Russian landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyak

Olenegorsky Gornyak (Russian: Оленегорский горняк, 'Olenegorsk Miner'), formerly known as BDK-91, is a Project 775, Ropucha-class landing ship of the Russian Navy.^[1] Landing ships launch amphibious forces close to shore, and can dock and quickly unload cargo.^[2]

Olenegorsky Gornyak in 2021
History
Russia
Name	Olenegorsky Gornyak
Namesake	Olenegorsk Mining and Processing Plant
Builder	Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland
Commissioned	30 June 1976
General characteristics
Class and type	Ropucha-class landing ship
Displacement	2,768 long tons (2,812 t) standard 4,012 long tons (4,076 t) full load
Length	112.5 m (369 ft 1 in)
Beam	15.01 m (49 ft 3 in)
Draught	4.26 m (14 ft 0 in)
Ramps	Over bows and at stern
Installed power	3 × 750 kW (1,006 hp) diesel generators
Propulsion	2 × 9,600 hp (7,159 kW) Zgoda-Sulzer 16ZVB40/48 diesel engines
Speed	17.59 knots (32.58 km/h; 20.24 mph)
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Endurance	30 days
Capacity	10 × main battle tanks and 340 troops or 12 × BTR APC and 340 troops or 3 × main battle tanks, 3 × 2S9 Nona-S SPG, 5 × MT-LB APC, 4 trucks and 313 troops or 500 tons of cargo
Complement	98
Armament	2 × AK-725 twin 57 mm (2.2 in) DP guns 4 × 8 Strela 2 SAM launchers 2 × 22 A-215 Grad-M rocket launchers

History

On 4 August 2023, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the ship was reportedly damaged and listing by a joint effort of the Ukrainian SBU and the Ukrainian Navy using a sea drone at the naval base at the port of Novorossiysk.^[2][3][4] It was towed to port by the Russian Navy.^[5] The UK Ministry of Defence said on 5 August 2023 that the Olenegorsky Gornyak "almost certainly suffered serious damage", and the attack was "a significant blow" to the Russian Black Sea Fleet, which had relocated most of its units to Novorossiysk in response to the Ukrainian threat to its base in Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea.^[6]

See also

• List of ship losses during the Russo-Ukrainian War

References

1. "Russian warship appears damaged after Ukrainian drone attack on Black Sea port of Novorossiysk". www.cbsnews.com. CBS News. 2023-08-04. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
2. Waterhouse, James; Armstrong, Kathryn (4 August 2023). "Russian ship hit in Novorossiysk, Black Sea drone attack, Ukraine sources say". BBC News. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
3. McLoughlin, Bill (2023-08-04). "Ukrainian drone 'blows hole' in Russian ship at key Black Sea base". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
4. Romaniuk, Roman (1 January 2024). "Sea drones, Elon Musk, and high-precision missiles: How Ukraine dominates in the Black Sea". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
5. "Audacious Ukrainian sea drone attack at Novorossiysk leaves Russian warship listing badly". english.nv.ua. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
6. "Russian war ship damaged in 'significant blow' to Russia's Black Sea Fleet, MOD says". Forces Network. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

External links

• Media related to Olenegorskiy Gornyak (ship, 1975) at Wikimedia Commons