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Capture of Southern Naval Base
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<p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Capture_of_Southern_Naval_Base¶ms=45.34_N_33.01_E_type:event">45°20′24″N 33°00′36″E / 45.34000°N 33.01000°E / 45.34000; 33.01000</a> </p> <p>The siege of <a href="/facts/Southern_Naval_Base_(Ukraine)/a7kttwSg">Southern Naval Base</a> lasted from 3 March 2014 until its definitive capture on 27 March 2014. The action began with the blockade of <a href="/facts/Donuzlav/Tow4oeyH">Donuzlav</a> bay by the Russian <a href="/facts/Russian_cruiser_Moskva/9VlWqBuf">missile cruiser <i>Moskva</i></a>. The <a href="/facts/Russian_Navy/6LA3GgUY">Russian Navy</a> later scuttled the Russian <a href="/facts/Russian_cruiser_Ochakov/y3frInGK">anti-submarine ship <i>Ochakov</i></a> and several smaller vessels in the mouth of the bay to prevent Ukrainian ships from sailing to open sea and reaching the <a href="/facts/Western_Naval_Base_(Ukraine)/P3udaszq">Ukrainian fleet in Odesa</a>. As a result, 13 Ukrainian ships were bottled up and eventually captured by Russia in Donuzlav bay. The blockade ended when the Russian Navy seized the last ship under the Ukrainian flag in Crimea, the minesweeper <a href="/facts/Natya-class_minesweeper/Y4JgGMg3"><i>Cherkasy</i></a>. </p>