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

On October 17, 1917, the 2nd rank Captain Ye.Akimov was appointed the representative of the

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at the command of the

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. In November 1917, the Sahaidachny Sea Battalion (

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) was established in

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, which, on November 24, 1917, was sent to

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and participated in the

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. On December 29, 1917, most of the Black Sea Fleet sided with the

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s. Earlier, in December 1917, the Ukrainian squadron led by the

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, including another cruiser and three destroyers, participated in the evacuation of the 127th Infantry Division from Trebizond back to

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Baltic Fleet

* Soviet cruiser ''Krasny 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) * Soviet 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 during the Russian annexation of Crimea (2014)

List of captured ships of the

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(at least 100 vessels). On 8 April 2014, an agreement had been reached between

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and

to return captured vessels to Ukraine and "for the withdrawal of an undisclosed number of Ukrainian aircraft seized in

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".Russia begins returning Ukraine naval vessels and aircraft

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(12 April 2014) At the time, Russian naval sources claimed that the Ukrainian ships were "not operational because they are old, obsolete, and in poor condition". Four combatant ships (a Grisha corvette, a Polnocny small landing ship, a Yevgenya minesweeper, and a Matka ex-missile boat) and 31 various auxiliary vessels were returned to Ukraine by June 2014 at the latest; at least 9 vessels were not returned, but scrapped. All vessels returned were in service at their time of capture; all but one of the vessels (U926) confirmed to have been scrapped were decommissioned at their time of capture.

Vessels lost and captured during the Russo-Ukrainian War (2022)

Decommissioned and sold ships

Never completed

Miscellaneous

List of ship classes

*Submarine **

Foxtrot-class submarine The Foxtrot class was the NATO reporting name of a class of diesel-electric patrol submarines that were built in the Soviet Union. The Soviet designation of this class was Project 641. The Foxtrot class was designed to replace the earlier Zulu cl ...

** Triton-2-class midget submarine *Frigates ** Krivak-class frigate ** (

Petya-class frigate The Petya class was the NATO reporting name for a class of light frigates designed in the 1950s and built for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s. The Soviet designation was "Storozhevoi Korabl`" (Сторожевой Корабль - Sentry Ship) '' ...

) *Corvettes **

Tarantul-class corvette The Soviet designation Project 1241 ''Molniya'' (russian: Молния, , Lightning) are a class of Russian missile corvettes (large missile cutters in Soviet classification). They have the NATO reporting name Tarantul (not to be confused with ...

Grisha-class corvette The Grisha class, Soviet designation Project 1124 ''Al'batros'', are a series of anti-submarine corvettes built by the Soviet Union between 1970 and 1990 and later by Russia and Ukraine. These ships have a limited range and are largely used onl ...

Pauk-class corvette The Pauk class is the NATO reporting name for a class of small patrol corvettes built for the Soviet Navy and export customers between 1977 and 1989. The Russian designation is Project 1241.2 Molniya-2. These ships are designed for coastal ...

*Fast attack craft **

Matka-class missile boat The Matka class is the NATO reporting name for a group of hydrofoil missile boats built for the Soviet Navy ( Baltic Fleet and Black Sea Fleet). The Soviet designation was Project 206MR Vikhr. Following the 1997 Black Sea Fleet partition tr ...

*Patrol **

Island-class patrol boat The Island-class patrol boat is a class of United States Coast Guard Cutter, cutters of the United States Coast Guard. 49 cutters of the class were built, of which 37 remain in commission. Their hull numbers are WPB-1301 through WPB-1349. Overv ...

** Gyurza-M-class patrol boat **

Zhuk-class patrol boat The Zhuk-class patrol boat, also known as Project 1400M "Grif", is a small border patrol vessel of less than 40 ton displacement built in the Soviet Union and later in Ukraine. Over 300 boats were built between 1969 and 1991. Out of those, 110 we ...

** Flamingo-class anti-sabotage craft *Landing craft **

Ropucha-class landing ship The Ropucha class ( Polish for ''Toad''), Soviet designation Project 775, is a class of landing ships (large landing ship in Soviet classification) built in Poland for the Soviet Navy. The ships were built in Poland in the Stocznia Północ ...

tank **

Alligator-class landing ship The Soviet designation Project 1171 (Tapir-class) landing ship ( NATO reporting name: Alligator) is a class of Soviet / Russian general purpose, beachable amphibious warfare ships (Soviet classification: large landing ship, russian: БДК, бо� ...

Zubr-class LCAC The Zubr class, Soviet designation Project 1232.2, (NATO reporting name "Pomornik") is a class of Soviet-designed air-cushioned landing craft (LCAC). The name "Żubr" is Polish for the European bison. This class of military hovercraft is, , th ...

** ''project 1785''-class small landing craft ** Centaur-LK-class fast assault craft *Mine warfare **

Sonya-class minesweeper The Sonya class, Soviet designation Project 1265 ''Yakhont'', are a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy and Soviet allies between 1971 and 1991. Design The Sonya-class ships are wooden hulled coastal minehunters, built as success ...

Natya-class minesweeper The Natya class, Soviet designation Project 266M Akvamarin, were a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy and export customers during the 1970s and 1980s. The ships were used for ocean minesweeping. Design The design evolved from the ...

** Yevgenya-class minesweeper **

T43-class minesweeper The T43 were a class of open-ocean minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy from 1948 to 1957. It was exported to client states; the People's Republic of China and Poland produced additional ships. Some hulls were converted to other uses by various ...

*Auxiliary vessels **

Boris Chilikin-class fleet oiler The ''Boris Chilikin'' class, Soviet designation Project 1559V ''Morskoy prostor'' (Sea space), is a series of fleet replenishment oilers built in 1970s for the Soviet Navy and currently in service with the Russian Navy. History As the Soviet ...

** Amur-class command/''search and rescue'' ship ** Bambuk-class command ship ** Sorum-class tugboat

Notes

References

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