This is a list of vessels used by

Ukrainian Navy The Military Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ( uk, Військо́во-морські́ си́ли Збро́йних сил Украї́ни, ВМС ЗСУ) is the maritime forces of Ukraine and one of the five branches of the Arme ...

. It includes main naval ships and cutters which are in service or were recently unlisted in the

as well as the auxiliary fleet, and lists ships' project numbers where a written class is unavailable or not notable – these are used by the designers to note each ship's type. As of December 2007, the Navy had 27 combat ships and cutters. Some 30 years after the

fall of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

, the main warships of the Ukrainian Navy are former

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vessels that were designed and built in the

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. Having several shipyards on its territory, the shipbuilding industry of Ukraine was mostly stalled after the

. Following the

Orange Revolution The Orange Revolution ( uk, Помаранчева революція, translit=Pomarancheva revoliutsiia) was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate afterm ...

, on 9 August 2005 the

Cabinet of Ukraine The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ( uk, Кабінет Міністрів України, translit=Kabinet Ministriv Ukrainy; shortened to CabMin), commonly referred to as the Government of Ukraine ( uk, Уряд України, ''Uriad Ukrai ...

allocated some funding for the first major national program "Corvette" that was initiated by Minister of Defense

Anatoliy Hrytsenko Anatoliy Stepanovych Hrytsenko ( uk, Анатолій Степанович Гриценко; born 25 October 1957) is a Ukrainian politician, independent member of the current Ukrainian parliament, former Minister of Defence, member of the Our U ...

. The first warship-class built in the independent Ukraine was expected to produce its first vessel in 2016. As of 24 March 2014, all of the larger ships but one (the ) of the Ukrainian Navy were captured by the Russian

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. Some ships Russia returned to Ukraine (35 vessels in total). In 2015 Ukraine received 5 small (7 and 11 meter aluminum) Willard Marine patrol boats; the original order was placed in 2013. During the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, the frigate ''Hetman Sahaidachny'' was scuttled by her crew and some one dozen or more other ships were reported captured or destroyed. In June 2022, the Navy announced that a number of boats had been mobilised, equipped for military needs and inducted into their newly announced river flotilla of 19 vessels; at least 8 vessels not previously known to be in the Navy were shown in the accompanying videos (one of which was previously a pleasure boat). Along with these 8 were 2 unidentified

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(which may have been pre-existing Navy vessels), 1 unidentified harbor patrol vessel and 1 other unidentified vessel. The 8 identified vessels are listed below, although it is possible that the 2 PO-2 boats among them were pre-existing Navy vessels which had their pennant numbers painted over. A subsequent video announcing the inclusion of a SHERP the Shuttle landing craft in the flotilla showed at least 2 more unidentified harbor patrol vessels.

Surface fleet

Auxiliary fleet

In addition to the vessels which are listed below, Germany pledged 10 unmanned surface vessels of unspecified type to Ukraine. By 1 December 2022, all of these delivered.

Prospective additions

In November 2022, the US pledged 40 armored river boats of unspecified type (from industry). By May 2023, this number had risen to 44. In March 2023, Germany pledged 10 unmanned surface vessels of unspecified type to Ukraine.

Notes

References

External links

Ships of the Black Sea Fleet
*Hardus, M.
The harsh reality: is Ukraine ready to fight at sea (Суровая реальность: готова ли Украина воевать на море)
'. "Apostrof". 29 January 2016. {{Ukrainian Navy

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