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Admiral Levchenko

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The Admiral Levchenko is one of ten of Russia's Udaloy-class destroyers which form the backbone of the nation's surface fleet. She was commissioned in 1988. She displaces 8,500 tons, has a length of 163.5m and a beam of 19.3m. Her full complement is 249. Her four gas turbines give her a top speed of 29 knots. She is armed with surface-to-air missiles, anti-submarine missiles and mortars,
torpedoes, two 3.9in guns, four 30mm guns and has rails for 24 mines. She can accommodate two Ka-27 helicopters.
Four leading naval nations, Britain, France, Russia and the US, linked up for a series of war games in June 2006, off the coast of Portsmouth.

Known as FRUKUS - letters from the names of each nation involved - naval exercises, ceremonies and official visits begin with an opening ceremony at HMS Excellent, Whale Island, and finish when the ships left the UK on Friday 30 June 2006.

On Tuesday 27 June the four ships left together for a series of exercises in Weymouth Bay, including a co-ordinated entry into Portland harbour, although they will not berth there. They return to Portsmouth on Friday for the event's closing ceremony.

Over 1,000 personnel from the four countries took part. The four ships involved this year are the Devonport-based Type 23 frigate HMS Monmouth, the French air-defence destroyer De Grasse, the Russian destroyer Admiral Levchenko and the air-defence destroyer USS Barry.
 
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