Soviet frigate Storozhevoy
An identical ship
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- Empty: 3,200 t
- Use: 3,550 t
- 2 × M8K turbines
- 2 x M62 turbines
M62: 2 × 12,000 hp ( 8,826 kW)
The Storoschewoi (Russian Сторожевой ) was a frigate of the project in 1135 the Soviet Navy. She was part of the Baltic Fleet.
Mutiny
On the frigate broke out on November 9, 1975 a mutiny. Leader was the political officer Valery Sablin, which was after the captain of the senior officer on board. After a screening of the film Battleship Potemkin Sablin had included the captain and denounced the deviation of the Communist Party of Lenin's ideals in an address to the crew. He presented his plan to take over the ship with volunteers and run from Riga to Leningrad to contact there through the media to the party leadership and the people. However, the Navy leadership feared a flight crew to Sweden and made Yak- 28 bombers and warships available to combat force to the expiring Storoschewoi stop and sink if necessary. Sablin was finally tracked by their own armed forces, the venture on. He was arrested, tried by a military court and executed on 3 August 1976.
Decommissioning
The ship remained in service until 2002 and is now scrapped.
Fiction
Elements of the Mutiny on the Storoschewoi inspired Tom Clancy in the constitution of his novel The Hunt for Red October.