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: |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: | RTO and EW system |
| Armament: |
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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 | № | Producer | Hull № | Setup date | Launch date | Commission date | Fleet | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
References
- http://search.ligazakon.ua/l_doc2.nsf/link1/KR050325.html
- Arhat, O. Project 58250: the last chance of Ukrainian shipbuilders (Проект 58250: останній шанс українських корабелів). Ukrainian Military Portal.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
External links
- "Багатоцільовий корвет проекту 58250". www.ukrmilitary.com. Ukrainian Military Pages. 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- "Постанова Кабінету Мініістрів України № 879 від 22 листопада 2017 року «Про внесення змін до Державної цільової оборонної програми будівництва кораблів класу "корвет" за проектом 58250»". www.kmu.gov.ua. Governmental Portal. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
- "Project 58250 Corvette / Hayduk-21/Gaiduk-21 Volodymyr Velyky ["Vladimir the Great"]". www.globalsecurity.org. Global Security Blog. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- Ihor Kabanenko (2017-03-24). "Ukraine's navy: Conceptual aspects and cooperation with the West". www.ukrweekly.com. The Ukrainian Weekly. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- "Ukraine restores construction of the cornerstone of the 58250 project for the Ukrainian Navy". uprom.info. National Industry Portal. 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- Ukrainian Defense Review #1 [January-March 2013]
- [R&D Project 58250 Volodymyr Velyky-Class Corvette]