MS Vereshchagino
Missile impact point in the superstructure, with marks made by main wings, stabilizers and bottom-mounted air intake. | |
| History | |
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| Ukraine | |
| Name | Vereshchagino |
| Operator | Marine Hydrophysic Institute (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) |
| Builder | Leninska Kuznya, Kyiv |
| Yard number | 1450 |
| Commissioned | 1978 |
| Homeport | Illichivsk |
| Identification | IMO number: 7733826 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 54.8 m (179 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 9.80 m (32 ft 2 in) |
| Draught | 4.32 m (14 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Speed | 11.6 knots (21.5 km/h) |
| Endurance | 28 days |
| Capacity | 207 metric tons (as built) |
| Crew | 31 |
| Notes | |
MV Vereshchagino is a Ukrainian, former Soviet medium trawler (seiner to be exact), built in 1978 and later converted to coastal passenger shipping. It was one of 345 ships of Vasily Yakovenko (project 502EM) class, which was built in Kyiv from 1971 to 2000. On April 24, 2000, Vereshchagino survived a direct hit by a P-35 Progress anti-ship missile fired by Russian Navy from Sevastopol. There were no fatalities, one seaman was wounded by splinters.