Volodymyr Velykyi-class corvette

The Volodymyr Velykyi class or Project 58250 is a planned class of multipurpose corvettes ordered by Ukrainian Navy.

Class overview
Name: Project 58250 (Volodymyr Velykyi class)
Builders: Black Sea Shipyard
Operators:  Ukrainian Navy
Built: 2011-present
Planned: 4
Building: 1
General characteristics
Type: Corvette
Displacement: 2,500-2,650 tonnes
Length: 100–112 m (328.1–367.5 ft)
Beam: 13.50 m (44.3 ft)
Draught: 3.50 m (11.5 ft)
Speed: 30 kn (56 km/h) (planned)
Range: 4000 mi (14 kn)
Complement: 110
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • long-range 3D radar
  • medium range 3D radar
  • battle actions ACS
  • Long range radar for RWC
  • Radar AF control system
  • «Sarmat» (optoelectronic system)
  • Undercutting GAS and GAS with long drawn antenna
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 RTO and EW system
Armament:
Aircraft carried:

Background and development

Before starting this project in 2002 the State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center has developed a multi-purpose corvette "Hajduk-21" for Leninska Kuznia as replacement and continuation of the Soviet Grisha-class corvette (small anti-submarine vessels), but the Ministry of Defense declined the project. It was decided to double the displacement and make a ship be compatible with the NATO ships. On initiative of the minister of defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko, on 9 August 2005 the Cabinet of Ukraine issued an order on development of the new ship.[1] For development of the new ship there were allotted some 805 million hryvnias.

The new ship was projected to be a little bigger than a corvette, but smaller than a frigate.[2] The new project was developed in 2008 by State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center.[3] From the beginning of program there was discussion of about 10 such ships.[3] It was planned to start the construction at the Black Sea Shipyard that belongs to Smart Holding Group with a Russian capital[2] (Smart Holding belongs to Vadym Novynskyi). During the Soviet times, at the shipyard were built aircraft carriers.[2] Placing the construction of the project at the shipyard had speculated from a get go on the risk of breaking the deadlines (which soon has been realized).[2]

Construction

Construction started as planned in 2011 with planned launching in 2012. Project suffered many delays and was stopped in 2014 due to Russian military intervention.

At the end of 2017 work it was announced about resuming of construction with adoption of new version of shipbuilding program which plans to commission first ship in 2022, second in 2024, third in 2026, fourth in 2028. In spring of 2018, however, the commander of Ukrainian Navy said that there is no funding to continue construction of the ship.[4][5]

There also were talks to transfer the construction to other shipyards among which were mentioned Mykolayiv Shipyard (formerly the Shipyard of 61 Communards) and Kuznya na Rybalskomu (former Leninska Kuznya).[6] Those were originally reviewed as possible candidates.[2]

First ship was named after Volodymyr the Great.

Due to refusal of selling of anti-ship missiles there is program of developing own - Neptune (first tests in 2016), and the same fate occurred with the anti-air missiles - Dnipro (first tests in 2016).

Ships
Name№ProducerHull №Setup dateLaunch dateCommission dateFleetState
Volodymyr Velykyi Black Sea Shipyard 01701 17 May 2011 Ukrainian Navy 43% (halted), commissioning planned for 2022
Black Sea Shipyard Ukrainian Navy commissioning planned for 2024
Black Sea Shipyard Ukrainian Navy commissioning planned for 2026
Black Sea Shipyard Ukrainian Navy commissioning planned for 2028

See also

References
  1. http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/KR050325.html
  2. Arhat, O. Project 58250: the last chance of Ukrainian shipbuilders (Проект 58250: останній шанс українських корабелів). Ukrainian Military Portal.
  3. There are no funds to revive construction of corvette "Volodymyr Velykyi" – mass media (Коштів на відновлення будівництва корвету "Володимир Великий" немає – ЗМІ). Ukrayinska Pravda. 4 June 2018
  4. The Navy without funds: how Ukraine could end up without a corvette (Флот без грошей: як Україна може залишитися без корвета). Deutsche Welle. 12 June 2018
  5. Podobriy, O. While the RF rearms: why can't Ukraine finish its single corvette (Поки РФ переозброюється: чому Україна не може добудувати єдиний корвет). Obozrevatel. 5 July 2018
  6. Announcement of SMG in regards to the current state of affairs with construction of corvette "Volodymyr Velykyi" at the BSS capacities (Заява SMG щодо поточного стану справ із будівництва корвета «Володимир Великий» на потужностях ЧСЗ). Smart Holding. 20 July 2017
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