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Thursday, September 04, 2014

Ukrainian patrol ship sunk by artillery fire

Zhuk-class patrol boat BG-119A Ukrainian patrol ship has been sunk in the Azov Sea after coming under artillery fire, the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service (DPSU) announced on 1 September.

Two Ukrainian Coast Guard vessels based in Mariupol had been patrolling three miles off the Ukrainian coast near Bezimenne when they came under shore-based artillery fire on 31 August, the DPSU said.

The vessels attacked were a Zhuk-class patrol boat and a Kalkan-class patrol craft, with the Zhuk-class vessel being sunk. According to the DPSU eight personnel - seven of whom were injured - were rescued following the sinking, with two crew members unaccounted for.

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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous6/9/14 01:40

    Your "ship" is a Zhuk-class patrol boat of about 25 tons displacement.

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