Russian battlecruiser Admiral Lazarev
Frunze c. 1986 | |
| History | |
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| → Soviet Union → Russia | |
| Name | Frunze → Admiral Lazarev (since 1992) |
| Namesake | Mikhail Frunze → Mikhail Lazarev |
| Builder | Baltic Shipyard, Leningrad |
| Laid down | 27 July 1978 |
| Launched | 26 May 1981 |
| Commissioned | 31 October 1984 |
| Out of service | 1999 |
| Fate | Scrapped 2021 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Kirov-class battlecruiser |
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| Beam | 28.5 m (93 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 9.1 m (29 ft 10 in) |
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| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
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| Armour | 76 mm plating around reactor compartment, light splinter protection |
| Aircraft carried | 3 Kamov Ka-27 or Kamov Ka-25 helicopters |
| Aviation facilities | Below-deck hangar |
Admiral Lazarev (Russian: Адмирал Лазарев) was the second Project 1144 Orlan (NATO reporting name Kirov-class) nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser. Until 1992 she was named Frunze (Russian: Фрунзе) after Mikhail Frunze, at that time she was renamed after the Russian admiral Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev. Scrapping of the ship began in April 2021.