15th Coastal Defence Brigade

15-я бригада кораблей охраны водного района

Military Unit: 10678

Activated 1962(?) in Liinakhamari, Murmansk Oblast.

Organisation:

• 141st Anti-Submarine Warfare Battalion (Project 204 and 1124)
• 56th Minesweeper Battalion (Project 266 and others)

1992 renamed 141st independent Anti-Submarine Warfare Battalion.

Disbanded 1998(?).

Bases:

• Liinakhamari, Murmansk Oblast, 1962 - 1998 [69 38 33N, 31 21 37E]

Warships attached:

Not all of the smaller minesweepers has been identified.

• Project 266 (Yurka class):
  • MT-72, 15.8.74 - 30.6.93
  • Pavel Malkov, 2.69 - 30.6.93
  • MT-253, 13.5.74 - 5.7.94
  • Admiral Sokolov, 13.5.74 - 30.6.93
  • Boris Safonov, 1.67 - 5.7.94
• Project 50 (Riga class):
  • Bars, 1962 - 19.4.90
  • Leopard, 1972 - 3.9.91
  • Rosomakha, 1962 - 30.11.73
  • Norka, 1962 - 4.5.89
• Project 204 (Poti class):
  • MPK-18, 20.8.66 - 20.6.87
  • MPK-21, 24.6.65 - 20.6.87
  • MPK-54, 20.8.66 - 26.6.88
  • MPK-86, 13.2.68 - 20.6.87
• Project 1331 (Parchim class):
  • MPK-216, 1990
• Project 1124 (Grisha I class):
  • MPK-3, 2.73 - 20.4.91
  • MPK-33, 2.72 - 7.2.95
  • MPK-138, 2.77 - 3.7.92
• Project 1124M (Grisha III class):
  • MPK-202, 12.87 - 16.3.98
  • MPK-59, 10.94 - 1998