pr.20380 diesels coughing up during start up… usual.
http://balancer.ru/forum/punbb/attachment.php?item=284224&download=1
Snake,
Little lazy to search more. Can you please provide some spec and details for the sub. If it is meant as rescue module for submarines during trials, we can also consider it as an operational units which can be air-transported during emergencies.
Illustration for Mistrals…..translation?
http://alex-kulakoff.livejournal.com/4129.html
call it symbolic…
… Admiral Gorshkov emerges out from the past in a totally new avatar as INS Vikramaditya. She is a beauty 😎
Now waiting for other carriers to arrive, IAC-I and CVF. Both are going to be pretty. It has been pretty boring seeing only American carriers all these years. :p
Severodvinsk’s proximity to the Arctic Circle means the Sun never sets from late May to mid-July, so those pictures could well have been taken at the scheduled departure time of 02:00! A big thanks to Mr. Oleg Kuleshov!
I’ve never been a fan of the Kiev class and seeing the rusting, beached hull of Gorshkov a few years back made me wonder what the Indians have let themselves in for.
But I have to admit Sevmash did a fine job in the end and INS Vikramaditya certainly looks an impressive and handsome piece of kit. Kudos.
Jo, good points…i never though about that aspect. But not sure if those images are from the 2-4a.m.
I too have some dislikes for the Kiev class design, mainly the placement of the island and the lifts. Considering that the whole island was built separately and then integrated onto the deck, I do wonder, if modification could have played more with trimming down its footprint into the middle of the deck. But we have to live with it.
Overall it has been a good work from Sevmash even after all the bad publicity and if we take out the 3-4 years of indecision period (fund stagnation) for the project, Sevmash did that splendid job of converting the carrier, undertaking sea trials and delivery in 5-6 years. That is pretty decent record and I’m confident enough to say that if Sevmash is given a contract to built another unit of N-powered Kuznetsov with uninterrupted and steady funding, they will handsomely complete it in 5 years!
TR1,
Thnks for the info.
and some nice shots from the stern…
One add-on (rather cut-out) the starboard is the facility for a new boat. In post #64 attachment (illustration on the work done) also we can see a new “cut-out” in front of the existing area. What is it for, just for embarking an additional boat??
The already embarked boats on either sides are not life boats and might be entrusted with securing the perimeter of the carrier on port visits and for making contact with vessels approaching the carrier. All the boats looks like equipped with radar, including the ones stationed on the deck and covered. INS Vikramaditya already have good facility for boats on either side and 3 are stored on the side of the island. The new one makes it a total of 8 boats. Any info on those?
large image…. it gives a good perspective of the starboard extensions and the mast.
http://nl.media.rbth.ru/web/in-rbth/images/2012-06/big/vikra_468.jpg
Oleg have added more…
http://kuleshovoleg.livejournal.com/65378.html
posting some more of the brilliant photos.
http://pics.livejournal.com/kuleshovoleg/pic/000hkhh1
http://pics.livejournal.com/kuleshovoleg/pic/000hp6g0
A questions – what is the new white dome that we see at the stern on starboard?
Its a good day overall…INS Vikramaditya started off new life and in Euro Cup 2012, Russia is already leading (expected) by 2 unilateral goals over the Czech after having missed (expected) atleast two golden chances..
INS Vikramaditya begins sea trials
MOSCOW, June 8, 2012
Vladimir Radyuhin
The newly refurbished INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier took to the sea for the first time on Friday.
The carrier sailed out for crucial pre-delivery trials in the early hours of June 8 from the berth of the Sevmash shipyard in Russia’s northern city of Severodvinsk, where the former Soviet heavy aviation cruiser Gorshkov had been converted into a regular aircraft carrier christened Vikramaditya.
During the trials, scheduled to last 120 days, all the ship’s systems will be tested.
An entirely Indian touch to INS Vikramaditya
MYSORE, June 8, 2012
R. Krishna Kumar
The dosa-making machine at CFTRI in Mysore. Photo: M.A. SriramSix dosa-making and three idli-making machines have been installed on the aircraft carrier
Even as aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, formerly Admiral Gorshkov, is getting ready for pre-induction trials, it has seen the successful demonstration of a product that is exclusively Indian.
For, a group of engineers from Eskay Enterprises, Bangalore, has installed six dosa-making machines and three idli-making machines on board INS Vikramaditya and just returned from Arkhangelsk region in Russia where the ship was docked. It will help serve traditional Indian delicacies to the Indian crew once the ship is commissioned.
The automated dosa and idli making technology was developed by Mysore-based Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) and Eskay Enterprises is one of the licensees authorised to manufacture the automated machines.
Sources told The Hindu that initially CFTRI was contacted by the Defence authorities with a request to install the machines on board Admiral Gorshkov which was being overhauled and retrofitted with modern equipment to emerge in its new avatar as INS Vikramaditya.
“But CFTRI being a research institute does not have the mandate for bulk manufacturing of products though it develops the technology. Hence, we asked the Defence Ministry to contact one of our licensees in Bangalore who participated in the bid and was chosen for installation,” the sources said.
S. Krishna Murthy, who owns Eskay Enterprises, said that he obtained the technology from CFTRI and upgraded it for commercial viability before releasing it the market. Both the dosa-making and idli-making machinery have been installed in 12 ships of the Indian Navy so far. “But installing it on board the INS Vikramaditya was privileged work. We have just returned from Russia, and the automated dosa and idli-making machines will be fine-tuned once the ship is handed over to India in December,” Mr. Krishna Murthy said.
The automated technology will enable assembly-line production of 400 dosas and 1,000 idlis an hour on each machine and will cater to the nearly 2,000 crew members who will be on board the ship. Mr. Krishna Murthy said that eight wet grinders have also been installed for grinding rice and other ingredients for batter.
The technology was developed by the CFTRI in 1998 and since then has proved to be popular in major industries where catering for a large workforce requires mass production. The machines have been so designed that they take care of all operations pertaining to making a dosa such as spreading batter to the requisite size, oiling, cooking and even dispensing curry and chutney. The automated technology also ensures that hygienic norms are observed in the kitchen as it obviates manual labour during mass production of idlis and dosas of uniform taste.
on board no one is going to have any delay in getting their dosas and idlis 😉
An earlier report regarding the trial..
Fire in INS Vikramaditya Not Delays Sea Trials
05.06.2012Fire happened to Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya (former Russian cruiser Admiral Gorshkov) retrofitted by defense shipyard Sevmash in Severodvinsk “by no means will affect the ship’s gearing up for sea trials”, the yard’s press secretary Anastasia Nikitinskaya told ITAR-TASS.
According to her, “a fumigation of technical insulation occurred on June 1 and was eliminated in five minutes”. “In full accordance with regulations, all people were evacuated from smoke-filled premises, and fire brigades were called, but there was no need for them”, explained Mrs. Nikitinskaya.
INS Vikramaditya begins sea trials
Vladimir RadyuhinThe newly refurbished INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier took to the sea for the first time on Friday.
The carrier sailed out for crucial pre-delivery trials in the early hours of June 8 from the berth of the Sevmash shipyard in Russia’s northern city of Severodvinsk, where the former Soviet heavy aviation cruiser Gorshkov had been converted into a regular aircraft carrier christened Vikramaditya.
During the trials, scheduled to last 120 days, all the ship’s systems will be tested.
how do i get larger size of these images?? TIA
http://vz.ru/photoreport/582856/635990.html
http://www.vedomosti.ru/photogallery/27857/27867
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