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.jpg) Tsezar Kunikov in the Red Sea, 2003
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| Name | Tsezar Kunikov |
| Namesake | Tsezar Kunikov |
| Builder | Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland[1] |
| Commissioned | 30 October 1986[1] |
| Homeport | Sevastopol |
| Fate | Sunk on 14 February 2024 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Ropucha-class landing ship |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 112.5 m (369 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 15.01 m (49 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 4.26 m (14 ft 0 in) |
| Ramps | Over bows and at stern |
| Installed power | 3 × 750 kW (1,006 hp) diesel generators |
| Propulsion | 2 × 9,600 hp (7,159 kW) Zgoda-Sulzer 16ZVB40/48 diesel engines |
| Speed | 17.59 knots (32.58 km/h; 20.24 mph) |
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| Endurance | 30 days |
| 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 |
| Complement | 98 |
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Tsezar Kunikov (BDK-64) (Russian: «Цезарь Куников» (БДК-64); NATO reporting name: Ropucha-I class), sometimes anglicised as Caesar Kunikov, was a Project 775, large landing ship of the Russian Navy. The ship was built in Polish People's Republic, launched in 1986 and named after Soviet Naval Infantry officer Tsezar Kunikov. As part of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, it took part in the KFOR mission, the Russo-Georgian War, the Syrian Civil War, and the Russo-Ukrainian War.
On 14 February 2024, the Ukrainian military announced its forces had hit the ship with several unmanned surface vehicles (USV) while it was off Crimea, which they say caused it to sink.[3] The sinking of the ship has been confirmed by Russian sources.[3][failed verification]
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- ^ a b Balmforth, Tom; Polityuk, Pavel (14 February 2024). "Ukraine says it sank Russian large landing warship in Black Sea". Reuters. Retrieved 18 February 2024.