Russian battlecruiser Admiral Lazarev

Frunze c. 1986
History
Soviet Union → Russia
NameFrunzeAdmiral Lazarev (since 1992)
NamesakeMikhail FrunzeMikhail Lazarev
BuilderBaltic Shipyard, Leningrad
Laid down27 July 1978
Launched26 May 1981
Commissioned31 October 1984
Out of service1999
FateScrapped 2021
General characteristics
Class & typeKirov-class battlecruiser
Displacement
  • 24,300 tons (standard)
  • 28,000 tons (full load)
Length
  • 252 m (826 ft 9 in)
  • 230 m (754 ft 7 in) (waterline)
Beam28.5 m (93 ft 6 in)
Draft9.1 m (29 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
  • 2-shaft CONAS, nuclear propulsion with steam turbine boost
  • 140,000 shp (100,000 kW)
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range
  • 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (combined propulsion),
  • Essentially unlimited with nuclear power at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement
  • 727
  • Aircrew: 18
  • Flag staff: 15
Sensors &
processing systems
  • Voskhod MR-800 (Top Pair) 3D search radar on foremast
  • Fregat MR-710 (Top Steer) 3D search radar on main mast
  • 2 × Palm Frond navigation radar on foremast
  • 2 × Top Dome for SA-N-6 fire control
  • 4 × Bass Tilt for AK-360 CIWS fire control
  • 2 × Eye Bowl for SA-N-4 fire control
  • Horse Jaw LF hull sonar
  • Horse Tail variable depth sonar
Armament
Armour76 mm plating around reactor compartment, light splinter protection
Aircraft carried3 Kamov Ka-27 or Kamov Ka-25 helicopters
Aviation facilitiesBelow-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.