Ukrainian landing ship Konstantin Olshansky
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Name | Konstantin Olshansky |
Namesake | Konstantin Olshansky |
Builder | Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland[1] |
Commissioned | 1985[1] |
Homeport | Sevastopol |
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Fate | Transferred to Ukrainian Navy in 1996 |
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Name | Konstantin Olshansky |
Acquired | 10 January 1996 |
Commissioned | 27 March 1996 |
Homeport | Donuzlav |
Identification | Pennant number: U402 |
Captured | 24 March 2014 by Russia |
Status | Unknown |
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General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Ropucha-class landing ship |
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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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Konstantin Olshansky (Ukrainian: Костянтин Ольшанський), formerly known as BDK-56, is a Project 775 (NATO reporting name: Ropucha-I-class) large landing ship of the Russian Navy, formerly a Ukrainian Navy ship. The ship was built in Poland, launched in 1985 and initially served in the Soviet Navy where the vessel was renamed after Soviet Naval Infantry officer Konstantin Olshansky. The landing ship was transferred to Ukraine in 1996. On 24 March 2014, the ship was captured by Russian forces during the Crimean crisis.[2]
Service history
The ship was built at the Stocznia Północna shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, and launched in 1985 as BDK-56.[1] In 1990, the ship was renamed to Konstantin Olshansky, after Konstantin Olshansky, a Soviet naval infantry officer.
In mid 1996 during the division of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, the landing ship was transferred to the Ukrainian Navy, and the Ukrainian naval flag was raised on the ship on 27 March 1996.
In March–April 2011, in the Libyan civil war, Konstantin Olshansky took part in the evacuation of foreign specialists and members of their families from Libya, bringing 193 citizens from 15 different countries to Malta.[3]
On 24 March 2014, the ship was captured by Russian forces during the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, Konstantin Olshansky was seized by Russian soldiers at her pier in the Southern Naval Base. [2]
On 26 March 2024, Ukraine claimed to have struck Konstantin Olshansky with a Neptune missile. The ship was reportedly being refitted for use against Ukraine.[4]
Gallery
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Konstantin Olshansky in 1990
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Konstantin Olshansky at Donuzlav in 2011
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Kostiantyn Olshansky (bigger) and Yuri Olefirenko (smaller) landing ships
See also
References
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- ^ a b c d e "Large landing ships - Project 775". russian-ships.info. 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Моряки понівечили "Костянтина Ольшанського" перед штурмом – ЗМІ". pravda.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 24 March 2014. Archived from the original on 5 August 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ "Корабель Костянтин Ольшанський взяв курс на Севастополь". korrespondent.net (in Ukrainian). 6 April 2011. Archived from the original on 8 April 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ Max Hunder (26 March 2024). "Ukraine says it hit warship that Russia took from it in 2014 with a missile". Reuters.
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