Ukrainian corvette Ternopil (U209)

U209 Ternopil in Sevastopol (centre)
History
Ukraine
Name: Ternopil (U209)
Namesake: Ternopil
Operator: Ukrainian Navy
Builder: JSC Leninska Kuznya, (Kiev)
Yard number: С-013
Laid down: April 15, 1991[1]
Launched: March 15, 2002[2]
Acquired: February 2, 2006[3]
Commissioned: February 16, 2006[4]
In service: from 2006
Badge:
Class overview
Name: Grisha V class (1124 ME) corvette
Builders:
Operators:
Preceded by: Grisha class (1124) corvette
Built: 1982—2002
Completed: 38
Active:
General characteristics
Class and type: Grisha V class
Displacement:
  • standard 876 tons,
  • full load 1030 tons
Length: 71.2 m
Beam: 10.15 m
Draught: 3.53 m
Propulsion:
  • 3 shaft, 2 × М-507А cruise diesels, 38,000 shp, (2 shafts)
  • 1 × М-8М boost gas turbine 18,000 shp, (1 shaft)
  • Electric Plant: 1×DG-500 (500 kW), 1×DG-300 (300 kW), 1×DG-200 (200 kW)
Speed:
  • full 32 kn (59 km/h),
  • economic 14 kn (26 km/h)
Range: 2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
Endurance: 9 days
Crew: 89 (9 chiefs)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Radar: MR-755 Fregat-MA-1 air/surface search radar;
  • 4R-33MA Pop Group SA-N-4 fire control radar;
  • MR-123-01 AK-176 fire control radar;
  • Don-2 navigation radar
  • Sonar: MGK-335MC Platina/Bull Horn low-frequency hull-mounted sonar;
  • Shelon'/Elk Tail medium-frequency through-hull dipping sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • Bizan-4B suite with Watch Dog intercept,
  • 2 PK-16 decoy RL
Armament:
  • air-defense gun-missile systems: AD Osa-M missile system — 1 twin SA-N-4 Gecko surface-to-air missile launcher (20 missiles);
  • Strela-3 ADM system — 2 SA-N-8 Gremlin surface-to-air missile (8 missiles)
  • artillery: 76mm AK-176 gun mount (304 rounds);
  • 1 × 6 30mm AK-630 AD gun mount (3,000 rounds)
  • antisubmarine: 2 twin 533 mm torpedo tubes DTA-5E-1124
  • 2 RBU-6000 A/S rocket launchers (96 rockets)
  • 2 depth charge racks (12 depth charges)
  • Up to 18 mines in place of depth charges

Ternopil (U209) is a Grisha-class anti-submarine corvette of the Ukrainian Navy, In March 2014 the ship was captured by the Russian forces during the Crimean crisis.

History

Ternopil is the 1124ME project ship (NATO reporting name: Grisha V class, of the Soviet classification: Albatros-class Russian: Альбатрос).[5]

The Russian type designation is Small Anti-Submarine Ship. The Grisha-class anti-submarine ship is designed to search for and destroy enemy submarines found in coastal areas. They were equipped with a variety of ASW weapons and an SA-N-4 surface-to-air missile launcher. All were fitted with retractable fin stabilizers. The Grisha II class was built for the border guard.[6]

The Grisha V class ships were built between 1985 and 2002. They incorporated further modifications with a single 76 mm gun replacing the twin 57 mm guns. Thirty ships were built. About 28 ships remain in the Russian Navy. Two ships — Lutsk and Ternopil were built in Ukraine. Lutsk was launched on May 22, 1993 and Ternopil were entered service in February 16, 2006 with the Ukrainian Navy.[7]

Service

The corvette was laid down on April 23, 1991 at the Leninska Kuznya shipyard. The ship was launched on March 15, 2002. The corvette was moved 1,668 nmi (3,089 km) from Kiev to Mykolaiv. The corvette was moved again to the port of Sevastopol for trials testing. On February 15, 2006 an act was signed adding the ship to Ukrainian Navy; and the Ukrainian naval flag was raised on the ship on February 16, 2006.

The first sea trip was the ship in late 2006 for NATO Mission Oriented Training/MОТ. The Ukrainian crew practiced tactical episodes between May 25 and July 2007 while Ternipil took part in the NATO Active Endeavour anti-terrorist operation.[8]

Ternopil participated in Operation Active Endeavour regularly in 2008, 2009 and 2010.[9]

On March 20, 2014, the ship was captured by Russian forces during the Crimean crisis.[10] The ship scheduled to be handed back to Ukraine in May 2014.[11] But as of August 6, 2014 it was not; Russia suspended the return Ukrainian Navy materials from Crimea to Ukraine proper ostensibly because Ukraine did not renew its unilaterally declared ceasefire on July 1, 2014 in the War in Donbass.[12]

Crew

Former Captains

References

  1. 1 2 газета ''Флот України''::Головна сторiнка - Анонси
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Defenselessness syndrome. Valentin BADRAK, Serhiy ZHURETS | Topic Of The Week | Politics
  4. ↑ Welcome to Ukraine
  5. ↑ "Project 1124 Albatros Grisha class. GlobalSecurity.org".
  6. ↑ "Project 1124 Albatros Grisha class. Federation of American Saintists".
  7. ↑ "1124* Grisha I-V class large ASW corvettes. warfare.ru".
  8. ↑ JFCN Press Release
  9. ↑ Government portal :: Ukraine's navy corvette Ternopil patrolling within framework of NATO anti-terrorist operation
  10. ↑ http://news.yahoo.com/photos/officers-ukrainian-navy-ship-lutsk-raise-russian-navy-photo-172134217.html
  11. ↑ Russian Black Sea Fleet to transfer 4 ships to Ukraine before May 17, National Radio Company of Ukraine (13 May 2014)
  12. ↑ http://korrespondent.net/ukraine/politics/3401903-korrespondent-na-malenkom-flotu-na-chto-seichas-sposobny-ostatky-ukraynskoho-flota
  13. ↑ News : HMS Montrose : Type 23 Frigates : Surface Fleet : Operations and Support : Royal Navy

External links

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