Ukraine – Auxiliaries and Other Ships

Auxiliaries and Other Ships

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Command / Intelligence / Survey Ships

Donbas U-500 – Amur Class (1997) Formerly USSR Krasnodon (1969) before transfer. LOA 400′ / 122 m TDISP 5,600 tons. Seized 2014 and later towed to Odessa to resume service. Moved to Mariupol late 2018. Visual information and satellite views show the vessel on fire 2022-04-06 during the Russian War in Ukraine, and then sunk at moorings.

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Donbas U-500 in Sevastopol, 2012 [Detail of]. Credit: George Chernilevsky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Donbas U-500 sunk Maiupol 2022-05

Donbas U-500 Mariupol 2019

Ukrainian command ship Donbas 2019 Odessa

Slavutich U-510 – Bambuk Class / project 1288.4 (1992) command/ intelligence ship LOA 350′ / 106.7 m TDISP 5,500 tons. Seized at Sevastopol 2014, not returned.

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Slavutich, Sevastopol Bay, 2012 [Detail of] Credit: George Chernilevsky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Slavutich U-510 bambuk class Sevastopol 2010

Simferopol (2020) modified Project 502EM Lahuna class Intelligence ship. LOA 180′ / 54.9 m TDISP 1,500 tons.

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Simferopol, under trials 2019. Credit: Mil.gov.ua, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons   Simferopol intelligence Odessa 2020

Moma Class LOA 245′ / 74.7 m TDISP 1,625 tons (2 transferred from Russia, service 1996-ca. 2015) Simferopol U-511 (1996-ca. 2010) ex. Jupter (1973), transferred from Russian Navy 1996. Intelligence then training ship, decommissioned some time before new vessel named Simferopol was completed. Moma class survey sevastopol 2014 Moma class survey balaklava 2009

Pereyaslav A-512 Project 1824B special purpose ship/Muna class small intelligence ship (1997). LOA ca. 170′ / 51.8 m TDISP 910 tons.  Formerly Soviet Navy GS-13 (1986-1996).

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Pereyaslav A-512, July 2020. Credit: Армія Інформ, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Pereyaslav A-512 Ochakiv 2020

 Auxiliaries

Balta U-811 Bereza Class Degaussing ship (1997) LOA 228′ / 69.5 m TDISP 1,880 tons. formerly SR-568 (1987) Balta U-811 Odessa 2020

Oleksandr Okhrimenko A-715 Project 2262 (2019) Search and Rescue LOA 205′ / 62.5 m TDISP 2,250 tons. Soviet Navy/Russian Black Sea service 1987-1992,

Oleksandr Okhrimenko SAR Odessa 2020

Shostka U-852 Bura / Project 145 heavy lift vessel (1997) Soviet service from 1973 as Kil 33) LOA 285′ / 86.9 m TDISP 3,150 tons Shostka heavy lift Sevastopol 2014

Petrushka class training ships LOA ca. 200′ / 60.1 m TDISP 335 tons (3 built in Poland 1989, transferred 1997 from Russia).

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Chigirin A-540 training vessel, 2018. Credit: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Petrushka class trainer Sevastopol 2013

Toplivo class tanker (2) LOA 175′ / 53.3 m derelict at Berdiansk.Toplivo tanker wreck Ochakiv 2020

Horlivka A-753 Freighter LOA 250′ / 76.2 m TDISP 2,170 tons(1965) Hungarian-built

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Horlivka, 2021. credit: Військово-Морські Сили Збройних Сил України, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons

Horlivka freighter lake Donuzlav 2010

Harbour craft

Kherson U-891 Shelon class Torpedo Recovery Boat LOA 160′ / 48.8 m TDISP unknown.

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Kherson U-891 participating in the ceremonies to mark the 15th anniversary of the Southern Naval Base, Lake Donuzlav, 2011. [detail] Credit: Mil.gov.ua, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Kherson U-891 torpedo Lake Donuzlav 2010

Pozharny class Fire boats (tw0 transferred 1996, retired) LOA 114′ / 34.7 m TDISP 180 tonsfireboats Ochakiv 2020

Sail Training

Khersones Mir Class (1988-2014) Built at Gdansk, Poland. LOA 346′ / 105.5 m  TDISP 3,000 tons. Acquired by Russia after years laid up in Kerch, moved to Sevastopol 2015.

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Khersones, 2005, in her original red livery with a yellow strake. Credit: Losty, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Khersones sail training Sevastopol 2020Khersones sail training Kerch 2013

Druzhba Mir Class Navigation Academy ship (1987) LOA 354′ / 107.9 m TDISP 2,300 tons. Built in Gdansk, Poland, to a design by noted naval architect Zygmunt Choreń. Involved in training both Soviet and American naval cadets 1990. Now part of the Maritime Academy. Laid up awaiting repairs since around 2000.

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Druzhba, ca. 1989. Credit: Personnel
Druzhba sail Odessa 2020