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Kommuna is a submarine rescue ship [1] [2] in service with the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet and the world's oldest active duty naval vessel. [3] A catamaran, [4] she was laid down at the Putilov Factory (now Kirov Factory) in St. Petersburg in November 1912 as Volkhov. The ship was launched the following year, and commissioned on 14 July 1915.
The Russian navy was reported to have sent the salvage ship Kommuna with the AS-28 submersible onboard to the wreck, as part of an eight-ship convoy. Worldwide, Kommuna is the oldest active-duty navy ship still in service, at 110 years old and inherited from the Imperial Russian Navy.
The Panama Maritime Authority later reported that the ship had been sunk by a Russian missile. [175] Four crew members were initially reported as missing and were later found. [184] The ship was also reported to have been captured by the Russian Navy and used as a shield against Ukrainian shelling. [185]
The ship was filmed tilting dangerously to one side as it drifted through the Mediterranean. Its last signal came at 10.04 pm GMT on 23 December. Watch: Russian ship sinks after mysterious explosion
A US-sanctioned Russian cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea overnight after an explosion ripped through the engine room, Russia’s foreign ministry confirmed.. Two members of the Ursa Major ...
In a twin blow to Moscow's faltering invasion of its neighbor, Ukrainian forces destroyed a pontoon bridge in the Donbas region and a Russian naval ship was set afire in the Black Sea.
These Russian or Soviet submarines either suffered extensive crew casualties or were entirely lost to enemy action or to "storm or perils of the sea." A dagger (†) indicates that the boat was lost. A dagger (†) indicates that the boat was lost.
A Russian-flagged cargo vessel has sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, per Russia's foreign ministry. The Ursa Major ship went down after an explosion in the engine room, the ministry said.