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Friday, October 21, 2016 4:06:59 PM
Russia sailed their only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, billowing clouds of black smoke through the English Channel on Friday bound for Syria
The ageing Russian aircraft carrier has been plagued by years of technical problems. As always the Kuznetsov is accompanied by a Russian rescue tug in case it breaks down. The plumbing is so bad on the 55,000 ton Admiral Kuznetsov that many of its toilets cannot be used, while it has had repeated problems with its power and a string of accidents, naval experts said.
Nato officials have said the Russian deployment is the largest of its kind since the Cold War and designed to demonstrate Moscow’s military might as well as blitz the only large rebel-held city in Syria.
But as the ship sailed through the Channel, it was mocked on social media by maritime enthusiasts, for its notoriously poor state of repair. - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/21/russian-carrier-plagued-by-technical-problems/
One Royal Navy source said: “All their ships look shiny on the outside, but are pretty horrid on the inside. You only have to look at the smoke she’s belching out to see not all is well.
“We have had people on board Russian ships in the last 10 years or so and it’s always a bit of a shock. The conditions inside are pretty manky.”
Peter Roberts, naval expert at the Royal United Services Institute, said: “Kuznetsov is one of those unlucky ships that has things going wrong through design and just through luck.”
Work began on the Admiral Kuznetsov in 1982 and it was commissioned in 1990. Since then it has been plagued by technical problems, he said.
The vessel is powered by steam turbines and turbo-pressurized boilers that are wholly unreliable.
Flaws in the water piping system mean it freezes during winter. To prevent pipes bursting, the water is turned off to most of the cabins and half the latrines do not work.
Mr Roberts, a former Royal Navy officer, said: “There’s nothing more depressing for a naval captain when he leaves home waters than to be escorted by a tug because even your commander in chief thinks you're going to break down.”
One sailor was killed when a fire started on board the ship during a visit to Turkey in 2009. The ship also spilled hundreds of tons of oil in the Irish Sea during a refuelling accident the same year.
But Mr Roberts said despite the ship’s troubles, it could not be written off.
“The Kuznetsov has very limited capability compared to a US carrier, but it’s not to be dismissed. It can provide limited capability and it they get to the eastern Mediterranean they can launch some strikes in Syria with these planes.”
The ageing Russian aircraft carrier has been plagued by years of technical problems. As always the Kuznetsov is accompanied by a Russian rescue tug in case it breaks down. The plumbing is so bad on the 55,000 ton Admiral Kuznetsov that many of its toilets cannot be used, while it has had repeated problems with its power and a string of accidents, naval experts said.
Nato officials have said the Russian deployment is the largest of its kind since the Cold War and designed to demonstrate Moscow’s military might as well as blitz the only large rebel-held city in Syria.
But as the ship sailed through the Channel, it was mocked on social media by maritime enthusiasts, for its notoriously poor state of repair. - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/21/russian-carrier-plagued-by-technical-problems/
One Royal Navy source said: “All their ships look shiny on the outside, but are pretty horrid on the inside. You only have to look at the smoke she’s belching out to see not all is well.
“We have had people on board Russian ships in the last 10 years or so and it’s always a bit of a shock. The conditions inside are pretty manky.”
Peter Roberts, naval expert at the Royal United Services Institute, said: “Kuznetsov is one of those unlucky ships that has things going wrong through design and just through luck.”
Work began on the Admiral Kuznetsov in 1982 and it was commissioned in 1990. Since then it has been plagued by technical problems, he said.
The vessel is powered by steam turbines and turbo-pressurized boilers that are wholly unreliable.
Flaws in the water piping system mean it freezes during winter. To prevent pipes bursting, the water is turned off to most of the cabins and half the latrines do not work.
Mr Roberts, a former Royal Navy officer, said: “There’s nothing more depressing for a naval captain when he leaves home waters than to be escorted by a tug because even your commander in chief thinks you're going to break down.”
One sailor was killed when a fire started on board the ship during a visit to Turkey in 2009. The ship also spilled hundreds of tons of oil in the Irish Sea during a refuelling accident the same year.
But Mr Roberts said despite the ship’s troubles, it could not be written off.
“The Kuznetsov has very limited capability compared to a US carrier, but it’s not to be dismissed. It can provide limited capability and it they get to the eastern Mediterranean they can launch some strikes in Syria with these planes.”
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