Posted on 04/14/2022 6:02:09 AM PDT by Red Badger
RTS Moskva (121). Russian MoD Photo via TASS
The Russian Navy’s Black Sea flagship has suffered major damage and the crew has abandoned the ship, state media said late Tuesday in reports following Ukrainian claims of hitting the ship with a missile strike.
The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the mishap on RTS Moskva (121), a ship in the country’s Black Sea Fleet, according to state-run outlet TASS.
The crew of the Moskva the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet was severely damaged and the crew abandoned ship, the Russian Defense Ministry told TASS.
A fire broke out on the ship, causing ammunition to detonate, according to TASS. State media did not elaborate on the cause of the fire.
Ukrainian officials claimed that shore-based anti-ship guided missiles hit Moskva which had been operating from the Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea.
“It has been confirmed that the missile cruiser Moskva today went exactly where it was sent by our border guards on Snake Island!” Odesa governor Maksym Marchenko said in a Telegram message on Tuesday. “Neptune missiles guarding the Black Sea caused very serious damage to the Russian ship.”
Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missiles. Ukraine MoD Photo
Neptunes, first fielded in 2021, are based on the Soviet AS-20 ‘Kayak’anti-ship missile which is similar to the U.S.-built Harpoon missile.
Moskva was commissioned into the Soviet Navy in 1982 and is one of three Slava-class guided-missile cruisers.
The three 11,500-ton Slavas were designed around launchers that can hold 16 SS-N-12 Sandbox anti-ship cruise missiles – each about the size of a telephone pole. Developed in the 1970s, the Slavas and the Sandboxes were designed to take on U.S. and NATO aircraft carriers by overwhelming them with a barrage of high-speed cruise missiles to sink ships.
The two other Slavas are RTS Marshal Ustinov (055) and RFS Varyag (011) have been operating in the Mediterranian.
Moskva is not the first Russian warship to be damaged in the nearly 50-day invasion of Ukraine. A landing ship sank off the port of Ukrainian city Berdiansk after being attacked by Ukrainian forces, USNI News previously reported.
The ship’s fire ultimately damaged a merchant ship at port in Berdiansk, causing damage.
If you didn’t see this one coming you need your head examined.
Russian navy is garbage, a joke.
Pics are too big, thread is screwed up on iPad. Forbes reported this ship was sunk, now it is just damaged. We cannot believe any news site on Uke information. Might as well get all our news from the Bee.
It is to laugh.
In the next world war, all ships will be sitting ducks......................
Hey Ivan the pointy end of the missile goes toward the open end of the canister.
Failure to follow this procedure could result in catastrophic damage.
Forbes is not a news site. People just pay Forbes to post stuff there. It’s a blog, with zero vetting or editorial oversight by any entity called “Forbes.”
The idiot news guys said it’s the most drastic ship sinking since the 2nd war.
I guess they forgot about the Brits’ loss of the Sheffield (among others) during the Falklands ...: https://historylists.org/other/list-of-6-british-ships-sunk-during-the-falklands-war.html#:~:text=Six%20British%20ships%20%28and%20one%20LCU%20craft%29%20were,Argentine%20bombs%2C%20after%20hitting%20their%20targets%2C%20didn%27t%20explode.
Some day we may have announcers (’reporters’) who are actually informed and educated.
Note flying saucer in lower left...
Combat casualty (according to Ukraine) or accident (according to Russia) no good way for Russia to spin this. Either way, this is a devastating blow because it means one of two things; either Russian warships have no means of integrated self-defense and are sitting ducks, or their crews or so poorly trained in the basic handling and stowage of ordnance that they occasionally blow their own ships up.
It also likely means Russia is going to escalate as a means to take revenge, turn morale around, and put this event behind them.
Just wait until the chicoms decide to set sale. Their Navy Hyme is a direct copy of “Disney’s Under The Sea” even before they launch the submarines.
Launch Tube cover..................
Perhaps he meant just for Russia................
The Russian bear can’t swim?......WHO KNEW!
Reasonably credible source and a properly written article.
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