Russian hospital ship Yenisey
Russian Navy hospital ship
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Yenisey is a Russian Navy hospital ship of the Ob-class hospital ship. Yenisey is part of the Black Sea Fleet.
![](#/media/File:2012-09-14_Севастополь._Плавучий_госпиталь_"Енисей".jpg) Yenisey moored in Sevastopol on 14 September 2012 | |
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| Name |
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| Namesake | Yenisey |
| Owner | Russian Navy |
| Builder | Adolf Barsky, Szczecin |
| Laid down | 10 September 1979 |
| Launched | 4 April 1980 |
| Commissioned | 30 January 1981 |
| Home port | Sevastopol |
| Identification | IMO number: 8956475 |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Ob-class hospital ship |
| Displacement | Standard: 11,300 tons |
| Length | 145.7 m (478 ft) |
| Beam | 19.6 m (64 ft) |
| Draft | 6.2 m (20 ft) |
| Speed | 19.8 knots (36.7 km/h; 22.8 mph) |
| Range | 11,600 nmi (21,500 km; 13,300 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 10 lifeboats |
| Troops | 300-450 patients |
| Complement | 207 crew |
| Aircraft carried | 1 x Kamov Ka-25 |
| Aviation facilities | Helipad and hangar |
Development
The four Ob-class hospital ships were designed to provide medical and recreational facilities. They were also employed as personnel transports. They have civilian crews but carry uniformed naval medical personnel. The ships are fully equipped with surgical equipment. Later two units are Project B-320 II, implying a modification to the basic design; the external differences are minor.
Construction and career
She was laid down on 10 September 1979 and launched on 4 April 1980 by Adolf Barsky shipyard. Commissioned on 30 January 1981 as a hospital ship.[1]
Gallery
Port view of Yenisey underway on 11 August 1986
Aerial view of Yenisey underway on 5 May 1989
Aerial view of Yenisey underway on 5 May 1989
A starboard view of Yenisey underway on 1 October 1989
Kerch anchored with Yenisey in the background on 1 June 1991
Yenisey moored in Sevastopol on 27 July 2006
Close-up of Yenisey’s bow on 16 October 2011
Yenisey moored in Sevastopol on 14 September 2012
![Port view of Yenisey underway on 11 August 1986](#/media/File:Hospital_ship_"Yenisey"_in_1986.jpeg)
![Aerial view of Yenisey underway on 5 May 1989](#/media/File:Hospital_ship_"Yenisey"_in_1989_(2).jpeg)
![Aerial view of Yenisey underway on 5 May 1989](#/media/File:Hospital_ship_"Yenisey"_in_1989.jpeg)
![Yenisey moored in Sevastopol on 27 July 2006](#/media/File:Госпитальное_судно_"Енисей"_-_panoramio.jpg)
![Yenisey moored in Sevastopol on 14 September 2012](#/media/File:2012-09-14_Севастополь._Плавучий_госпиталь_"Енисей"_(3).jpg)