History
Soviet Union
Name	Zenitchik
Builder	Sredne Nevskiy SS3 Shipyard
Yard number	928
Completed	1974
Commissioned	1974
In service	1974
Out of service	July 25, 1997
Ukraine
Name	Zhovti Vody Chernihiv
Namesake	Battle of Zhovti Vody Chernihiv
Operator	Ukrainian Navy
In service	July 25, 1997
Renamed	1997 June 18, 2004
Identification	Pennant number: U310
Captured	by Russia in 2014
Status	Held in custody by Russian authorities
Badge
Russia
Acquired	captured from Ukraine in 2014
General characteristics
Class and type	Natya-class minesweeper
Displacement	873 tons
Length	61 m (200 ft 2 in)
Beam	10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draught	3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	Diesel
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Range	1,500 nmi (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	68 (6 officers)
Armament	2 х twin 30 mm AK-230 guns 2 х twin 25 m 2М-3М 2 х quintuple RBU 1200 7 AMD-1000 naval mines or 32 depth charges Underwater mine searcher MKT-210 Trawlers BKT, AT-3, TEM-4

Chernihiv (U310) was a Natya-class minesweeper of the Ukrainian Navy captured by the Russian Navy when the Black Sea Fleet seized Ukraine's Southern Naval Base, during the 2014 Crimean crisis.

History

Minesweeper Zenitchik was built in the Sredne-Nevskiy SS3 shipbuilding yard in Leningrad in 1974. The ship was deployed on combat tours in Persian Gulf, Red Sea and the Atlantic between 1977 and 1988.^[1][2]

During the partition of the Black Sea Fleet, the minesweeper was transferred to Ukrainian Navy on July 25, 1997. It was renamed Zhovti Vody (U310), in honor of the Battle of Zhovti Vody. On June 18, 2004 the minesweeper was renamed Chernihiv.^[1]

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