“Vinnytsia” ( Belor. “Vіnnitsa” ) - a monitor belonging to the “ Zhytomyr ” type; one of the four monitors of this type [2] .
| "Vinnitsa" | |
|---|---|
| Toruń | |
 Polish Pinsk Flotilla. From left to right: “Pinsk”, “Warsaw”, “Torun” and the steamer “General Sikorsky”. Until 1926 | |
| Service | |
 Poland the USSR | |
| Ship class and type | River monitor |
| Organization | Berezinsky detachment of the Pinsk Flotilla |
| Manufacturer | Danziger Werft |
| Commissioned | april 1920 |
| Removed from the fleet | July 26, 1941 [1] |
| Status | Blown up by crew |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 130 t |
| Length | 34.5 m |
| Width | 5 m on the body and 8 m on the allotment |
| Draft | 0.7 m |
| Booking | board 6 mm, tower and deckhouse 12 mm, deck 5 mm |
| Engines | 2 diesel "Glennifer" |
| Power | 2 × 100 l. with. |
| Mover | 2 propellers |
| Travel speed | 9 knots |
| Navigation range | 648 miles |
| Crew | 44 people |
| Armament | |
| Navigation weapons | 2 magnetic compass |
| Tactical strike weapons | 4 7.62 mm machine gun |
| Artillery | 3 76-mm gun F-22 USV |
Content
Ship history
Service in Poland
Like most monitors of this type, the Vinnitsa monitor was built in Danzig at the Danziger Werft shipyard , and in April 1920, under the name Mozyzh (“Morzyrz”), became part of the Vistlyan flotilla. The original name was given under the name of Mozyr (now - in the Gomel region , Belarus ).
In 1922 he was transferred to the first division of the Pinsk flotilla. Since the city of Mozyr after the Soviet-Polish war of 1920-1921. remained in the composition of the Byelorussian SSR ; on July 31, 1923, the Morzyrz monitor was renamed Torun (“Toruń”). On October 17, 1931, the flotilla was called the River Flotilla of the Polish Navy, "Toruń" was in its third division. In 1930 and 1938–39. monitors of this type have been upgraded.
Available information about the commanders: 1922 - Lieutenant E. Shistovsky, 1939 - Captain Boleslav Paridzai.
Since the beginning of World War II, the monitor has been involved in air defense against German air raids. After the Red Army entered the territory of Poland, along with other ships the flotilla began to move towards the Polish-German front, but because of the detonated bridge, the ships could not pass through the Dnepro-Bug Canal. “Toruń” was flooded by the crew at 73 km of the Pripyat River on September 18, 1939 when the Red Army approached [3] .
Service in the USSR
On October 5, he was raised by divers of the Dnieper military flotilla and towed to the Pinsk shipyards. Passed repair and re-equipment in Kiev [3] .
The renovated monitor was commissioned on October 24, 1939 and became part of the Dnieper military flotilla , and on July 17 of the following year it was incorporated into the Pinsk military flotilla formed from the Dnieper vessels.
The beginning of World War II monitor "Vinnitsa" met in the composition of the monitor division in Pinsk and moved towards Brest , but on June 24 returned to Pinsk. On 28 June, with the abandonment of Pinsk, the ship retreated to Luninets . On July 11, 3 detachments were formed in the flotilla, "Vinnitsa" entered the Berezinsky detachment. On July 12, the ship moved to the area of Rechitsa to support the counterattack of the 21st Army . On July 15, he landed troops of partisans near the village of New Belitsa, Parichsky District, and carried out fire support. As a result of the return fire, the monitor received six hits and ran aground. It was not possible to get aground, and a little after midnight the ship was blown up by the crew [4] . 37 people of the staff of "Vinnitsa" went to the urban village Parichi .
There is also a statement based on archival documents that the Vinnitsa monitor was sunk on July 13 as a result of an artillery battery mistakenly firing at one of the battalions of the 487 rifle regiment of the 232 rifle division .
“I will cite ... the version of the death of Vinnitsa, according to the memorandum for the number 415 of the deputy head of the special department of the NKVD 21 of the army of Colonel Ageenkov, addressed July 26, 1941 under the“ top secret ”secretary of the Central Committee of the CP (b) B of Belarus Eidinov and Deputy Commissar of the NKVD BSSR Dukhovich.
At a meeting on July 13, 1941 in Parichi, the commander of the 487 rifle regiment, Major Goncharik, ordered the battalion commander Ryabikov to lead the operation, "who, in the presence of the regimental commissar Pelyushenyuk, his assistant to the front-line unit, Major Sokolov and other commanders, warned and instructed that the operation would take place jointly with Pinsk flotilla and partisan detachment, and immediately instructed Ryabikov to inform all the personnel and command personnel who would take part in the operation. " A battery was sent to the village of Novaya Belitsa under the command of Junior Lieutenant Lomakin, whom Ryabikov had forgotten to inform about joint operations with the Pinsk flotilla. “Lomakin, noticing the disguised towers of the ships,” says further in the memorandum, “took them for German tanks and opened fire” [...] “The Flotilla,” reads further in the document under “top secret” signature, “the response fire on the battery , other parts of the 487 rifle regiment and detachment Miklashevich, who were on the shore. As a result of a shootout from the flotilla team, 5 people were killed and 5 people were injured. ” (National Archives of the Republic of Belarus, fund 4, list 1, case 2, sheets 148a — 149a.) [...]
In the diary of the Rechitsky partisan detachment of A. B. Miklashevich there is an entry dated July 13, 1941, which states that there was an artillery fire between the units of the Red Army and the ships of the Pinsk flotilla, as a result of which the partisans Moroz and Peter Ivanovich Patseenok were killed. It also reported that as a result of shelling lost warship. (NARB, f. 3943, op. 1, d. 2.) ”.
- Romantsov V. A. The death of the ship "Vinnitsa" - a classic tragedy in military style [5] .
Monitor "Vinnitsa" sank near the left bank of the old channel of the Berezina [6] .
Crew
- Commander - Senior Lieutenant B. A. A.
- The assistant commander is Lieutenant Alexander Nikitovich Kabanets (died at the village of Novaya Belitsa).
- Helmsmen - krasnoflottsy F. Kabanchenko, Vladimir Avdeevich Lukashuk (died at the village of Novaya Belitsa).
- Signalers - Lebedinsky MD (died at the village of New Belitsa); Porubaymih Timofey [6] .
- The Red Navy Motorists Ugly A.T., Pashkov I.Ye. (wounded at the village of Novaya Belitsa)
Raise the monitor. Memory
August 25–27, 2007, an international expedition took place to the places of battles of seamen of the Pinsk military flotilla. One of the residents of the village of New Belitsa, Svetlogorsk (former Parichsky) district of the Gomel region, indicated to the members of the expedition the exact place of the ship’s death. At this place, excavations of the pit 30 × 5 m in size were made, and at the depth of one meter the remains of the monitor were found [6] [7] . They are stored in the Svetlogorsk Museum of Local History.
A memorial sign has been installed near the village of New Belitsa.
Notes
- ↑ Type "Warsaw" - 4 units. Ships of the Soviet Navy on the eve of and during the Great Patriotic War
- ↑ Gdansk-type monitors. ENCYCLOPEDIA of MONITORS. Defenders of the river borders of Russia. Chernikov I.I.
- ↑ 1 2 Maslyukoў T.V. Kalya Parychaў padnyalі reshtkі pershaga ў Belarusi bran_ravanaga karablya // Reggae partals - Svetlagorsk. 2007. . Archived June 17, 2012. (white)
- ↑ Platonov A.V. Encyclopedia of Soviet surface ships, 1941-1945 / A.V. Platonov. - SPb. : LLC “Polygon Publishing House”, 2002. - p. 377-380. - 5000 copies - ISBN 5-89173-178-9 .
- ↑ Ramantsouk V. A. Gіbel of the ship “Vіnnitsa” is a classic tragedy ў wissak style Neopr . Archived June 17, 2012. // Shatsіlka чskіya chytannі: materials ІІ g_storyka-kryaznakchay kanferentsyi (yes 450-goddzya Shatsіlak) from Svetlagorsku, 16 krasavіka 2010 / Svetlagorskskiy g_storyka-kryaznakchy museum; way of life .: TV, V. Masliuko, V. A. Ramantso. - Svetlagorsk, 2011, p. 53–58. (white)
- ↑ 1 2 3 Romantsov V. Monitor “Vinnitsa”. Archived June 17, 2012.
- ↑ The album "Expedition to the remains of the monitor Vinnitsa" . Archived June 17, 2012.