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Тяжёлый авианесущий крейсер проекта 1143.5 «Адмирал Флота Советского Союза Кузнецов». Северный флот ВМФ России. Самоподъемная плавучая буровая установка проекта 15402М «Арктическая» (СПБУ), «Газпром флот». Судоремонтный завод № 35 (СРЗ-35, Центр судоремонта «Звёздочка»). Кольский залив
Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov ("Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Kuznetsov"). Northern Fleet. Self-elevating floating drilling rig "Arctic", "Gazprom flot". Ship repair plant No. 35 (Ship repair center "Zvezdochka"). Kola Bay

Мишуково, Кольский район, Мурманская область, Россия
Mishukovo, Kolsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Maritime Museum HSwMS Gotland 3225 MuzMarGöteborg 2007 S 2342 Göteborg_24 HSwMS Gotland (1933) was a seaplane cruiser of the Swedish Navy built by Götaverken.

The design of the ship started out in December 1926 as a seaplane carrier with room for twelve aircraft. When presented with the design Sweden's Naval Construction Board decided that it wanted the ship to have cruiser and minelaying functions as well as operating as a seaplane carrier.The resulting 5,000-ton design presented in January 1927 proved impossible to build within the available budget of Sk16.5 million.The design was then reduced in size requiring one of the forward turrets be removed. Its guns were then placed in casements either side of the superstructure. The construction contract for the ship was issued on 7 June 1930.

Hawker Osprey S 9, ready for launch on HSwMS Gotland
Its aircraft complement consisted of six Hawker Osprey seaplanes. It had capacity for eight and attempts were made to purchase two more, unsuccessfully since production of the type had ceased. The aircraft were found to suffer from wave damage during rough weather, often forcing the ship to return to port.

During World War II Gotland sighted the German battleship Bismarck when it broke out of the Baltic Sea. The sighting was reported to Swedish Navy headquarters but the message was intercepted by the British embassy, which triggered the allied chase of the great battleship.

HSwMS Gotland was converted in 1944 to an anti-aircraft cruiser due to a lack of modern seaplanes. This involved the removal of the seaplanes and the addition of four 40 mm Bofors guns and two 20mm L/70 guns. The Ospreys continued in service from harbour bases with the last being retired on 2 December 1947.

After World War II she served as a training ship. Starting 1953 and finishing in 1954 she was modified to allow her to serve as a fighter direction ship in the event of war as well as a training ship in peacetime.She was decommissioned in 1956, struck off in 1960, sold in 1962 and finally scrapped in 1963.

Name: Gotland
Builder: Götaverken
Laid down: 1930
Launched: 14 September 1933
Commissioned: 14 December 1934
Decommissioned: 1956
Struck: 1960
Fate:Sold in 1962 and scrapped in 1963
General characteristics
Class & type:Gotland-class cruiser
Displacement: 4,600 t
Length: 134.8 m
Beam: 15.4 m
Draught: 4.5 m
Propulsion:
Two shafts
Steam turbines
Four boilers
Speed: 27.5 knots
Complement: 467 (ship) 60 (aircraft)
Armament:
Main battery: Six 152 mm in two twin turrets and two single turrets
AA: four 75 mm, four 25 mm; eight 40 mm added in 1944
Six 533 mm torpedo tubes
Mines
Aircraft carried:
Aircraft (before conversion):
Six Hawker Osprey (had capacity for eight)
Notes: Initially seaplane cruiser converted to anti-aircraft cruiser
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