Crimea: the fourth day of travel (part II)

This is a post-continuation. Start here.

"СР-26", "СР-939", "Stvor".

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Stvor, CP-541, Cheleken.

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"СР-26", "СР-939", "Stvor".

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We pass to the eastern shore of South Bay. 418th Division of minesweepers. Naval minesweepers: Ivan Golubec (board number 911), Kovrovets (board number 913), Vice Admiral Zhukov (board number 909) and Turbinist (board number 912).

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Sea minesweeper "Chernigov" of the Ukrainian Navy. The onboard number was U310.

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The former submarine "S-49", now converted into a floating charging station (charges the batteries of ships).

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Naval minesweeper "Cherkassy" of the Ukrainian Navy. Former onboard number is U311. The torpedo boats "Kherson". Former onboard number is U891.

Upstairs Lazarevsky barracks. Now here is the Black Sea branch of the Moscow State University.

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Submarine "B-435" (formerly Zaporozhye) of the Russian Navy, Cherkasy and Kherson.

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A 1984 groundwater ship built by the Gulf Stream with a floating dock.

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Southern bay of Sevastopol.

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We approach the Sevastopol Marine Plant.

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Several berths stand at its berths. Fishing trawler "Zhukovsky" in 1958 built.

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Dry cargo ship "Orenburg" built in 1994.

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Dry cargo of the river-sea class Arman-2 at the berth of the Sevastopol Marine Plant.

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The Pavlovsk Cape. One of the buildings of the naval hospital of the Black Sea Fleet is known, nicknamed "Admiral", where the weather station is also located.

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In this building from 1916 to 1919 lived Commander of the Black Sea Fleet Admiral Alexander V. Kolchak.

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Mykolaivsky Cape. Built in 1933, the building of the water station "Dynamo", now - the water base of the Black Sea Fleet.

Not only excursion boats and pleasure boats run along the bays of Sevastopol. In Sevastopol there is a sea transport of passengers between different areas of the city. In the photo one of these "minibuses" got caught.

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We go along the Sevastopol bay. It is also called: Ktenus, Ktenunt, Inkermanskaya bay, Bolshaya bight, Big raid, Sevastopol raid, Main raid.

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The coal pier. Here are the ships of the auxiliary fleet. Floating workshop "PM-56", sea transport of weapons "General Ryabikov" built in 1978. "General Ryabikov" is used to bring ammunition to ships located far from bases.

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Floating workshop "PM-56".

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Maritime transport of arms "VTR-94".

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Military transport "Turgai", the average sea tanker "Iman".

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The marine tugboat MB-304, the rescue tugboat SB-36.

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The average sea tanker is Koida. Carrying capacity: fuel oil - 2000 tons, diesel fuel - 800 tons, lubricating oils - 100 tons, fresh water - 300 tons, boiler water - 200 tons, dry cargoes - 100 tons. Crew: 74 people.

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The marine tugboat MB-304. Crew: 36 people.

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An unidentified boat. What's his name?

86.

Rescue ship "Epron". It was built in 1947.

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Noses of ships.

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BDK "Yamal". Large amphibious ship of the project 775. Capacity: up to 500 tons of equipment and cargo, 225 paratroopers, tank hold length - 95 m, width - 4.5 m, height - 4.5 m. Crew: 98 people.

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A rocket ship with an air cushion "Bora". Armament: 2x4 launchers of the Moskit PCR (8 3M80 missiles), 1x2 missile defense missile Osa-M (20 missiles), 1 76mm artillery AK-176, 2x6 30mm AK-630 gun mounts. Crew: 68 people. "Bora" can accelerate to 97 km/h.

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"Epron", "Koida".

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Floating docks.

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Bay of Holland. Above, the photo shows the granary of the cargo terminal Avlita, and below the BZK Azov, the Kerch, the Slavutich.

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Vessel of communication and fleet management of the Ukrainian Navy "Slavutich" - a ship converted by Ukrainian craftsmen from a fishing trawler.

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BCP "Kerch", "Slavutich".

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Large anti-submarine ship "Kerch". Number 713.

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In December 2014, the stern engine room burned down on the ship. The further fate of the BCP "Kerch" is vague.

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BOD Kerch. Board number 713.

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Sentry missile ship "Ladny". Board number 801. Crew: 197 people.

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СКР "Ladny".

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СКР "Ladny".

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Large amphibious ship "Azov". Board number 151.

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BZK "Azov".

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BZK "Azov".

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In dry dock ferry "Novorossiysk".

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Chicken pier. Dry cargo and liquid hybrid ships with a dry cargo hold in the hull of the ship and tanks for transportation of oil products along the sides: Nefterudovoz-12M and Nefterudovoz-11M.

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The R-109 missile boat was built in 1990. The main missile system of the launch is 4 anti-ship missile launchers 3M-80 Moskit. After the launch, the rocket makes a "hill", and then drops to a flight altitude of about 20 meters, when approaching the target, it drops to 7 meters (above the crest of the waves). The missile can perform intensive anti-ship maneuvers with overloads exceeding 10 units. The flight speed of the rocket is 2.35 M (2804 km / h!). Due to the huge kinetic energy of the "Mosquito" penetrates the hull of any ship and explodes inside. Such a strike can sink not only a medium-class ship, but also a cruiser.

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The rocket boat with the number 952 was involved in the operation to compel Georgia to peace in August 2008 as part of the Black Sea Fleet grouping.

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RCA "R-109".

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Raiding minesweeper "RT-278". Board number 219. Crew: 9 people.

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Raiding minesweeper "RT-46". Flight number 201. Crew: 10 people.

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The basic minesweeper "Mineral Waters". Board number 426. It is noteworthy that the case of Mineral Waters is made of wood and fiberglass. Crew: 39 people.

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BSTU "Mineral Waters".

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Fishermen.

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Cape Kondrafos.

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Northern bay.

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Cape Cordon. Monument of Glory. The monument to the 2nd Guards Army, which liberated the northern side of Sevastopol on May 9, 1944.

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Mikhailovskaya battery (Mikhailovsky Ravelin).

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The Mikhailovskaya battery was built in 1846 as one of 10 fortifications on the seaside of Sevastopol, named after the Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich, the son of Nicholas I. Currently, the National Naval Museum is located on the territory of the battery.

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Constantine battery. Until 2014, there was a functioning Russian military unit. Now this fortress is transferred to the Southern Branch of the Russian Geographical Society.

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By the way, the depth at the exit from the Sevastopol Bay is 20 meters.

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Northern mall with a lighthouse.

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Cape Crystal. Here Queen Catherine II bathed and praised the water, saying: "Water is pure crystal." So the name and stuck.

On Cape Khrustalnoy there is a 40-meter monument "Soldier and Sailor" - a sculptural composition in honor of the soldiers of the Second World War.

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Obelisk to the heroic city of Sevastopol. It is a stylized composition of bayonets and sails, symbolizing the military alliance of the army and navy during the Great Patriotic War.

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Cape Crystal.

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Trade and office complex.

126.

There used to be artillery warehouses here.

127.

Artillery Bay of the city of Sevastopol.

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Our hotel BEST WESTERN "Sevastopol", where we spent three nights.

129.

The Institute of Marine Biological Research named after AO Kovalevsky of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the aquarium, a memorable sign to the ships of the squadron (May 8, 1979, on the eve of the 35th anniversary of the liberation of Sevastopol on the retaining wall of the embankment of Primorsky Boulevard, a commemorative to the ships of the squadron was opened).

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Monument to the Scuttled Ships.

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Raid service (turret). Here there are duty services responsible for the movement of ships and ships on the internal roadstead of Sevastopol. Previously, a machine gun was standing on the turret.

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Ends our walk along the bays of Sevastopol.

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But work does not end with sightseeing boats. Wishing to make a boat trip - more than enough.

And we go ashore and go to the children's health camp "Joy". After the camp we move to Simferopol and fly home to Moscow.

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So my four-day trip to Crimea passed. Do I want to go to the Crimea again? Definitely - yes!

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