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Ivanovets was a Tarantul-class corvette of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy. She was attacked in the Black Sea by Ukrainian forces using maritime drones on 1 February 2024, and was sunk.[1]
Ivanovets at Sevastopol in 2012
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History | |
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Name | Ivanovets |
Builder | Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard |
Yard number | 211 |
Laid down | 4 January 1988 |
Launched | 28 July 1989 |
Commissioned | 30 December 1989 |
Homeport | Sevastopol |
Fate | Sunk on 1 February 2024 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Tarantul-class corvette |
On 21 July 2023, during training exercises in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, Ivanovets sank the Ukrainian corvette Ternopil with an anti-ship cruise missile. Ternopil, captured by Russia in 2014 during the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, was being used as a live-fire practice target.
References
edit- ^ "Ukraine says it sank Russian warship off coast of Crimea and unleashed 'massive' missile barrage on peninsula". CNN. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.