Admiral Kuznetzov coal fired?

[The Basket]

How many tonnes of coal does the Admiral Kuznersov get through per day? Does it have a collier with it?
For a modern ship it smokes likes it's on fire.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Yeah...I did see that black smoke picture! What gives?

 

[tyrodtom]

If you compare those pictures with pictures of real coal fired ships from the pre WW1 era, you'll realize that smoke isn't anything in comparison.
It's just a badly adjusted/ wornout oil burner.

That ship has a history of problems.
That smoke must play havoc on aircraft in the landing pattern.

 

[GrauGeist]

USS New York (BB-34) underway, circa 1916

The Admiral Kuznetzov is usually accompanied by an ocean-going tug in it's task force, too.

 

[The Basket]

Problem is the show.
The ship obviously has serious issues with its engines.
Danger for its own aircraft plus it can be seen from miles away with its smoke. The Russian wants us to fear the carrier task force but it looks like in a poor state. If the engines are knackered what else don't work?

 

[GrauGeist]

Putin is just beating his shoe on the podium, so to speak - this is just another attempt to make Russia relevant.

To be entirely honest, I would completely be surprised if the Admiral Kuznetkov makes it to the straits of Gibraltar under it's own power.

 

[tyrodtom]

I wonder if the Russian navy has chimney sweeps ?

 

[GrauGeist]

I wonder if the Russian navy has chimney sweeps ?

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[GrauGeist]

They should name her "old smokey"!

I'm sure the Russians are proud of her, but in reality, it's roughly half the displacement of a U.S. carrier and if you total up all the tonnage of just the U.S. CVNs (at least 100,000 tons each), it would probably be more than the entire Russian Navy...

 

[Glider]

Its notable that the Russian ships have a Tug with them.

 

[Glider]

An interesting clip. Note the heavy landings and how bare the ship is internally. We used to have all sorts of spares and tools strapped around

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqLe5ttSHo4

 

[parsifal]

I don't know why, but Russian ships nearly always make more smoke than western ships.....I remember making that very observation whilst standing on the bridge of the Melbourne, and thinking those guys are really making their position known

 

[michaelmaltby]

.... seems very rough, not the seas.

 

[fubar57]

Under "escort" by the HMS Richmond...

 

[Capt. Vick]

At 1:05, are those drapes on the windows in the radar room?

 

[GrauGeist]

I was wondering why, at about 3:10, the background music changed to the theme from Das Boot.

Perhaps they should have used the "Hunt for Red October" theme music instead?

 

[GrauGeist]

Here's a video of the Kuznetsov being taken under tow when her engines failed back in 2012 on the return voyage from Syria. She was adrift in the Bay of Biscay and the heavy tug (one of which always accompanies the Kuznetsov task force) Niikolay Chiker moves in to set up a towline and get the carrier under way.

 

[fubar57]

That is one p!ssed off looking captain.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Yikes!