Russian landing ship Georgy Pobedonosets
{{Short description|Russian Navy landing ship}}
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| Ship endurance = 30 days | Ship boats = | Ship capacity = 10 × main battle tanks and 340 troops or 12 × BTR APC and 340 troops or 3 × main battle tanks, 3 × 2S9 Nona-S SPG, 5 × MT-LB APC, 4 trucks and 313 troops or 500 tons of cargo | Ship troops = | Ship complement = 98 | Ship time to activate = | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = * 2 × AK-725 twin {{Convert|57|mm|in|abbr=on}} DP guns
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Georgy Pobedonosets ({{langx|ru|Георгий Победоносец}}) is a {{sclass2|Ropucha|landing ship}} of the Russian Navy and part of the Northern Fleet.
Named after Saint George, the ship was built in Poland and launched in 1984. She was named BDK-45 ({{langx|ru|БДК-45}}) for {{langx|ru|Большой десантный корабль|translit=Bolshoy desantnyi korabl'|translation=large landing ship|link=no}}, from her construction until being renamed Georgy Pobedonosets in 2002. She is one of the subtype of the Ropucha-class landing ships, designated Project 775/II by the Russian Navy.
Construction and commissioning
Georgy Pobedonosets was built as BDK-45 by Stocznia Północna, part of Gdańsk Shipyard, in Gdańsk, in what was then the Polish People's Republic. She was laid down on 10 December 1983, and launched on 29 June 1984. She was commissioned into the Soviet Navy on 5 March 1985 as part of its Northern Fleet, homeported in Severomorsk, and with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late December 1991, she went on to serve in the Russian Navy.{{cite web|url=https://flot.com/nowadays/strength/pobedonosets.htm|title= "Георгий Победоносец" |publisher=flot.com|accessdate=7 April 2025|language=Russian}}
Service
BDK-45 was several times declared the best ship in her formation, and twice the best surface ship in the Northern Fleet. She was renamed Georgy Pobedonosets on 21 March 2002.{{cite web|url=https://russianships.info/eng/warships/project_775.htm|title= Large landing ships|publisher=russianships.info|accessdate=7 April 2025}} In September 2007, she took part in joint naval exercises in the Barents Sea with the Royal Norwegian Navy's {{HNoMS|Horten|A530|6}}, and in 2009, took part in the Ladoga 2009 and Zapad 2009 exercises. Between 10 July and 29 August 2012, she was deployed on joint exercises with ships from the Baltic, Black Sea and Northern Fleets in the Barents, Norwegian and North Seas, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea, serving as the flagship of the exercise's commander, Rear-Admiral Vladimir Kasatonov, commander of the {{interlanguage link|Kola Flotilla|ru|Кольская флотилия разнородных сил}}. On 18 September 2013, she was one of several ships transporting servicemen and equipment from the Belarusian Armed Forces to Baltiysk for the Zapad 2013 exercises. The following year she was deployed to the Mediterranean, returning to her homeport in July 2014.
Georgy Pobedonosets deployed with a detachment to the New Siberian Islands in September 2014, returning to Severomorsk on 9 October. In 2015, she and her sister ship Kondopoga landed troops near Dudinka as part of exercises. Also that year she underwent repairs and refitting at the 35th Ship Repair Yard, taking part in the Severomorsk Navy Day naval parade on 26 July 2015. Work had been completed by May 2016, when she began a deployment to the Mediterranean. She visited the Russian naval facility at Tartus, Syria, making trips from Novorossiysk in the Black Sea to carry equipment to Tartus as part of the "Syrian Express", supporting the Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war.{{cite web|url=https://morvesti.ru/news/1679/57065/|title=Десантный корабль «Георгий Победоносец» вернулся в Черное море из Сирии|language=Russian|date=11 July 2016|publisher=morvesti.ru|accessdate=8 April 2025}} She was on this mission for nearly a year, returning on 5 April 2017.{{cite web|url=https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12117443@egNews|title=В главную базу Северного флота вернулся БДК «Георгий Победоносец»|date=5 April 2017|publisher=Russian Ministry of Defence|accessdate=7 April 2025|language=Russian}} On 10 August 2017, she was again at sea, sailing with a detachment of the Northern Fleet led by the Udaloy-class destroyer Severomorsk to the eastern Arctic Ocean.{{cite web|url=https://portnews.ru/news/245490/|title= БДК "Георгий Победоносец" исполнилось 33 года|date=13 September 2017|publisher=portnews.ru|accessdate=7 April 2025|language=Russian}} The detachment carried out joint exercises simulating the defence of an industrial facility on the Taimyr Peninsula, before Georgy Pobedonosets and her sister ship Aleksandr Otrakovsky deployed indepedently from the detachment on 5 September. They carried out a landing operation on Novaya Zemlya, returning to base on 13 September.{{cite web|url=https://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/type/navy/baltic/news/more.htm?id=12165317@egNews&_print=true|title= БДК "Георгий Победоносец" исполнилось 33 года|date=4 March 2018|publisher=Russian Ministry of Defence|accessdate=7 April 2025|language=Russian}}
In mid-January Georgy Pobedonosets and two other Northern Fleet landing ships, the Ropucha-class {{ship|Russian landing ship|Olenegorsky Gornyak||2}} and the Ivan Gren-class {{ship|Russian landing ship|Pyotr Morgunov||2}}, set sail for the Mediterranean Sea. En route they joined up with three Ropucha-class vessels sailing from the Baltic Fleet, {{ship|Russian landing ship|Korolyov||2}}, {{ship|Russian landing ship|Minsk||2}}, and {{ship|Russian landing ship| Kaliningrad||2}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.navylookout.com/russian-navy-adds-to-pressure-on-ukraine-and-nato/|title=Russian Navy adds to pressure on Ukraine and NATO|date=31 January 2022|publisher=Navy Lookout|accessdate=26 March 2025}} The six ships were shadowed on their voyage by NATO vessels, including as they passed through the English Channel by {{HMS|Dragon|D35|6}} and {{HMS|Tyne|P281|6}}. After calling at the Tartus naval base for replenishment, the ships entered the Black Sea on 8 and 9 February, nominally for exercises with the Black Sea Fleet.{{cite web|url=https://www.korabel.ru/news/comments/shest_rossiyskih_bolshih_desantnyh_korabley_vzyali_kurs_na_krym.html|title=Шесть российских больших десантных кораблей взяли курс на Крым|date=8 February 2022|publisher=korabel.ru|language=Russian|accessdate=26 March 2025}}{{cite web|first=Sam|last= LaGrone|url=https://news.usni.org/2022/02/09/3-more-russian-navy-amphibs-enter-the-black-sea|title=3 More Russian Navy Amphibs Enter the Black Sea|date=9 February 2022|publisher=US Naval Institute|accessdate=26 March 2025}} The Barents Observer reported that the ships were heavily loaded and low in the water, and carrying equipment and troops from the Northern Fleet’s elite forces.{{cite web|first=Atle |last=Staalesen|url=https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/hundreds-of-russian-arctic-troops-believed-to-be-involved-in-war-crimes-in-ukraine/160250|title=Hundreds of Russian Arctic troops believed to be involved in war crimes in Ukraine|date=2 March 2022|publisher=The Barents Observer|accessdate=26 March 2025}}
References
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Category:Ropucha-class landing ships
Category:Ships built in Gdańsk
Category:Amphibious warfare vessels of the Soviet Navy