This is a list of vessels used by Ukrainian Navy. It includes main naval ships and cutters which are in service or were recently unlisted in the Ukrainian Navy 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.[1] Some 30 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, the main warships of the Ukrainian Navy are former Black Sea Fleet vessels that were designed and built in the Soviet Union.
Having several shipyards on its territory, the shipbuilding industry of Ukraine was mostly stalled after the fall of the Soviet Union. Following the Orange Revolution, on 9 August 2005 the Cabinet of Ukraine allocated some funding for the first major national program "Corvette" that was initiated by Minister of Defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko. The first warship-class built in the independent Ukraine was expected to produce its first vessel in 2016.[2] [3]
As of 24 March 2014, all of the larger ships but one (the) of the Ukrainian Navy were captured by the Russian Black Sea Fleet.[4] 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.[5] [6]
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the frigate Hetman Sahaidachny was scuttled by her crew[7] and at least a dozen ships were reported captured or destroyed.[8] [9] 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).[10] Along with these 8 were 2 unidentified RIBs (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,[11] [12] 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. In 2022 Ukraine start developing MAGURA V5 drones, they became operational in 2023.
| Class | Photo | Type | Ships | Displacement | Shipyard | Commissioned | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrol ships (33) | ||||||||
| Ex-missile boat | P153 Pryluky[13] | 257 | Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard | 1980 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea in May 2014[14] Missile boat 1991–2018; now a patrol boat[15] | |||
| Island | Patrol boats | P191 Starobilsk (f/k/a USCGC Drummond) | 168 | 1988/2019 | ||||
| P192 Sumy (f/k/a USCGC Ocracoke) | 1986/2021 | |||||||
| P193 Fastiv (f/k/a USCGC Washington)[16] | 1990/2021 | |||||||
| Gyurza-M | Patrol boats | P175 Berdyansk | 54 |  Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 2016 | Berdyansk and Nikopol captured in the Kerch Strait incident and returned to the Ukrainian Navy on 18 November 2019.[17] 1 unidentified Gyurza-M damaged by a Russian ZALA Lancet strike no later than November 4, 2022;[18] Ukraine claimed the vessel had been repaired in June 2023[19] | ||
| P176 Nikopol | 2018 | |||||||
| P180 Kostopil[20] | 2020 | |||||||
| P181 Bucha[21] | 2023[22] | |||||||
| Zhuk 1400M | Small patrol gunboat[23] | P170 Skadovsk[24] | 39.7 | 1990 | ||||
| PO-2 (project 376)[25] | Small patrol gunboats | P171 AK-03 | 46.4 | Yaroslavl Shipyard | 1972 | Harbor boat 1991–2015[26] | ||
| P172 Rivne | 1972 | |||||||
| P173 AK-02 | 1973 | |||||||
| 2 vessels | 2 vessels mobilised into the Navy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and shown to be part of a new river flotilla which was announced in June 2022 1 unidentified PO-2 small patrol gunboat destroyed by a Russian ZALA Lancet strike no later than 17 April 2023[27] | |||||||
| 40 PB[28] | Small patrol boats | 6 vessels[29] |  Metal Shark | 2020/2022–2022/2022[30] | In June 2022, 6 40-foot maritime combat patrol boats were announced as part of a package of 18 coastal and riverine patrol boats to be drawn down from US stocks and sent to Ukraine by the United States.[31] Metal Shark later confirmed the boats were of this class. Boats of this class were not previously announced to be joining the Ukrainian Sea Guard[32] | |||
| Sea Ark Dauntless | Small patrol boats | Head no. 216[33] | 11 | Sea Ark Marine | 2002/2022–2011/2022 | Announced as part of a package of 18 coastal and riverine patrol boats to be sent to Ukraine by the United States | ||
| Head no. 232[34] | ||||||||
| Head no. 419[35] | ||||||||
| Head no. 806 | ||||||||
| 6 vessels | ||||||||
| Small unit riverine craft | Small patrol boats | 2 vessels | 9.82 | Raytheon/SAFE Boats International/Boat Master | 2004/2022–2005/2022[36] | Announced as part of a package of 18 coastal and riverine patrol boats to be sent to Ukraine by the United States[37] | ||
| Flamingo (project 1415) | Anti-sabotage craft[38] | 57 | 1986 | |||||
| Landing craft (4) | ||||||||
| Polnocny-C | Mid-size landing ship | L401 Yuri Olefirenko[39] | 1,192 | 1971 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea on 19 April 2014;[40] claimed destroyed in 2023 (unconfirmed)[41] | |||
| SHERP the Shuttle[42] | Small landing craft[43] | 1 vessel[44] | 12.88[45] | 2022 | ||||
| Centaur-LK | Fast assault landing craft | 47 | 2019 | Failed to pass state tests as of 6 February 2022. In commission with the Navy since 2019, but not included in its active combat fleet at that time. Between then and April 2022, according to Taras Chmut's reporting, accepted into active service.[46] A Centaur-LK boat was damaged in port by a Russian missile strike and is currently awaiting repair[47] | ||||
| Mine warfare (3) | ||||||||
| Bereza (project 130)[48] | Minelayer[49] | M361 Balta | 2,096 | 1987 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea in April 2014 Degaussing ship 1991–2022 | |||
| Sandown | Minehunters | M310 Chernihiv[50] [51] | 590 |  Vosper Thornycroft | 2023 | Former Royal Navy ships. Transferred to the Ukrainian Navy following a refit[52] [53] Ships remain in the U.K. being supported by Babcock International.[54] | ||
| M311 Cherkasy[55] | ||||||||
| Special purpose RIB (91) | ||||||||
| Metal Shark | 10 vessels | 2021[56] | ||||||
| Wing | 74 vessels | Wing | 2021 | |||||
| Willard | 2 vessels of type Sea Force 11M 3 vessels of type Sea Force 730 2 vessels of type Sea Force 7M | Willard Marine | 2015[57] [58] 2010[59] | |||||
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.[60]
| Class | Photo | Type | Ships | Displacement | Origin | Commissioned | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submersibles (3 in service) | ||||||||
| Seafox | Remotely operated underwater vehicles (mine countermeasures) | 2 vessels | Most likely (and no earlier than) 2022 (inclusive) | Donated to Ukraine by Denmark in April 2022; most likely operated by the Navy | ||||
| Chasing M2 Pro | Remotely operated underwater vehicle (search and rescue)[61] | 1 vessel | Chasing Innovations[62] | Most likely (and no later than) 2022 (inclusive) | In first public appearance on 8 November 2022, it was announced to have recently entered service | |||
| Unmanned surface vessels (13+ in service) | ||||||||
| MAGURA V5 | Explosive/reconnaissance drone boats[63] | 13+ vessels | 1.18[64] | 2022 | By October 2022, the Ukrainian Navy was reported to (probably) have received several dozen domestically-produced kamikaze drone boats.[65] | |||
| Replenishment (1 in service) | ||||||||
| Boda (project 561) | A756 Sudak[66] | 2,115 | 1957 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea in April 2014[67] | ||||
| Transport (1 in service) | ||||||||
| (project 1849)[68] | A753 Horlivka | 2,178 | 1965 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea in April 2014 | ||||
| Intelligence and research (5 in service) | ||||||||
| Lahuna | Mid-size spy ship | A505 Simferopol[69] | 1,220 | 2021 | Launched in April 2019.[70] [71] Between 2021 and 26 November 2022, according to Taras Chmut's reporting, it was accepted into active service[72] | |||
| Muna (project 1824B)[73] | 912 | Baltija Shipyard | 1987 | |||||
| Yelva (project 535M)[74] | A700 Netishyn | 285 | 1973 | In August 2022, the Ukrainian government claimed it had been used to lay mines during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine[75] | ||||
| A701 Pochayiv | 1975 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea on 7 May 2014[76] | ||||||
| (project 431PU)[77] | Diving support vessel | A860 Kamianka | 323.7 | 1957 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea on 3 June 2014[78] | |||
| Command and SAR/medevac (4 in service) | ||||||||
| Type Svetlomor (project 2262) | Search and rescue vessel | A715 Oleksandr Okhrimenko[79] [80] | 2,258 | 1987 | ||||
| Okhtenskiy (project 733S) | Search and rescue vessel/ex-rescue tug | A706 Izjaslav[81] | 934 | 1962 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea by June 2014 (inclusive) at the latest[82] | |||
| Chibis (project 14100) | Small rescue boat[83] | 1 vessel | 2.2[84] | Sosnovka | Mobilised into the Navy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and shown to be part of a new river flotilla which was announced in June 2022 Previously a pleasure boat | |||
| Drakon (project SK620/II) | A782 Sokal[85] | 235.9 | 1983 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea on 7 May 2014 Communications boat 1991–1996 | ||||
| Survey (3 in service) | ||||||||
| Evpatoria (project 10110NIS)[86] | Hydrological and biological research | Hidrobioloh | 214.3[87] | / Ilyichevsk Shipyard | 1992 | Mobilised into the Navy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and shown to be part of a new river flotilla which was announced in June 2022 | ||
| Onega (project 18061) | Hydroacoustic monitoring | A812 Sieverodonetsk[88] | 1,460 | Zelendolsk Shipyard[89] | 1987 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea by June 2014 (inclusive) at the latest | ||
| Drofa (project 16830) | Small hydrographic boat | A659 MGK-1877[90] | 5.4 | Sochi[91] | 1989[92] | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea by June 2014 (inclusive) at the latest | ||
| Supply (10 in service) | ||||||||
| Richkovi tramva | Supply vessels[93] | 4 vessels | 4 vessels mobilised into the Navy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and shown to be part of a new river flotilla which was announced in June 2022 | |||||
| (project H45) | Dispatch cutter | Boyky | 1991 | |||||
| Bryza (project 722U) | Dispatch cutters | A854 Dobropiljai | 142.6 | 1975 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea by June 2014 (inclusive) at the latest[94] Previously a training boat | |||
| A855 Pivdeni[95] | 1974 | Training boat 1991–2001 and gunboat 2001–2005[96] | ||||||
| (project 1387) | Dispatch cutter | A853 Korosten[97] | 52.5 | 1965 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea on 7 May 2014 | |||
| Shura (project 419) | A852 Shostka[98] | 3,151.4 | Neptun Werft, Rostock | 1976 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea in April 2014 | |||
| (project 1430) | Crew supply vessel | A783 Chornomorsk[99] | 99.7 | 1976 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea by June 2014 (inclusive) at the latest | |||
| Tug (4 in service) | ||||||||
| Prometey (project 498)[100] | Seagoing tug | 303 | 1974 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea by June 2014 (inclusive) at the latest[101] Vessel recaptured in the Kerch Strait incident and returned to the Ukrainian Navy on 18 November 2019 | ||||
| Goliat | Seagoing tug | 890 | 1965 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea on 19 April 2014 | ||||
| Kostromich-class (Project T-63M) | Towing tugs | A941 BUK-239 | 19.8 | 1954 | ||||
| A942 Novoozerne | 1955 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea on 19 April 2014 | ||||||
| Training (3 in service) | ||||||||
| Petrushka (project UK-3)[102] | Training boats | A540 Chyhyryn | 345.4 | 1984 | Vessels returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea on 3 May 2014[103] | |||
| A541 Smila | 1985 | |||||||
| A542 Nova Kakhovka | 1986 | |||||||
| Harbor cutters (12 in service) | ||||||||
| Flamingo (project 1415) | Diving cutters | A721 Volodimir Volinsk | 43.2 | 1983 | ||||
| A732 Romni | 1980 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea on 3 May 2014 | ||||||
| PO-2 (project 376) | Diving cutters | A724 RVK-258 | 38.2 | 1968 | ||||
| A734 | 46.89 | 1974 | ||||||
| (project 371) | Crew cutters | U500-5[104] | 9.83 | Vessels returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea by June 2014 (inclusive) at the latest | ||||
| A001 Admiralsky | 1984 | |||||||
| A927 RK-1039[105] | 8.87 | |||||||
| Aist (project 1398B) | Small patrol boats | A905 RK-1720[106] [107] | 20 | 1991 | ||||
| Head no. 9008[108] | Batumi[109] | 1990 | ||||||
| Sokolenok (project 1404)[110] | Harbor patrol | A237 | 8.8 | |||||
| Strizh (project 1390) | Harbor patrol | U500-4[111] | 3.2 | Vessel returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea by June 2014 (inclusive) at the latest | ||||
| A923 | ||||||||
| Special purpose boats and barges (3 in service) | ||||||||
| (project 20641) | Water barge | Baikal | 1,101.16 | Taganrog[112] | 1985[113] | |||
| (project 889A) | Float ship/repair barge | A805 Plavmasterskaya No.665 | 1,354[114] |  Burgas[115] | 1983 | |||
| PZh-61 (project 50479) | Floating dock | PZh-61U | Kherson Shipyard[116] | 2020 | ||||
In November 2022, the US pledged 40 armored river boats of unspecified type (from industry).[117] By May 2023, this number had risen to 44.[118] In March 2023, Germany pledged 10 unmanned surface vessels of unspecified type to Ukraine.[119]
| Class | Photo | Type | Ships | Displacement | Number | Shipyard | Origin | Designed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awaiting delivery | |||||||||
| Oliver Hazard Perry | 4,100 | 2 | Two ships were offered to Ukraine; the offer is still under consideration[120] | ||||||
| Island[121] | Patrol boats | P194 Viacheslav Kubrak[122] | 168 | 3 | Bollinger Shipyards | Was to be received in January 2022 after being tested,[123] [124] but as of 17 June 2022, delivery is not yet completed due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine[125] | |||
| Announced as military aid to be sent to Ukraine by the United States; 2 more boats were planned for inclusion in a 7-strong division of Ukraine’s Island-class patrol boats prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||||||
| Alkmaar | Minehunters | 510 | 2 | Van der Giessen de Noord | Announced as military aid to be sent to Ukraine by the Netherlands (will most likely be transferred from 2025 onwards).[126] [127] [128] | ||||
| REMUS 100 | Autonomous underwater vehicles (mine countermeasures) | 3 | Hydroid Inc. | Unmanned surface vehicles announced as military aid to be sent to Ukraine by the United Kingdom (from Royal Navy stocks) in August 2022[129] [130] | |||||
| Fleet-class unmanned surface vessel | Unmanned surface vehicles | 7.6 | AAI Corporation | Unmanned surface vehicles announced as military aid to be sent to Ukraine by the United States in April 2022 | |||||
| Sky Moon[131] | Cargo ship | Sky Moon | < 4,018.52 | 1 | Arrested for border trespassing | Handed over to Ukrainian Navy[132] | |||
| Under construction | |||||||||
| Volodymyr Velykyi | Frigates | Volodymyr Velykyi | 2,608.15[133] | 4 | Laid down (2011), ready 43% (2017), three more contract signed (2005), construction stalled in 2014. Planned as multipurpose corvettes until 2021;[134] planned for 2022 | ||||
| 2024 | |||||||||
| 2026 | |||||||||
| 2028 | |||||||||
| Ada | Corvettes | [135] [136] Laid down in 2021[137] | 2362.10 | 2 | Okean Shipyard | / | Contract signed (2020);[138] first ship to enter service in 2024 Hetman Ivan Mazepa launched in October 2022[139] | ||
| Laid down in 2023[140] | Contract signed (2020) | ||||||||
| Barzan-class fast attack craft | Fast attack craft | 520 | 8 | Vosper Thornycroft | / | [141] [142] | |||
| Mark VI patrol boat | Patrol boats | 2 under construction[143] 10 to be completed and delivered to the Navy by 2026[144] | 63.97 | 10-16 | SAFE Boats International | Up to 16 may be acquired for 600 mln dollars, details are being discussed[145] 10 ordered so far[146] | |||
| Centaur/Centaur-LK | Fast assault [landing<ref name="ua2022" />] craft | [DShK-03] laid down[147] | 47 | 1 (originally 6) | Contract signed (2016),[148] but failure of the first two units to meet the Navy’s requirements led to plans of construction being halted for new units.[149] [150] [151] A Centaur-LK boat was damaged in port by a Russian missile strike and is currently awaiting repair | ||||
| Plans of construction halted | |||||||||
| Plans of construction halted | |||||||||
| Plans of construction halted | |||||||||
| Plans of construction halted | |||||||||
| Plans of construction halted | |||||||||
| REMUS 100 | Autonomous underwater vehicles (mine countermeasures) | 3 | Hydroid Inc. | Unmanned surface vehicles announced as military aid to be sent to Ukraine by the United Kingdom (from industry) in August 2022 | |||||
| R7 | Remotely operated underwater vehicles (mine countermeasures/search and rescue)[152] | 10 | [153] | Announced to be sent as military aid to Ukraine by Belgium (from industry) in November 2022.[154] To be delivered by May 2023 (inclusive)[155] | |||||
| Toloka TLK-150 | Autonomous underwater vehicle(s) | Brave1[156] | Prototype revealed by Brave1, a defence company created by the Ukrainian government, in May 2023; development of other TLK- series drones announced According to the Kyiv Post, expected to go into production in the next few weeks after 26 May 2023[157] | ||||||
| (No formal type or project number) | Explosive/reconnaissance drone boats | Kherson[158] | 1.18 | 99 | By October 2022, the Ukrainian Navy was reported to (probably) have received several dozen domestically-produced kamikaze drone boats, some of which were expended (see above). On 11 November 2022, the construction of a new fleet of 100 drone boats was announced, along with the vessels' reconnaissance role. At least 1 of these 100 has since been destroyed | ||||
| Sevastopol | |||||||||
| PEACE Detz[159] [160] | |||||||||
| Putin Khuylo[161] [162] | |||||||||
| Mariupol[163] | |||||||||
| Bakhmut | |||||||||
| PEACE Da[164] | |||||||||
| PEACE Duke[165] | |||||||||
| Za Yenota![166] | |||||||||
| monobank[167] [168] | |||||||||
| Banka | |||||||||
| CASHBACK | |||||||||
| Crime et Châtiment[169] | |||||||||
| Insider UA[170] | |||||||||
| Raccoon's Revenge[171] | |||||||||
| Blyskavka[172] | |||||||||
| Garbage Collector[173] | |||||||||
| Sahaydachniy[174] | |||||||||
| 81 as-of-yet unnamed vessels | |||||||||
