Photos - The Black Sea Fleet
Sevastopol was opened for tourists in 1997, now visitors can see a lot of ships from the Ukrainian and Russian Black Sea Fleet. We were is Sevastopol in 2006 and saw many navy vessels including Submarines, Frigates, Cruisers and Corvettes. The Black Sea fleet is not Russia’s most advanced fleet but we still photographed many interesting vessels.
The Russian Black Sea Fleet with Sevastopol as main base was founded in 1783 by Tsarina Catherine II the Great. The Black Sea Fleet has always been of great importance for Russia and participated in many wars. During the Soviet era the Black Sea Fleet was Strengthened and participated at Siege of Odessa and the Battle of Sevastopol during World War 2. After the collapse of the Soviet Union the fleet fell under formal jurisdiction of the newly independent Ukraine. This caused great problems as many of the personnel and most of the officers were Russians. Pro Russian separatists, supported by Moscow tried to split the Crimea of from the Ukraine and become an autonomous region. The Ukrainian government offered Moscow to partition the fleet and leased a part of Sevastopol to the Russian Navy.
Sevastopol - Russian navy headquarters
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22-Aug-2006
Headquarters of the Russian Black Sea fleet on a Sevastopol hill
Sevastopol - Russian navy propaganda
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22-Aug-2006
Russian Navy propaganda, The Russian Navy courage and honour!
Sevastopol - Russian Auxiliary ships
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Sevastopol
22-Aug-2006
Russian Black Sea Fleet Auxiliary ships in Yuzhnaya bay
Sevastopol - Bereza class degaussing ship
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Sevastopol
22-Aug-2006
Russian SR-28 Bereza class degaussing ship in Yuzhnaya bay
Sevastopol - Grisha class corvette
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Sevastopol
22-Aug-2006
Russian navy Grisha class Anti Submarine Corvette’s in Sevastopol
Sevastopol - Grisha class corvette
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Sevastopol
22-Aug-2006
Grisha class Anti Submarine Corvette’s in Yuzhnaya bay
Sevastopol - Heavy lifting ship
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Sevastopol
22-Aug-2006
Heavy lifting ship KIL-158 built at the Rostock Neptune Shipyard
Sevastopol - Krivak III class frigate
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Sevastopol
22-Aug-2006
Ukrainian Krivak III class frigate U130 Hetman Sahaydachniy
Sevastopol - Natya class minesweepers
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Sevastopol
22-Aug-2006
Natya class Minesweepers Turbinist, Ivan Golubets, Admiral Zhukov
Sevastopol - Ropucha class landing ship
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22-Aug-2006
Ukrainian Ropucha I class large landing ship Kostiantyn Olshansky
Sevastopol - Slava class cruiser Moskva
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22-Aug-2006
Russian Black Sea fleet Slava class cruiser Moskva in Sevastopol
Sevastopol - Black Sea fleet
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Ukraine
Sevastopol
21-Aug-2006
U130 Hetman Sahaydachniy and the U500 Donbas command ship
Sevastopol - Black Sea fleet
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Sevastopol
21-Aug-2006
Kostiantyn Olshansky and Grisha V class anti-submarine corvettes
Sevastopol - Vishnya class ship
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22-Aug-2006
Black Sea fleet Vishnya class intelligence ship SSV-201 Priazov’ye
Sevastopol - Romeo class submarine
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22-Aug-2006
Converted Russian Romeo class Missile testing submarine PES-50
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