Bays of Sevastopol. Sevastopol Bay Raid of the Sevastopol Bay

Sevastopol bays - bays and bays located between Cape Lukull in the north and Cape Sarych in the south, protruding into the territory subordinate to the Sevastopol City Council. The largest of the Sevastopol bays, more than 7.5 km long, is the Sevastopol Bay proper. Its other names are Ktenus, Ktenunt, Kalamita-estuary, Korsunsky Sivash, Akhtiarskaya, Inkermanskaya, Bolshaya, Big raid, Sevastopol raid, Main raid, Chersonesus estuary and it includes 20 more smaller bays.

Sevastopol Bay - the sea gates of the city. Occupying a large area of water, it serves as a convenient parking lot for the fleet.

In addition to the Naval Forces of Ukraine, a significant part of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation is based in Sevastopol.

In addition to the Naval Forces of Ukraine, a significant part of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation is based in Sevastopol.

During the first defense of Sevastopol, in September 1854, between the Konstantinovskaya and Aleksandrovskaya batteries, by order of the commander-in-chief (Prince Menshikov A.S.), 7 ships with their weapons and rigging were flooded to block the entrance to the roadstead. Later, in February 1855, from the Mikhailovsky fort on the North side to the Nikolaev battery on the South side, a second line of masts protruding from the water appeared - 8 more ships were flooded. Until the end of the 349-day defense of Sevastopol, these ships blocked the access of the Allied ships (England-France-Turkey) to the Sevastopol Bay. In 1905, in memory of the sunken ships, a monument was erected at the site of the second line of ship flooding, 10 meters from the shore, which is today a recognizable hallmark of the city.

Konstantinovsky casemated type battery or as it is also called Konstantinovsky ravelin. It is believed that at present the battery has lost its military significance. Strategically, the military units of Russia are still here.

Dry cargo ship of horizontal loading type at the berth of the Sevastopol Marine Plant.

Dry cargo ship of horizontal loading type at the berth of the Sevastopol Marine Plant.

Images of Ukrainian and Russian flags at Cape Kondrafors.

Images of Ukrainian and Russian flags at Cape Kondrafors.

Count's Quay is a monument of history and architecture, located on the western shore of the South Bay, on Admiral Nakhimov Square. In the old days, only boats with superiors, starting from ship commanders, were allowed to approach it.

Multifunctional rescue vessel Svetlomor-4 is a duty rescue ship of Sevastopol.

Multifunctional rescue vessel Svetlomor-4 is a duty rescue ship of Sevastopol.

Cape Pavlovsky. A small building at its tip is the Admiral Corps of the Pirogov Black Sea Fleet Hospital. Stella closer to the water - a monument to the destroyer Svobodny, sunk by German bombers literally next to this place in June 1942.

Kildin is a medium reconnaissance ship. It was built in 1970 in Poland. Ships of this class do not carry weapons, but have only radar, hydroacoustic, radio intelligence equipment and completely pretend to be rags as if they are just ordinary hydrographic vessels. At the same time, NATO ships are obliged to pretend that they believe.

Submarine S-49 (PZS-50) project 633RV. In Soviet times, two Project 633 submarines were converted into Project 633РВ for experimental purposes. In the bow, these boats received a superstructure with two 650-mm torpedo tubes for testing new rocket torpedoes (Waterfall and Wind systems, which were a rocket with a torpedo detached in flight). In 1995, the boat was converted into a floating charging station and renamed PZS-50. Her current state is capaciously characterized by a quote from the wonderful comedy Remove the Periscope - She has not drowned yet because her birds have littered, sir!.

Cable ship Setun. The main purpose is the laying, lifting and repair of submarine communication cables.

Cable ship Setun. The main purpose is the laying, lifting and repair of submarine communication cables.

Small anti-submarine hydrofoil ship MPK-220 Vladimirets. The speed of such a ship is 60.5 knots (almost 110 km/h). In November 2007, during a severe storm, Vladimirets, located at the berth of the shipyard, was hit by a floating crane torn from the mooring lines of the factory. Vladimirets then received several holes on the left side and began to intensively turn into a submarine. But it worked out.

An interesting trophy ship. It was launched in 1938 in Hamburg as a command ship for the German submarine forces - the Hela submarine floating base. From 1940 to 1945, the ship was part of the Kriegsmarine as the ship of the headquarters and command of the submarine forces of Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz. The yacht saw almost all the leaders of the Third Reich - Hitler, Goering, Himmler, Bormann. By decision of the Allied Commission for the division of the German fleet, Hela was transferred to the USSR. In 1946 she was enrolled in the Baltic Fleet with the name Angara. Then it was transferred to the Black Sea and until the end of the 1950s was under the flag of the Naval Units of the KGB Border Troops of the USSR, performing the functions of a government ship. Later it was used as a command ship of the Black Sea Fleet and as a representative yacht. Since 1996, it has been disbanded and transferred to the floating barracks PKZ-14. Now sold to a private person and stands at the berth of the Sevmorzavod for a complete overhaul.

Ladny is a project 1135 patrol ship. The purpose of the ship is long-term patrols to search for and destroy enemy submarines. It was launched in 1980 in Kerch. Currently part of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. In 2008, Ladny, together with the ships of NATO countries, participated in Operation Active Efforts to control shipping in the Suez Canal area. In 2009, he discovered and released the Arctic Sea cargo ship seized by pirates (it seems to have been seized by pirates, because in the story of the Arctic Sea, everything is not very clean).

The middle of the Sevastopol Bay, a place approximately in a triangle bounded by Apollo Bay, Dock Bay and Holland Bay, is the site of 2 consecutive tragedies of the Black Sea Fleet. First Russian, and then the fleet of the USSR.

In the early morning of October 7, 1916, there was a powerful explosion on the battleship Empress Maria. The fire spread too intensely and as a result, less than an hour later, after the most powerful explosion in the powder magazine, the ship sank. Together with the ship, 152 people died, and 64 more died from injuries and burns. Dozens of people were left crippled. The Commission of Inquiry did not find out the causes of the explosion. However, in 1933, during the investigation of sabotage at the Nikolaev shipyard, German intelligence agent Viktor Verman, who was (allegedly) recruited by Germany back in 1908, was arrested. From his confession, it follows that he personally led the operation to destroy the Empress Maria. Although this version has not been refuted, we all understand how in 1933 it was possible to suddenly turn out to be an enemy of the people and a saboteur.

The second similar incident occurred on October 29, 1955. Under the hull of the battleship Novorossiysk (former Giulio Cesare, expropriated from Italy after the war) there was an explosion equivalent to 1000-1200 kg of TNT, which pierced the ship's hull through and through. Since the nose quarters were at the site of the explosion, from 150 to 175 people died immediately. They tried to run the battleship aground, but inadequate management of the rescue operations of the highest naval ranks led to the fact that the ship capsized. In total, 604 people are considered dead. The official version is the explosion of 1-2 bottom German mines left at the bottom of the water area from the war.

Project 1164 Slava missile cruiser, renamed after 1996 to Moscow. Launched in 1979. Its main armament is 16 launchers of cruise anti-ship missiles Bazalt (16 missiles), 8 launchers of the Fort anti-aircraft missile system (64 missiles), 2 twin Osa anti-aircraft missile systems (40 missiles), one twin 130 -mm gun mount A-218, six six-barreled 30-mm AK-630 assault rifles, two five-tube 533-mm torpedo tubes, two twelve-barreled RBU-6000 jet bombers, a Ka-25 helicopter. A crew of 610 people manages all this economy.

Cargo terminal in Dock Bay.

Cargo terminal in Dock Bay.

Small rocket ship Calm project 1234.1. Purpose - the destruction of warships and merchant ships on closed seas and the near ocean zone. In the 1970s-1980s, groupings of such ships in the amount of 2-3 units plus a support ship regularly went to the Mediterranean Sea to keep the US 6th Fleet in good shape.

Samoom missile hovercraft. Samoom is a dry, hot squall accompanied by a sandstorm, common in the deserts of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. One of the translations of this Arabic word is the Sea of Blood ... There are only two ships of this type. The second has the name Bora (also in Sevastopol). The ship is capable of speeds up to 55 knots (more than 100 km / h) and this is considered a speed that does not allow the ship to be captured by homing missiles (which is doubtful). For the same reason, the torpedo does not have time to catch up with it (which is even more doubtful, because the American Mark-48 torpedo has the same speed of 55 knots).

Control ship U-510 Slavutych. It was launched in 1990, and was built as a large reconnaissance ship - a ship for lighting the underwater situation. According to other sources, as a special vessel of the auxiliary fleet - a base for unloading and neutralizing nuclear submarine reactors. Developed on the basis of a large freezing fishing trawler and therefore similar to it.

Project 11351 border patrol ship Nerey. It was founded in 1990 with the name Kirov. After the collapse of the USSR, it suddenly began to qualify as a frigate, received the Ukrainian flag, number U-130, and became Hetman Sahaidachny. Sevastopol raid

In general, such a Sevastopol bay.

In general, vooooo such a Sevastopol bay.

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The bays are a kind of attraction of Sevastopol. The city is located amphitheater on the hills along their banks. It is the bays that give it an extraordinary picturesqueness.
Port of Sevastopol. Marvelous! It seems that the blessed nature poured out all the bounties on him and bestowed everything that is needed for the best port in the world., - wrote Admiral M.P. Lazarev.

Bays, passing on the coast into deep long beams, the modern city is divided into 13 regions isolated by relief. The largest bay with a length of more than 7.5 km - Sevastopol bay stretches from the open sea in a western direction to the Inkerman Monastery, at the end it gradually narrows and ends at the mouth of the Chernaya River. Sevastopol Bay - the sea gates of the city. Occupying a large area of water, it has served as a convenient anchorage for the fleet since the beginning of the 20th century. there were battleships and cruisers in it, and in addition, it divides the city into the South and North sides. The name “Sevastopol Bay” appeared immediately after the founding of the city. Its other names are also known: Ctenus (Ktenunt), Kalamita-estuary, Korsunsky Sivash, Akhtarskaya, Inkermanskaya, Bolshaya, Big raid, Main roadstead, Sevastopol roadstead, Khersonessky estuary.
You can take a walk along the bay at any time of the year. The scheduled boat delivers passengers from the Grafskaya pier to Inkerman, entering several smaller bays formed by the winding shores of the Sevastopol Bay.

On the southern shore of the Sevastopol Bay are located: Martynova, Aleksandrovskaya, Khrustalnaya, Artilleryskaya, Yuzhnaya, Korabelnaya, Appolonova, Kilen-bay; in the north - Konstantinovskaya, Matyushenko, Mikhailovskaya, Staro-Severnaya, Severnaya, Kurinaya, Panaiotova, Holland, Sukharnaya, Mayachnaya, Grafskaya. In the western direction from the city go the bays Karantinnaya, Khersonesskaya, Kruglaya, Streletskaya, Kamyshovaya, Kazachya, Dvoinaya, deeply cut into the shore, near Cape Chersonesos, on which a lighthouse is built. Further, already from the side of the open sea, there is a small Golubaya bay, Fiolent bays and, finally, the completely unique Balaklava Bay, which deserves a separate story (what a story, a poem by Homer!)

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Artillery Bay small, suitable only for small boats, located in the very center of the city. At the end of the XIX century. served as a port for commercial ships that came to Sevastopol. Merchant ships stopped here, bringing provisions for the army commissariat, sailing ships with timber and vegetables stopped. Now in the Artillery Bay there is a ferry pier and a pier for ships and boats.

long, deep. It is the second largest after Sevastopol, 2.4 km long, divides the South side of the city into Ship and Central city. It is located away from the sea, the water in it is always calm, steep slopes allow large ships to approach the very shore; the absence of sea and river sediments, the convenient configuration of the shores, and non-freezing water create favorable conditions for the fleet. Immediately upon the founding of Sevastopol, it was chosen for the parking of ships, it perfectly accommodated the entire squadron. In the Sevastopol and South bays in the XIX century. was the entire Black Sea Fleet. In our time, a berth for large motor ships and a sea station have been built in the South Bay. In the 80s of the XIX century. The southern bay was set aside for a commercial port, berths, warehouses for goods, mainly grain and salt, and a new customs building were built.
In summer, you can take a boat trip along the South Bay on boats that depart from the Kornilov embankment and Grafskaya pier.

ship bay small, protruding into the eastern shore of the South Bay, near Pavlovsky Cape. It has the shape of a hook, the depth of the bay allows ships to approach the very shore, so piers were built here, later the Admiralty, five dry docks. The shores of the bay were surrounded by large granite embankments, on which shops, barracks, port institutions were located, and bollards for mooring ships were installed along the embankments. The South and Ship bays were the military harbor of Sevastopol. Now on the shore of the Ship Bay is the Marine Plant named after. S. Ordzhonikidze.

East of South lies - deep, narrow, but small. In November 1782, to support the ground forces in the Crimea, two frigates (No. 8 and No. 11), later “Brave” and “Cautious”, were transferred here from Kherson. The general command of them was carried out by a captain of the 1st rank. THEM. Odintsov. These frigates were the first Russian ships left to spend the winter in the Akhtiar (Sevastopol) bay. In winter, the sailors measured the bays and put the frigates in order. They chose a convenient deep bay for keeling ships (to keel - to clean the bottoms of ships from shells and algae, tilting on their side). Later, a special pier for keeling was built in the bay, and the swamp at the end of the bay was drained. In 1836-1850, the embankment of the bay was landscaped according to the project of engineer Vlasov. The shipyard of the Black Sea Fleet is still located in Kilen Bay.
Kilen Bay was also called Avlita (Greek - Reed). The toponym is reminiscent of the small medieval town of Avlita, which was supposedly located in the area of Kilen Bay. In the XIV century. The Principality of Theodoro (Mangup), striving for access to the sea, is building the port of Avlita, and to protect it at the mouth of the river. Black - Kalamito Fortress. The port of Avlita, apparently, was destroyed by the Turks in 1475, after the capture of the capital of the Principality of Theodoro.

quarantine bay- long, winding, on the western bank of it are the ruins of ancient Chersonese, on the eastern bank, after the founding of Sevastopol, quarantine was arranged.

Streletskaya Bay deeply protrudes into the shore, on which an artificial embankment was built for the berth of ships. Vessels moored at the embankment are protected by the head part of the pier. “Streletskaya” in the conversations of Sevastopol residents usually means the entire area adjacent to Gagarin Avenue, formerly called Streletskoye Highway. The name of the bay was first mentioned by P.P. Pallas in 1793. The origin of the toponym is controversial. Perhaps the name of the bay goes back to the 40-gun frigate Strela, which was part of the Black Sea Fleet from 1783 to 1788. Over the years, the ship could stand more than once in this bay, which was first called Strelskaya. In 1941-1942, the base of boats of the OVR (protection of the water area) was located in the Streletskaya Bay. Here the sailor Ivan Golubets accomplished his feat, at the cost of his own life, preventing an explosion of ammunition on a burning boat.

Round (Sandy) bay it resembles a circle in outline, has a sandy bottom, is very shallow and completely unsuitable for navigation. Already in the 1900s, new houses, dachas, boarding houses were built on the shore of the bay. Today there is a city beach "Omega", a children's camp, a boarding house.

double bay southwest of the Round Cape, protruding from its southern coast, is divided into two: Reed(eastern) and Cossack(western). Both bays are open to northern winds, but Kamyshovaya is more convenient and safer for navigation, its shore is elevated, with gentle slopes. In these bays in 1854-1855 there was the main parking lot of the French fleet, and a temporary French town of Kamyes was arranged near the coast.
Now on the shores of Kamyshovaya Bay, the Yugreftransflot enterprise, a shipbuilding plant, a fish cannery, the Ukrainian Maritime Institute, and a large fishermen's village.
Cossack Bay on its western shore has a small bay called salty, near which there was a salt lake, where at the end of the XVIII century. salt was mined. On the shores of the Cossack Bay in June 1942, the organized resistance of the defenders of Sevastopol to the Nazi invaders continued until the last bullet, and after the liberation of the city in May 1944, the surviving soldiers of the 17th German Army were taken prisoner here.

North Bay (Perevoznaya) is located on the Northern side of Sevastopol, it has moorings for boats and ferries. During the liberation of Sevastopol in May 1944, soldiers of the 2nd Guards Army crossed the Northern Bay.

Engineering bay next to the east after the North. The toponym arose after the construction of the pier of the Engineering Department at the end of the century. The former name of the bay - Kurinaya, is explained by the fact that before the Crimean War there were food warehouses with grain, which attracted many chickens.

Bay Holland located on the northern shore of the Sevastopol Bay. At the beginning of the 19th century, a timber warehouse was built on its banks for the construction and repair of ships. From the beginning of the 18th century, similar warehouses were called Holland in the Russian fleet (the first such warehouse, created at the foundation of St. Petersburg, was called New Holland.

Suharnaya Bay located east of Holland. The bay was named so because in the 20s of the XIX century. a large bakery with dryers for the production of crackers for the Black Sea Fleet was built in a beam on the shore. After the Crimean War, as a result of a sharp reduction in the Black Sea Fleet, a large number of crackers was no longer required, the bakery was closed. During the Great Patriotic War, the artillery arsenal of the Black Sea Fleet was located in Sukharnaya Balka. Here, on June 25, 1942, A. Chikarenko, a Red Navy sailor, accomplished his feat by blowing up an adit with ammunition when the Nazis broke through to the arsenal and entered the adit.

Count's bay the most eastern of those flowing into the Sevastopol Bay from the north. Here at the end of the 18th century there was a farm belonging to the commander (from 1786 to 1790) of the Sevastopol squadron of the Black Sea Fleet, Rear Admiral Count M.I. Voinovich. This bay owes its name to his title, as well as the famous Count's Quay. Grafskaya Bay also has the name Oil Harbor.

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The largest of the Sevastopol bays is the Sevastopol bay itself. Its other names are Ctenus, Ktenunt, Kalamita-estuary, Korsunsky Sivash, Akhtiarskaya, Inkermanskaya, Big, Big raid, Sevastopol raid, Main raid, Chersonesus estuary. Smaller bays are distinguished in the Sevastopol Bay: Southern, Northern, Artilleriyskaya, Holland, etc.

Walking along the embankment, we were lured to ride on a pleasure boat throughout the Sevastopol Bay.

Our boat trip took place on this trough. A portrait of Stalin hung next to the helm, a young guy was driving the ship - a true patriot of Sevastopol and Russia.

2. Konstantinovsky lighthouse on the northern protective pier.

3. Sevastopol Bay is stuffed with ships of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia. In the photo - a large landing ship "Yamal".

Cape Pavlovsky. On the shore, an obelisk is visible to the destroyer Svobodny, which on June 10, 1942 broke into the besieged city during the second defense of Sevastopol, escorting transport with a cargo of food and ammunition. The destroyer was attacked by fifteen German bombers and, despite the courage of the crew, sank.

In addition to warships, there are a large number of civilian ships in the bay.

Unexpectedly, a road boat RBC-1299 of the Russian Black Sea Fleet sailed past us. In the background are ships of the Ukrainian Navy.

The rescue ship "Epron" is a veteran of the Black Sea Fleet, it is more than fifty years old, took part in many rescue operations, refloated several dozen ships and civilian vessels in the Black and Mediterranean Seas, and ensured the evacuation of refugees from Sukhumi in 1993.

Sea tug "MB-23" is part of the Black Sea Fleet, provides mooring, towing ships and vessels, is on duty as part of a rescue team. Annually participates in gathering-campaigns of ships, providing artillery and rocket firing and equipment of target positions.

The flagship of the Black Sea Fleet is the guards missile cruiser Moskva. Designed for strikes against large surface ships of the enemy, provides combat stability of naval anti-submarine groups, air defense of remote formations, fire support.

The cruiser is equipped with P-1000 Vulkan missile systems capable of carrying 350 kiloton nuclear warheads. From August 10 to August 23, 2008, the ship, as part of a naval formation of diverse forces, took part in ensuring the peacekeeping operation "Peace Enforcement", being in the eastern part of the Black Sea.

Hovercraft missile ship "Samum" and small rocket ship "Mirage".

Patrol ship "Inquisitive" (tail number 808), then large anti-submarine ships "Sharp-witted" (810) and "Kerch" (713).

A large grain terminal has been built in Sevastopol (pictured in the background), capable of storing 100,000 tons of grain and loading it at a speed of 1,200 tons per hour.

Almost the entire navy of Ukraine, at the time of our boat trip, got into one frame. U510 - control ship "Slavutich", U310 - patrol ship "Izmail", U500 - this is also a control ship converted from a floating workshop. The remaining ships of the Ukrainian fleet appear to have been at sea on exercises. Ukraine also has one submarine, which, they say, if it dives, it will no longer surface.

A ferry runs regularly between the Artillery Bay and the northern shore of the Sevastopol Bay, because by car on the ground you have to travel about 40 km long. "Admiral Lazarev" swims across the bay in a few minutes, which is of course faster, and transporting a car costs about the same as would be spent on gasoline.