A reconnaissance ship of the Black Sea Fleet died on its last voyage before being decommissioned
The reconnaissance ship of the Black Sea Fleet "Liman" was unable to complete its last voyage before being decommissioned - it sank off the coast of Turkey, heading to its laying place in the Syrian port of Tartus. Sevastopol photographer and former sailor Yuri Yuganson wrote about this in his LJ today.
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Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Liman ship received a hole below the waterline after a collision with another ship 40 kilometers from the Bosphorus. The crew was not injured.
“The medium reconnaissance ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet “Liman” sank after a collision with the Syrian (?) cattle carrier “YOUZARSIF H” (MMSI: 671371000) under the flag of Togo, returning from Romania. The incident occurred 40 kilometers northwest of the Bosphorus Strait at 11:53 Moscow time. The depth there is small, it is possible that they will raise it. Although this was his last flight to Syria before being written off,” Yuganson wrote.
Black Sea Fleet ships from the duty forces, as well as a rescue team on an An-26 aircraft, were sent to the scene of the accident.
"Liman" was built in 1970 in the Polish city of Gdansk and was originally intended for oceanographic research. In 1989, the ship was converted into a reconnaissance ship.
The ship that the Liman collided with
The Black Sea Fleet's reconnaissance ship perished on its final voyage before decommissioning.