Pereyaslav (U512)

Pereyaslav in March 2011
History
Laid down:	November 5, 1985
Launched:	November 30, 1986
Commissioned:	January 10, 1987
General characteristics
Displacement:	912 tons
Length:	54,2 m
Beam:	9,3 m
Draft:	3,95 m
Speed:	11 knots (full speed); 9 knots (economic)
Complement:	30

Pereyaslav is a small reconnaissance ship of the project 1824B (type "Uhlomyer", Muna class by NATO classification), a special purpose ship of the Naval Forces of Ukraine.^[1] It was originally named GS-13 under the Russian Hydrographic Service, but after the dissolution of the Soviet Union this vessel managed to be released from the Russian military.^[2]

Project features

The Pereyaslav naval ship of Ukraine is a type of single-deck self-propelled marine vessel.

1824B Project - special purpose ships - the carriers of underwater vehicles designed on the base of the project of small marine transport of armaments. By 1977, in order to hide the true purpose of these ships, the project was classified as small hydrographic vessels.

The ships of this range were built at shipyards factories "Vympel" (Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, RSFSR) and "Baltics" (Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR). Between 1976-1989 four ships were built for this project, Anemometer (1976), Gyro (1978), GS-13 (1986), Uhlomyer (1989).

Although the ships of the project 1824B are classified as small reconnaissance ships, they don’t have on board a means of radio and electronic intelligence. Special weapons on them include means of hidden release and receive of intelligence divers and delivery of underwater vehicles.

History of the ship

A small hydrographic vessel with a serial number 701 was built in the dock of the shipyard factory "Baltic" in Klaipeda city of Lithuanian SSR on November 5, 1985. The vessel, known by the USSR Navy as GS-13, was officially launched in the water on November 30, 1986. On December 24, 1986 the crew began living on the ship. The first team was formed from the personnel of the special purpose units - 15 soldiers. The command structure was formed from officers of reconnaissance ships with marine specialties. The first commander of the ship was the captain of the 3rd rank Oboloshev.

The first course task the crew passed with a mark "good" directly on the plant to the command of battalion of reconnaissance ships which were stationed in Baltiysk city.

On May 30, 1987 the ship headed for Leningrad, where it was moored near the bridge of Lieutenant Schmidt. On June 1, the ship began the transition by inland waterways to the Black Sea, escorted by tug.

The transition was made by the Neva river - Lake Ladoga - the Svir River - Lake Onega - Volga-Baltic channel - channel Beloozersk - Rybinsk Reservoir - River Volga - Don River - Sea of Azov - Kerch strait - Black Sea - Sevastopol. In October, the ship moved to the military port of Ochakiv city, where it was subordinated to the 17th separate crew of special purpose of the Black Sea Fleet (today 73rd Marine Center of Special Operations of the Ukrainian Navy).

On November 28, 1995, the ship was transferred to the complement of Naval Forces of Ukraine and returned to the place of its preliminary deployment in the military port of Ochakiv city. On December 1, 1995 The Ukrainian naval flag was raised. In 1997, the ship was named Pereyaslav and assigned hull number U512. For the past 15 years (as of 2011), the ship has been owned by Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky city.

On June 19, 2012, BSS took the ship to repair mechanical parts, special equipment and devices. The control of the repair work was monitored by the representatives of the Naval Forces of Ukraine.

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