List of former warships of the Ukrainian Navy

List of the Navy of the Ukrainian People's Republic ships[]

Yellow & blue flag on the cruiser Pamiat Merkuria, November 1917

On October 17, 1917, the 2nd rank Captain Ye.Akimov was appointed the representative of the Central Council of Ukraine at the command of the Black Sea Fleet. In November 1917, the Sahaidachny Sea Battalion (kurin) was established in Sevastopol, which, on November 24, 1917, was sent to Kiev and participated in the Kiev Arsenal January Uprising. On December 29, 1917, most of the Black Sea Fleet sided with the Bolsheviks. Earlier, in December 1917, the Ukrainian squadron led by the Russian battleship Imperator Aleksandr III, including another cruiser and three destroyers, participated in the evacuation of the 127th Infantry Division from Trebizond back to Ukraine.

Baltic Fleet[]

• Soviet cruiser Krasnyi Krym (October 12, 1917)
• Russian destroyer Ukraina (October 12, 1917)
• Russian destroyer Haidamak (October 12, 1917)

Black Sea Fleet[]

• Russian battleship Georgii Pobedonosets (November 9, 1917)
• Russian cruiser Pamiat Merkuria (1907) (November 12, 1917)
• Russian destroyer Zorkiy (November 12, 1917)
• Russian destroyer Zvonkiy (November 12, 1917)
• Russian battleship Imperator Aleksandr III (November 22, 1917)
• Russian battleship Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya

Vessels captured by the Russian navy[]

List of captured ships of the Ukrainian Navy.^[1] On 8 April 2014, an agreement had been reached between Russia and Ukraine to return captured vessels to Ukraine and "for the withdrawal of an undisclosed number of Ukrainian aircraft seized in Crimea".^[2] At the time, Russian naval sources claimed that the Ukrainian ships were "not operational because they are old, obsolete, and in poor condition".^[2]

Class	Photo	Type	Ships	Origin	Commissioned	Note
Warships (2 in service)
Grisha		Anti-submarine ships	U-205 Lutsk U-209 Ternopil	Soviet Union  Ukraine	1993 2006	All mentioned ships were raided by unidentified military, raised Russian flags. Both ships were scheduled to be handed back to Ukraine in May 2014, but this never materialized at the time due to souring relations between the two countries. Both ships were described in 2018 as being in "poor condition" due to neglect. Putin stated that the ships were already in this condition when acquired.[3][4]
Fire support (2 in service, 2 in construction)
Tarantul		Missile corvette	U155 Prydniprovia U156 Kremenchuk U??? Uzhgorod U??? Khmelnitsky	Soviet Union	1984	Prydniprovia and Khmelnitsky are believed to have been hulked as floating barracks. Kremenchuk and Uzhgorod were believed to be in the Russian Border Guard service, and may have since been donated to Nicaragua along with one of the hulked floating barracks.[5]
Pauk		Anti-submarine ship	U-208 Khmelnytskyi	Soviet Union	1985	May be incorporated into the Black Sea Fleet.[6]
Mukha		Small anti-submarine ships	U-201 Lviv U-203 Luhansk	Soviet Union	Construction halted in 1992	Completion for Lviv 95% and Luhansk 60%, based in More Shipyard
Special purpose vessels (4 in service)
Foxtrot		Patrol submarine	U-01 Zaporizhzhia	Soviet Union	1970	Was taken over by Russian forces but is too obsolete to join Russia's Black Sea Fleet.[7]
Natya		Minesweeper	U-310 Cherkasy U-311 Chernigov	Soviet Union	1974 1977	Cherkasy reportedly tried twice to go around the ships scuttled by the Russians to block Donuzlav Bay.[8] Her crew reportedly fended off one vigorous attempt by Russian speedboats to seize the vessel.[9] She was eventually disabled and captured on 25 March by the tug Kovel, three speedboats, and two Mi-35 helicopters.[10][11][12]
Ropucha		Landing ship tank	U-402 Kostiantyn Olshansky	Poland	1985	Preemptively disabled by own crew in anticipation of an assault,[13] but reported back in service (with no name) under Russian command as part of the Black Sea Fleet, destined for Syria[14] No evidence for Ukrainian LST being repaired or put back in service by Russia.[citation needed]
Auxiliary vessels (8 in service)
		Command ship	U-510 Slavutych	Soviet Union	1990	On 2 March, the crew of the Slavutych reportedly thwarted an attempt to capture the vessel by a boat manned by unidentified armed personnel.[15]
Tanya		Harbor launch	U-240 Feodosiya	Soviet Union	1983
?		Rescue tugboat	U-705 Kremenets	Finland	1983
Saturn		Roadstead tug	U-947 Kremenets	Soviet Union	1974
Project 737M		Harbor tug	U-953 Dubno	Soviet Union	1974
?		Hydrography boat	U-635 Skvyra	Soviet Union	1989
?		Oil spill collector	U-954	Soviet Union	1983
?		Crane vessel	U-802 Kalanchak	Soviet Union	1961

Decommissioned and sold ships[]

Class	Photo	Type	Ships	Origin	Commissioned	Decommissioned
Battle ships (10 unlisted)
Krivak		Frigates	U-132 Sevastopol U-133 Mykolaiv U-134 Dnipropetrovsk	Soviet Union	1974 1979 1978	Unlisted: 2004 2001 2002
Petya		Multipurpose Frigate	Otaman Bilyi (U132)	Soviet Union	1968	Unlisted: 1993, never really entered service, better known as SKR-112
Grisha		Anti-submarine ships	U-209 Sumy U-210 Kherson U-205 Chernihiv  ? Izyaslav	Soviet Union	1974 1971 1980 ?	Unlisted: 1998 1999 2005 2004
Pauk		Anti-submarine ship	U-207 Uzhhorod	Soviet Union	1982	Unlisted: 2012[16]
Tarantul		Missile corvette	U-156 Kremenchuk	Soviet Union	1985	Unlisted: 2012 (used as floating barracks)
Battle cutters (5 unlisted)
T43		Patrol boats	U-861 Svitlovodsk	Soviet Union	1954	Unlisted: 1999 (former minesweeper)
Matka		Missile boats	U-150 Konotop U-151 Tsyurupinsk U-152 Uman U-154 Kakhovka	Soviet Union	1981 1981 1979 1980	1999 given away to Georgia Unlisted: 2000 2008 2012
Special purpose (9 unlisted)
Sonya		Base minesweepers	U-331 Mariupol U-330 Melitopol[17]	Soviet Union	1978 1979	Unlisted: 2012 2013
Zubr		Air-cushioned landing craft	U-421 Ivan Bohun U-423 Horlivka U-422 Kramatorsk U-424 Artemivsk U-420 Donetsk	Soviet Union	2001 1991 1988 1989 1993	2001 sold to Greece 2001 sold to Greece Unlisted: 1999 2000 2008
Alligator		Landing ship	U-401 Rivne	Soviet Union	1971	Unlisted: 2004 - sold to private firm.
(project 1785)		Landing cutter	U-431 Bryanka	Soviet Union	1970	Unlisted: 2013 - reserve
Auxiliary vessels (1 unlisted)
Toplivo		Tanker	A760 "Fastiv"	Soviet Union Kherson Shipyard	1981	Displacement: 539
Moma		Scout boat	U-511 Simferopol	Poland	1973	Unlisted: 2012 (2006-2012 training ship)
Katun I		Transport	U-754 Dzhankoi	Soviet Union	1968	Unlisted: 2013[18]
?		Floating dock	U-533 Kolomyia			Unlisted:

Never finished ships (at shipyards on Ukraine mainland - never subject to seizure)[]

Class	Photo	Type	Ships	Origin	Laid down	Fate
Battle ships (5 unlisted)
Kuznetsov		Aircraft carrier	Varyag	Soviet Union	1985	1998 sold to China as unfinished 68%
Slava		Missile cruiser	Ukrayina	Soviet Union	1983	2017 ordered to be demilitarized, unfinished 75% (2015)
Krivak III		Frigate	U131 Hetman Baida Vyshnevetskyi	Soviet Union	1992	Cancelled in 1995, sold to Russia and then North Korea (possibly)[19]
Grisha		Anti-submarine ships	Lviv Zaporizka Sich	Soviet Union	—

Uncertain status[]

Class	Photo	Type	Ships	Origin	Commissioned	Note
Toplivo		Tanker	U-759 Bakhmach	Soviet Union	1972	Possibly captured by Russians
PO-2		Training boat	U-544 Tytan	Poland	1974
?		Rescue towboat	U-706 Iziaslav

Other[]

• U001 - Project 371
• U171 - Project 722 artillery cutter
• U172
• U173
• U538 Tarpan - T-4 class landing craft
• 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
• U941 - BUK-239(1954)
• U942 Novoozerne - BUK-261(1956)
• U947 Krasnoperekopsk - Anton Mayin class harbor tug
• U951 Velyka Aleksandrovka
• Ostroh

List of ship classes[]

• Warships (frigate/corvette)
  • Krivak-class frigate (1 active, Navy only)
  • (Petya-class frigate) (1, Navy only)
    • (SKR-112 carried Ukrainian flag, scrapped before commissioned with the Ukrainian Navy)
  • Tarantul-class corvette
  • Grisha-class corvette
  • Pauk-class corvette
  • Mukha-class corvette
• Special purpose
  • Zubr-class LCAC
  • Sonya-class minesweeper
  • Natya-class minesweeper
  • Foxtrot-class submarine
• Fast attack crafts
  • Matka-class missile boat

See also[]

• List of active Ukrainian Navy ships

References[]