Donbas (U500)

U500 "Donbas" at Sevastopol Bay, July 2012
History
Name: Krasnodon (formerly PM-9)
Commissioned: 11 November 1969
Decommissioned: Transferred to Ukrainian Navy in 1990s
History
Name: Donbas (formerly Krasnodon)
Commissioned: 1990s
General characteristics
Displacement: 5,520 tons
Length: 122 m
Beam: 17 m
Draft: 4.63 m
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement: 145

Donbas (Ukrainian: Донбас) is a repair ship that was converted to a command ship of the Ukrainian Navy. Project 304 (NATO code English: Amur). It was built on Szczecin Shipyard in Poland in 1969 for the Soviet Navy and entitled "PM-9". PM is a Russian abbreviation for a repair ship (Russian: Плавучая мастерская, Plavuchaya masterskaya, PM), and literally means a floating repair shop.

Donbas chevron
Donbas supervises the joint parade of Ukrainian Navy and Black Sea Fleet on the Navy Day in 2012

The ships of this company were considered the most durable, they were actively applied in military campaigns since the early 1970s.

As a result of the distribution of the Black Sea Fleet, "PM-9" changed its name to "Krasnodon". In 2001 it was renamed the "Donbas". During it service in the Navy Armed Forces of Ukraine the ship repeatedly has participated in international exercises on parades in honor of the Navy Armed Forces of Ukraine in fee hikesof connections of ships of Navy Armed Forces of Ukraine. In 2007 the ship was hit by a cyclone strikes near Sevastopol, however it suffered minor injuries and remained intact.

On December 4, 2009 it was turned 40 years of ship of management "Donbas" of Navy Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ministry of Defence of Ukraine on December 6, 2010 has allocated around 4 million UAH for the ship reconstruction. On January 25, 2011 the ship of management of "Donbas" has successfully passed the first stage of sea trials.

On March 20, 2014 the ship was captured by Russian invaders.[1] On April 18, 2014 it was transferred to Odessa.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "У Криму три кораблі України підняли Андріївський прапор Росії" (in Ukrainian). Ukrayinska Pravda. March 20, 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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