Except for the Admiral Makarov which just got hit by Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missiles in the Black Sea tonight! Another one bites the dust...
Posted on 05/05/2022 4:59:38 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
The Black Sea Fleet returned most of the ships to Sevastopol Bay.
Seven Russian ships are moored near the Kuryna pier, including some Project 1135 Thunderbird vessels. Several weeks into the war, the Russian Navy obscured the hull numbers of its ships, in order to make it difficult to identify specific vessels of the same type.
A Project 1241 Lightning-1 missile boat is also seen to be moored.
Moreover, a Project 1239 Sivuch missile hovercraft is also in Sevastopol.
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has a total of three Thunderbird frigates in service: the Admiral Grigorovich (494), the Admiral Essen (490), and the Admiral Makarov (499).
The Ukrainian command-and-reconnaissance ship Slavutych (U510), which was captured by Russia during its illegal 2014 occupation of Crimea, can be seen in Sevastopol as well.
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Maybe Russia can borrow a few chinese Junks to use?
The mighty Russian Black Sea fleet cowers in port.
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What is that experimental weapon the navy or air force tested that breaks ships in half ? Would like to see some of that happening here.
And the Admiral Marakov just joined the Moskva at the bottom of the Black Sea.
With the longer-range anti-ship missiles Ukraine is acquiring and more robust anti-air defenses, Ukraine can think about opening a sea lane for commercial shipping from Odessa to Romania and on to the Med. They would need to clear mines in this area.
Our group has no confirmation on it at this time, and cipher chatter from Sevastopol does not suggest anything amiss.
Thanks for info.
779 looks to be 4th ship from the right.
799 Admiral Marakov 4th from right
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