Fire onboard Northern Fleet destroyer
One person is reported dead after a fire onboard the destroyer “Vitse-admiral Kulakov” on Friday. The vessel is currently being repaired at a shipyard in St. Petersburg.
The Northern Fleet Udaloy-class destroyer “Vitse-admiral Kulakov” has been in overhaul at the Northern Shipyards for more than ten years, web site Baltinfo.ru reports.
Work on the vessel was about to be completed, and the first sea trials were planned for December. The accident on December 4 will not interfere on the time schedule, the web site reads.
According to the St. Petersburg based news site Karpovka.net, one person died in the accident, while another was severely injured. The news site criticizes the shipyard’s management for keeping quiet about the death.
According to Wikipedia, the Northern Fleet has two Udaloy-class destroyers in service, while a third one is in reserve.
