four ships of the Project 11771 designation were made specifically for export to other countries. One
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Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov
Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov (Russian: Адмира́л фло́та Сове́тского Сою́за Кузнецо́в, romanized: Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov or “Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov”, originally the name of the fifth Kirov-class battlecruiser) is an aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft cruiser in Russian classification) serving as the flagship of the Russian Navy. It was built by the Black Sea Shipyard, the sole manufacturer
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Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier
The Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrying cruiser (Russian: Авиано́сцы ти́па «Кузнецо́в» Avianо́stsii Tipa “Kuznetsо́v”), Soviet designation Project 1143.5, is a class of aircraft carriers operated by the Russian and Chinese navies. Originally designed for the Soviet Navy, the Kuznetsov-class ships use a ski jump to launch high-performance conventional aircraft in a STOBAR configuration. The design represented a major advance in Soviet fleet aviation over the Kiev-class carriers, which could
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