Chernihiv (ship)

Chernihiv U310
Чернігів

Chernihiv (U310)

Ship data flag other ship names Schowti Wody, Zenitchyk Ship type Minesweeper class Natya Class Project 266M Aquamarine Shipyard Nevsky Shipyard in Leningrad Build number C-928 Launch 1974 takeover September 10, 1974 Whereabouts Active (as of 2017)

Ship dimensions and crew length 61.2 m ( Lüa ) width 10.2 m Draft Max. 3.45 m displacement 735-790 tons   crew 68 men including 6 officers

Machine system machine 2 diesel M-503B Machine performance 5000 hp EEU two diesel generators DG-200, DG-100 up to 300 kW Top speed 17 kn (31 km / h) propeller 2

Armament 2х2-30 mm AK-230 2х2-25 mm 2М-3М 2 х5 RBU 1200 7 AMD-1000 sea mines or 32 depth charges underwater minesweepers MKT-210 Sweeps BKT, AT-3, TEM-4

The Tschernihiw (U310) ( Ukrainian Чернігів ) was a minesweeper of the Natya class Project 266M Aquamarine of the Ukrainian Navy and was part of their permanent standby forces.

Until the annexation of Crimea in 2014, the home port of the ship, named after the Ukrainian city ​​of Chernihiv , was a port in Donuslav in Nowooserne on the Crimean peninsula .

The range of the minesweeper is 1500 NM at a speed of twelve knots . It can stay at sea autonomously for ten days.

history

The minesweeper with the serial number C-928 was built at the Nevsky Shipyard (Середньоневський СБЗ) in Leningrad for the Soviet Navy . The takeover of the ship with the name Zenitchyk in the Black Sea Fleet took place on September 10, 1974. While belonging to the Soviet and later Russian Navy , the ship took part in missions in the Persian Gulf , the Red Sea , the Mediterranean , the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean .

Badge of the Schowti Wody (U310)

After the division of the Black Sea Fleet and the takeover of the ship by the naval forces of Ukraine, the ship was in memory of the Battle of Shovti Vody that took place near the city of Shovti Vody , in Shovti Vody (U310) and on June 18, 2004 finally in Chernigov ( U310) renamed.

In the course of the Crimean crisis , the ship became Russian on March 24, 2014. The ship's commanding officer, Captain 3rd rank Boris Palij, swore oath of the Russian naval fleet , whereupon an investigation was initiated against him for desertion in Ukraine .

Web links

• Mission description of the Tschernigow (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Minesweeper Chernihiv of the Ukrainian Navy (Russian)
2. ↑ Data on the Natya class (Russian)
3. ↑ Minesweeper Tschernihiw (U310) ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Более 50 украинских кораблей перешли под контроль России , vesti.ua
5. ↑ Командир морского тральщика "Чернігів" объявлен предателем Украины , gorod.cn.ua
6. ↑ ВМС Украины опубликовали список сотен дезертиров в Крыму , hvylya.net

Remarks

1. ↑ The English language Wikipedia has an article on ship class under Natya-class minesweeper