Identifying a Russian ship by hull number

[AdmiralKarlDonuts 0]

I was looking through a several-year-old military magazine I found in a doctor's office today and a glossy personal photo of a Russian Krivak-class frigate fell out from between the pages. Wierd! Does anybody know of a list of ships of the class with hull numbers so I can find its name, for curiosity's sake? Globalsecurity doesn't list hull numbers so no luck there...

Pic

[lee_h._oswald 0]

During a search I found following:

http://hikertechnologies.com/lst1197/op_smokey_topaz.htm

Something about an operation smokey topaz.

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There is a picture of your krivak(FFG-942):

http://hikertechnologies.com/lst1197/ost_russian_FFG-942.htm

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Then I found this:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki....nna.jpg

Where you can read:

Quote[/b] ]A starboard amidships view of the upper decks on the Soviet Krivak II class guided missile frigate REZVY (FFG 942) underway.

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Looks like your ship is called "REZVY"

This site confirms it:

http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/sovietnavylist.html

Search for REZVY there.

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Hope that helps.

MfG Lee

[AdmiralKarlDonuts 0]

Wow, thanks. I hadn't even thought to use the FFG prefix, I hadn't ever seen any non-American ship referenced that way. I tried stuff like "krivak 942" and came up empty.

I wonder why it was stuck in this magazine though?

Edit: she was decommissioned and sunk at the pier in 1995

[Infam0us 10]

During a search I found following:

http://hikertechnologies.com/lst1197/op_smokey_topaz.htm

Something about an operation smokey topaz.

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There is a picture of your krivak(FFG-942):

http://hikertechnologies.com/lst1197/ost_russian_FFG-942.htm

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Then I found this:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki....nna.jpg

Where you can read:

Quote[/b] ]A starboard amidships view of the upper decks on the Soviet Krivak II class guided missile frigate REZVY (FFG 942) underway.

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Looks like your ship is called "REZVY"

This site confirms it:

http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/sovietnavylist.html

Search for REZVY there.

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Hope that helps.

MfG Lee

You should work for Scotland Yard with intelligence gathering skills like this Very interesting to read