Russian cruiser Kerch

Kerch (Керчь) was a Kara-class missile cruiser of the Soviet and later Russian Navy. It served as part of the Black Sea Fleet. The ship was scrapped in 2020 following a large fire which broke out on 4 November 2014.[1]

This article is about Kara-class missile cruiser. For the ex-Italian light cruiser of the same name, see Italian cruiser Emanuele Filiberto Duca d'Aosta.
Kerch in Sevastopol Bay, 2009
History
Russia
NameKerch
NamesakeHero City Kerch
Builder61 Communards Shipyard
Laid down30 April 1971
Launched21 July 1972
Commissioned25 December 1974
Decommissioned15 February 2020
Out of service4 November 2014
Identification713
FateScrapped 14 April 2020
General characteristics
Class and typeKara-class cruiser
Displacement8,900 tons
Length173.4 m (568.9 ft)
Beam18.5 m (60.7 ft)
Draft5.4 m (17.7 ft)
Propulsion
  • 4 turbine-type generators GTG-12,5A x1250 kW
  • 1 turbine-type generator GTG-6M 600 kW
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi)
Complement425
Armament
Aircraft carried1 Kamov Ka-25

History

Kerch was laid down in the Soviet Union on 30 April 1971, launched on 21 July 1972 and was commissioned in the Soviet Black Sea Fleet on 25 December 1974. The ship was constructed in the 61 Kommunar Shipyard at Nikolayev (Mykolaiv) on the Black Sea. She was in service with the Soviet Fleet until 1991, and then joined its successor, Russian Navy.

Kerch in 1986 as part of the Soviet navy.

On 4 November 2014 a fire broke out aboard the ship during a routine servicing in Sevastopol. According to officials nobody was injured and the fire was contained to the ship's aft.[2] On April 24, 2020, the ship was towed away from its dock for the scrapyard.[3][4] Satellite images published in Google Earth show several stages of the ship's demolition in Inkerman (44.608°N 33.599°E / 44.608; 33.599) between May and the end of 2020.

References
  1. "Большой противолодочный корабль "Керчь" решили разрезать на металл". meta. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. "Fire contained on board large submarine chaser Kerch in Russia's Sevastopol". TASS. 4 November 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. "Demolitioned Naval Vessel – RFS KERCH 753 – April 2020". 28 April 2020.
  4. "RFS 753 Kerch and RFS B-380".
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