The list of naval ships of Ukraine includes major naval ships which are in service or were recently unlisted in the Ukrainian Navy. As of December 2007, the Navy had 27 combat ships and cutters.[1] The current composition of the Ukrainian battle fleet consists completely out of the former Soviet Black Sea Fleet. The shipbuilding industry is stalled after the fall of the Soviet Union. Revival of the industry took place after the Orange Revolution when on August 9, 2005 the Cabinet of Ukraine provided funding for the national program "Corvette" that was initiated by the Minister of Defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko. The first warship built in the independent Ukraine is expected to be completed in 2016.[2][3]
As of March 22, 2014 some of the ships of the Ukrainian navy have been captured by the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
Battle fleet[]
Class | Photo | Type | Ships | Origin | Commissioned | Note |
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Frigates (1 in service) | ||||||
Krivak | Frigates | U-130 Hetman Sahaydachniy | Soviet Union | 1993 | Unlisted: Sevastopol (U132), Mykolaiv (U133), Dnipropetrovsk (U134) | |
Corvettes (1 in service, 1 under construction) | ||||||
Tarantul | Missile corvettes | U-155 Prydniprovya | Soviet Union | 1984 | Unlisted: Kremenchuk (U156)[4] | |
Gaiduk[5] | Multipurpose corvette | Volodymyr Velykyi | Ukraine | |||
Special operations vessels (2 in service) | ||||||
Matka | Missile boat | U-153 Pryluky | Soviet Union | 1980s | Unlisted: Konotop (U150) given away to Georgia, Tsyurupinsk (U151), Uman (U152), Kakhovka (U154) | |
Zhuk | Patrol boat | U-170 Skadovsk | Soviet Union | 1990 | ||
Supporting vessels (5 in service) | ||||||
Natya | Marine minesweepers | U-311 Cherkasy | Soviet Union | 1977 | ||
Yevgenya | Harbour minesweepers | U-360 Henichesk | Soviet Union | 1980s | ||
Ropucha | File:Ольшанський.jpg | Landing ship tank | U-402 Kostiantyn Olshansky | Poland | 1985 | |
? | Landing craft | U-431 Bryanka | Soviet Union | 1970s | ||
Ondatra | Transport barge | U-430 Svatove | Soviet Union | 1979 |
Vessels lost during the 2014 Crimean crisis[]
Class | Photo | Type | Ships | Origin | Commissioned | Note |
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Corvettes (3 in service) | ||||||
Grisha | Anti-submarine ships | U-205 Lutsk U-206 Vinnytsia U-209 Ternopil |
Soviet Union | 1993 1976 2006 |
All mentioned ships were raided by unidentified military and raised Russian flags | |
Special operations vessels (1 in service) | ||||||
Foxtrot | Patrol submarine | U-01 Zaporizhzhia | Soviet Union | 1970 | Due to join Russia's Black Sea Fleet.[6] | |
Supporting vessels (2 in service) | ||||||
Natya | Marine minesweepers | U-310 Chernihiv | Soviet Union | 1974 | ||
Polnocny | Landing craft tank | U-401 Kirovohrad | Poland | 1985 |
Retired, suspended, and unlisted ships[]
Class | Photo | Type | Ships | Origin | Commissioned | Note |
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Cruiser (1 construction suspended) | ||||||
Slava | Large Cruiser | Ukrayina | Soviet Union | waiting for scraping - unfinished, no plans for completittion | ||
Frigate (retired) | ||||||
Petya | Multipurpose Frigate | none | Soviet Union | Unlisted: Otaman Bilyi (U132), never really entered service, better known as SKR-112 | ||
Corvettes (2 construction suspended) | ||||||
Pauk | Anti-submarine ships | Soviet Union | Unlisted: Uzhhorod (U207),[4] Khmelnytskyi (U208) scuffled by the Russians | |||
Mukha | Small anti-submarine ships | U-201 Lviv U-203 Luhansk |
Soviet Union | construction of both is suspended | ||
Supporting vessels (retired) | ||||||
Sonya | Base minesweepers | Soviet Union | Unlisted: Mariupol (U331), Melitopol (U330)[7] | |||
Zubr | Air-cushioned landing craft | Soviet Union | Unlisted: Kramatorsk (U422), Artemivsk (U424), Donetsk (U420), Ivan Bohun (U421) sold to Greece, Horlivka (U423) sold to Greece | |||
Alligator | Landing ship tank | Soviet Union | Unlisted: Rivne (U401) |
Auxiliary fleet[]
Command and Reconnaissance ships[]
- U500 Donbas - Amur class floating workshop (Project 304), now command sip
- U510 Slavutych - Bambuk class (Project 1288.4 command ship)
- U511 Simferopol - Moma class small intelligence ship
- U512 Pereyaslav - Muna class costal survey ship
Tankers and transport ships[]
- U753 Horlivka - Yuniy Partizan class freighter (tanker)
- U754 Dzhankoi - Katun I class firefighting ship
- U756 Sudak - Boda class depot ship
- U759 Bakhmach - Toplivo class tanker
- U760 Fastiv - Toplivo class tanker
Support vessels[]
- U811 Balta - Bereza class deperming vessel
- U812 Sieverodonetsk - Onega class hydroacoustic monitoring ship and physical fields measuring vessel
- U830 Korets - Sorum class seagoing tug
- U831 Kovel - Goliat class seagoing tug
- U852 Shostka - Sura class mooring tender
- U941 - BUK-239(1954)
- U942 Novoozerne - BUK-261(1956)
- U947 Krasnoperekopsk - Anton Mayin class harbor tug
- U953 Dubno - Project 737M harbor tug
Cutters- small craft[]
- U001 - Project 371
- U153 Pryluky
- U154 Kakhovka
- U171 - Project 722 artillery cutter
- U172
- U173
- U240 Feodosiya - Tanya class harbor launch
- U540 Chyhyryn
- U541 Smila
- U542 Nova Kahovka
- U734 - Yaroslav class port security boat
- U782 Sokal
- U783 Ilichevsk
- U853 Shyliavka - Project 1387
- U854 Dobropilia
- U891 Kherson - Shelon class torpedo recovery vessel
- U926 - Yaroslav class coastal patrol craft
- U937
- U938 - Yaroslav class port security boat
- U951 Velyka Aleksandrovka
- Ostroh
Other[]
- U538 Tarpan - T-4 class landing craft
- U635 Skvyra - large hydrographic cutter
- U705 Kremenets - rescue ship
- U706 Iziaslav - rescue towboat
References[]
- ↑ Ukrainian Armed Forces 2007 White Book p.111
- ↑ Laying of Corvette. youtube video. May 19, 2011
- ↑ On approval of the Concept of the State defense program shipbuilding class "corvette" on the project 58250. Government order 176-2011-р. March 9, 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cabinet wrote off six warships of the Ukrainian Navy. Bigmir. November 8, 2012
- ↑ Corvette project 58250 "Gaiduk" (Ukraine). Bastion.
- ↑ http://en.ria.ru/world/20140322/188661872/Russian-Navy-Flag-Raised-at-Ukraines-Only-Sub.html
- ↑ A poor fleet 9 ships will be retired from the Navy OF Ukraine - through technical unsuitability. Finance.ua. October 18, 2013
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