Ukrainian minesweeper Chernihiv
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Name | Zenitchik |
Operator | Soviet Navy |
Builder | Sredne Nevskiy SS3 Shipyard |
Yard number | 928 |
Completed | 1974 |
Commissioned | 1974 |
In service | 1974 |
Out of service | July 25, 1997 |
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Operator | Ukrainian Navy |
In service | July 25, 1997 |
Renamed |
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Captured | by Russia in 2014 |
Fate | held in custody by Russian authorities |
Status | undeclared |
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Acquired | captured from Ukraine in 2014 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Natya class minesweeper |
Displacement | 873 tons |
Length | 61 m (200 ft) |
Beam | 10.2 m (33 ft) |
Draught | 3.6 m (12 ft) |
Propulsion | Diesel |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
Range | 1,500 nautical miles (2,778.0 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Crew | 68 (6 officers) |
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Chernihiv (U310) was a Natya class minesweeper of the Ukrainian Navy captured by Russia during the 2014 Crimean crisis.
History
Minesweeper Zenitchik was built in the Sredne-Nevskiy SS3 shipbuilding yard in Leningrad in 1974. The ship was deployed on combat tours in Persian Gulf, Red Sea and the Atlantic between 1977 and 1988.[1][2]
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During the partition of the Black Sea Fleet, the minesweeper was transferred to Ukrainian Navy on July 25, 1997. It was renamed Zhovti Vody (U310 Zhovti Vody), in honor of the Battle of Zhovti Vody. On June 18, 2004 the minesweeper was renamed Chernihiv.[1]
References
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- Vessels captured from the Ukrainian Navy
- Minesweepers of the Russian Navy
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