Russian cruiser Kerch

Kara-class missile cruiser of Russian Navy

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
Name| Kerch
Namesake| Hero City Kerch
Builder| 61 Communards Shipyard
Laid down| 30 April 1971
Launched| 21 July 1972
Commissioned| 25 December 1974
Decommissioned| 15 February 2020
Out of service| 4 November 2014
Identification| 713
Fate| Scrapped 14 April 2020
General characteristics
Class and type| Kara-class cruiser
Displacement| 8,900 tons
Length| 173.4 m (568.9 ft)
Beam| 18.5 m (60.7 ft)
Draft| 5.4 m (17.7 ft)
Propulsion|

* 4 turbine-type generators GTG-12,5A x1250 kW
* 1 turbine-type generator GTG-6M 600 kW

Speed| 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range| 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi)
Complement| 425
Armament|

* 2 quad SS-N-14 Silex anti-submarine missiles
* 2 twin SA-N-3 Goblet surface-to-air missile launchers (80 missiles)
* SA-N-4 Gecko surface-to-air missile launchers (40 missiles)
* 2 twin 76mm AK-726 dual purpose guns
* 4 30mm AK-630 CIWS
* 2 × 5 533 mm PTA-53-1134B torpedo tubes
* 2 RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
* 2 RBU-1000 anti-submarine rocket launchers

Aircraft carried| 1 Kamov Ka-25

Kerch (Керчь) was a Kara-class missile cruiser of the Soviet and later Russian Navy. She 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]

## History

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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 her dock for the scrapyard.[3][4] Satellite images published in Google Earth show several stages of the ship's demolition in Inkerman (44°36′29″N 33°35′56″E﻿ / ﻿44.608°N 33.599°E﻿ / 44.608; 33.599) between May and the end of 2020.

## In Popular Culture

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In a naval sea battle game ( Modern Warships ) it is featured as an Epic Class Cruiser.

## References

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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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Kara-class cruisers

* Nikolayev
* Ochakov
* Kerch
* Azov
* Petropavlovsk
* Tashkent
* Tallinn / Vladivostok

* Preceded by: Kresta II class
* Followed by: Slava class

* List of cruisers of the Soviet Navy
* List of cruisers of the Russian Navy

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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 2014

Shipwrecks|

* 26 Jan: Aqua Marine
* 20 Feb: HMCS Protecteur
* 6 Mar: Ochakov
* 22 Mar: Unnamed boat
* 16 Apr: Sewol (sinking)
* 5 May: Zhong Zing 2
* 10 May: Nereus
* 15 May: Miraj-4
* 16 May: Cheeki Rafiki
* 10 Jul: USS Ogden
* 14 Jul: USS Tuscaloosa
* 11 Aug: HMAS Bundaberg
* 15 Sep: USS Fresno
* 10 Oct: Ocean Researcher V
* 4 Nov: Kerch
* Unknown date: Constandis, Lady Thetis

Other incidents|

* 5 May: MOL Motivator
* 29 Sep: Pride of Canterbury
* 30 Sep: Nivôse
* 28 Dec Norman Atlantic
* 30 Dec Blue Sky M

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