Otaman Bilyi (U132) (Ukrainian: Отаман Білий) was a Petya-class frigate of the Ukrainian Navy and formerly the Soviet frigate (guard ship) SKR-112.
 SKR-112 scale model in the Balaklava Museum of Ukrainian Navy. At the bottom is turret control device from SKR-112
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Soviet Union | |
| Name | SKR-112 |
| Builder | "Yantar", Kaliningrad |
| Launched | August 15, 1967 |
| Commissioned | 1968 |
| Homeport | Crimean Naval Base, Soviet Union |
| Status | 1992 handed over to the Ukrainian Navy |
 Ukraine | |
| Name | U132 Otaman Bilyi (unofficial) |
| Acquired | 1992 |
| Decommissioned | December 31, 1993 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Petya-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1,077 long tons (1,094 t) standard |
| Length | 82.3 m (270 ft) |
| Beam | 9.2 m (30 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 2.85 m (9 ft 4 in) |
| Installed power | 2 |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Range | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Endurance | 10 days |
| Crew | 108 (8 Officers) |
| Armament |
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Service history
editThe ship was laid down at the Yantar shipbuilding yard (factory number 191) on April 26, 1967. It entered the service on May 30, 1968 and on September 21 moved from Baltiysk to Sevastopol under jurisdiction of the Black Sea Fleet.
From August 30, 1969 to January 31, 1970 the frigate carried out service in the Mediterranean Sea military zone providing help to the Armed Forces of Egypt during the War of Attrition.
After the declaration of independence of Ukraine, it became the first warship that raised the Ukrainian flag and on July 21, 1992 made an unsanctioned move to Odesa.[1] The initiator of the move was frigate captain Mykola Zhybarev.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c ""Crimea should be Ukrainian, but without bloodshed." How Ukraine saved the peninsula 25 years ago". Lb.ua (in Ukrainian). 16 July 2020.
""I'm going to Odesa! Raise the blue-yellow flag." The story of the feat of the SKR-112 crew". Istorychna Pravda ("Historical Truth") (in Ukrainian). 9 March 2023.
External links
edit- An excerpt from the memoirs of Admiral of the Fleet Vladimir Chernavina "Fleet in the fate of Russia", Moscow, "St. Andrew's Flag".
- Will Ukraine recognize the commander of SKR-112 Sherhiy Nastenko hero?
- And we go without changing course!..
- Ship SKR-112 - the legend of the Ukrainian Navy Archived 2010-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
- SKR-112
- Anniversary of the Ukrainian "Potemkin"
- To the 15th anniversary of revival the Naval Forces of Ukraine
- About "SKR-112" no one cares. Svoboda № 147. August 2, 1996
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