Moskva helicopter carrier from the Soviet Navy photographed in the Mediterranean

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AMoskva class helicopter carrier from the Soviet Navy, photographed in the Mediterranean by the British Royal Navy vessel HMS Walkerton. The Moskva, commissioned on 25 December 1967, could carry up to 18 helicopters for reconnaissance and anti-submarine missions. It was part of the Black Sea Fleet and crossed the Turkish Straits in 1969 for its first deployment in the Mediterranean. The Moskva was integrated into the Soviet naval force in the Mediterranean (the 5th Eskadra), which, in the mid-1970s, numbered some 80 warships.

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Source: The Soviet helicopter cruiser MOSKVA, equipped with surface-to-air missiles and carrying some 20 helicopters on board, photographed in the Mediterranean. [online] The Soviet Navy 1945–1974. Part of ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION. Royal Navy official photographer. London: Imperial War Museum. Black and White. © Crown copyright. IWM (A 35149).
Catalogue number A 35149
Available at: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205120032.

Copyright: (c) Imperial War Museum

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