Storoschewoi

Storoschewoi

An identical ship

Ship data flag  Soviet Union  Russia Ship type frigate class Project 1135 Shipyard Shipyard 820 Kaliningrad Keel laying July 20, 1972 Launch March 21, 1973 Commissioning December 30, 1973 Decommissioning 2002 Whereabouts scrapped

Ship dimensions and crew length 123 m ( Lüa ) width 14.2 m Draft Max. 4.51 m displacement Empty: 3,200 t Use: 3,550 t   crew 194 men

Machine system machine COGAG 2 × M8K turbines 2 × M62 turbines Machine performance M8K: 2 × 36,000 PS (26,478 kW) M62: 2 × 12,000 PS (8,826 kW) Top speed 32 kn (59 km / h) propeller 2

Armament 2 × 2 76mm L / 59 AK-726 1 × 4 UPRK-3 SFK starter 2 × 2 9K33 Osa 2 × 1 RBU-6000 depth charges 2 × 4 torpedo tubes ∅ 53.3 cm

The Storoschewoi ( Russian Сторожевой ) was a frigate of Project 1135 of the Soviet Navy . She was part of the Baltic fleet .

mutiny

A mutiny broke out on the frigate on November 9, 1975 . The leader was the political officer Valeri Sablin , who was the most senior officer on board after the captain . After a screening of the film Battleship Potemkin , Sablin had locked the captain in and, in an address to the crew, denounced the Communist Party's deviation from Lenin's ideals. He presented his plan to take over the ship with volunteers and run from Riga to Leningrad in order to address the party leadership and the population there via the media. However, the naval leadership feared the crew would flee to Sweden and put Yak-28 bombers and available warships together to form combat groups to stop the outgoing Storoschewoi and, if necessary, sink it. Persecuted by their own armed forces, Sablin finally gave up the venture. He was arrested by a military court convicted and on August 3, 1976 executed .

Decommissioning

The ship remained in service until 2002 and has since been scrapped.

fiction

Elements of the mutiny on the Storoschewoi inspired Tom Clancy to write his novel The Hunt for Red October .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Project 1135 Burevestnik Krivak class Frigate. fas.org, accessed on September 18, 2008 (English, there: Storozhevoi ). 
2. ↑ Вооруженный мятеж на Балтфлоте - spotted on nvo.ng.ru on January 6, 2012
3. ↑ Failed revolution - seen on segodnya.ua on January 6, 2012
4. ↑ Ship of Horror . In: Der Spiegel . No. 3 , 1997 ( online ).
5. ↑ ^{a b} How Much Obedience Does an Officer Need? cgsc.edu, archived from the original on November 7, 2010 ; accessed on September 18, 2008 (English). 
6. ^ Warships. worldwarships.com, archived from the original on October 7, 2008 ; accessed on September 18, 2008 (English). 
7. ↑ One of Their Subs Is Missing. time.com, accessed September 18, 2008 . 

Web links

• Project 1135 at atrinaflot.narod.ru ( Memento from March 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive )