Ukrainian submarine Zaporizhzhia
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 1970 |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | 1970 |
| Decommissioned | |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2006. Undergoing repairs. |
| Home port | Sevastopol |
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| Propulsion | Diesel-Electric |
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| Armament | Torpedoes (conventional warheads) |
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B-435 Запоріжжя (Zaporizhzhia) is a project 641 ("Foxtrot" class) submarine, the only submarine of the Ukrainian Navy at the moment.
Despite being on a years-lasting repair, Zaporizhzhia is on active military service. She is run by a naval crew of 78, commanded by 1st Rank Capt. Oleh Orlov.
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[edit] History
Zaporizhzhia's keel was laid down in 1970 at the New Admiralty Shipyard in Leningrad. In 1970 she was commissioned into the Soviet Red Banner Northern Fleet, where she conducted 14 patrols, including a port call in Cuba. Later the submarine was transferred to the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, serving there until 1994. In 1995, the submarine's batteries permanently failed and she became abandoned without their replacement.
In 1997 the submarine was handed over to the Ukrainian Navy during the partition of the Black Sea Fleet. Like most of the country's naval ships, she was renamed after one of Ukraine's cities — Zaporizhzhia. The city's community began to co-sponsor the ship, especially the accommodational needs of the crew. But it was only in 2003 when Ukrainian government became able to buy a new batteries set abroad and make Zaporizhzhia's survival real. However, she was immediately placed under repair in Sevastopol. The repair is finished on 75% at the moment, but the submarine is still unable to put out to the sea.
In 2005, Zaporizhzhia has been considered to take part in the 2006 joint exercise conducted by the Ukrainian Navy and the Italian Navy, but the end of her repair was postponed.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- A Spellbound Boat by I.Solomko in Korrespondent - May 2006 article (in Russian)
[edit] External links
| Foxtrot-class submarine |
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Project 641 |
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Project 641I, for export to India |
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Project 641I, for export to Libya |
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Project 641K, for export to Cuba |
| List of Soviet and Russian submarines List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes |
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