| Ukrainian frigate Otaman Bilyi (U132) | |
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| Career (Ukraine) |  |
| Name: | U132 Otaman Bilyi (unofficial) |
| Acquired: | 1992 |
| Decommissioned: | December 31, 1993 |
| Career (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 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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: |
2 x turboshaft engines M-2 (30,000 hp) 1 x diesel 61-B (6,000 hp) |
| Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
| Range: | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Endurance: | 10 days |
| Crew: | 108 (8 Officers) |
| Armament: |
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| Armor: | missing |
Model SKR-112 in the Balaklava Museum of Ukrainian Navy. At the bottom control device of turning artillery tower from SKR-112
Otaman Bilyi (U132) (Ukrainian: Отаман Білий) was a Petya-class frigate of the Ukrainian Navy and formerly the Soviet frigate (guard ship) SKR-112. 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 Odessa. The initiator of the move was a frigate captain Zhybariov.
Service history[]
The 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.
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External links[]
- 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
- 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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