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 (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

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 (4 in service, 2 in construction)
Grisha		Anti-submarine ships	U-205 Lutsk U-209 Ternopil	Ukraine	1993 2006	All mentioned ships were raided by unidentified military, raised Russian flags. All 2 ships were scheduled to be handed back to Ukraine in May 2014.[3] But as of July 3, 2015 it was not.
Tarantul		Missile corvette	U-155 Prydniprovya	Soviet Union	1984
Pauk		Anti-submarine ship	U-208 Khmelnytskyi	Soviet Union	1985	May also be incorporated into the Black Sea Fleet.[4]
Mukha		Small anti-submarine ships	U-201 Lviv U-203 Luhansk	Soviet Union		Construction of both was suspended.
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.[5]
Natya		Marine minesweepers	U-310 Chernihiv U-311 Cherkasy	Soviet Union	1974	Cherkasy tried twice to negotiate the ships scuttled by the Russians at Donuzlav Bay.[6] Her crew fended off one vigorous attempt by Russian speedboats to seize the vessel.[7] She was eventually disabled and captured on 25 March by the tug Kovel, three speedboats, and two Mi-35 helicopters.[8][9][10]
Ropucha		Landing ship tank	U-402 Kostiantyn Olshansky	Poland	1985	Disabled by own crew during an assault, [11] but reported back in service (with no name) under Russian command as part of the Black Sea Fleet, destined for Syria[12]
Auxiliary vessels (7 in service)
Bambuk		Command ship	U-510 Slavutych	Soviet Union	1990	On 2 March, the crew of the Slavutych thwarted an attempt to capture the vessel by a boat manned by unidentified armed personnel.[13]
Tanya		Harbor launch	U-240 Feodosiya	Soviet Union	1983
?		Rescue tugboat	U-705 Kremenets	Finland	1983
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)
Kuznetsov		Aircraft carrier	Varyag	Soviet Union	—	1998 sold to China as unfinished 68%
Petya		Multipurpose Frigate	Otaman Bilyi (U132)	Soviet Union	1968	Unlisted: 1993, never really entered service, better known as SKR-112
Krivak		Frigates	U-132 Sevastopol U-133 Mykolaiv U-134 Dnipropetrovsk	Soviet Union	1974 1979 1978	Unlisted: 2004 2001 2002
Tarantul		Missile corvette	U-156 Kremenchuk	Soviet Union	1985	Unlisted: 2012 (used as floating barracks)
Pauk		Anti-submarine ship	U-207 Uzhhorod	Soviet Union	1982	Unlisted: 2012[14]
Grisha		Anti-submarine ships	U-209 Sumy U-210 Kherson U-205 Chernihiv	Soviet Union	1974 1971 1980	Unlisted: 1998 1999 2005
Battle cutters (4 unlisted)
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 (8 unlisted)
Sonya		Base minesweepers	U-331 Mariupol U-330 Melitopol[15]	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  Ukraine	2001 1991 1988 1989 1993	2001 sold to Greece 2001 sold to Greece Unlisted: 1999 2000 2008
Alligator		Landing ship tank	U-401 Rivne	Soviet Union	1971	Unlisted: 2004 - sold to private firm.
Auxiliary vessels (1 unlisted)
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[16]
?		Floating dock	U-533 Kolomyia			Unlisted:

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

See also

• List of active Ukrainian Navy ships

References