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Russian navy commander 'helped steal two 13-ton bronze propellers from his own destroyer while it was in dry dock - and replaced them with cheap ones'

A former Russian Navy commander allegedly stole two 13-ton bronze propellers from his own destroyer while it was in a dry dock being converted into a floating museum.

The commander, who has not been named, is accused of conspiring with others to secretly replace the propellers on the Bespokoynyy destroyer with ones made from a cheaper and lighter material.

Sergei Sharshavykh, head of the military investigations team in the Russian Navy's Baltic Fleet, said the commander attempted to defraud the state of £390,000 with his scheme.  

The warship now functions as a floating naval history museum (pictured) on an island near St Petersburg

The warship now functions as a floating naval history museum on an island near St Petersburg

The names of the commander of the 511ft destroyer and his accomplices have not been revealed, nor has their method for removing the weighty objects, according to Russian media outlet Interfax.

But the Russian navy have said their investigation is nearly concluded. 

The heist took place at the Yantar Shipyard in the heavily militarised Kaliningrad which is home to the headquarters of the Baltic fleet.

The guided missile destroyer, which was commissioned in 1991, returned to Yantar in 2016.

Investigators have not revealed when the theft took place but by 2018 the warship was on display as a museum of military history as the Patriot Park in Kronstadt, near St Petersburg.

The Sovremenny class, also known as Project 956 Sarych class, consisted of 21 ships built by the Soviet Union and later the Russian army.

A former Russian Navy commander has stolen two 13-ton bronze propellers from a decommissioned Sovremenny class destroyer

A former Russian Navy commander has stolen two 13-ton bronze propellers from a decommissioned Sovremenny class destroyer

Four of them ultimately went to the Chinese navy and construction continued until 1991.

Bespokoynyy was commissioned on December 28, 1991, two days after the Soviets voted to dissolve the union. 

The ships were armed with eight P-270 Moskit supersonic anti-ship missiles, 48 surface-to-air missiles, two twin 130m gun mounts and torpedo tubes.

At the time they was launched, Sovremenny class ships had the most sophisticated radar and communication systems of any in the Soviet fleet.

All four of the Chinese ships are still in service, and the Russian Navy also has four which are undergoing major redesigns.   

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