Ukrainian frigate Mykolaiv

The Ukrainian frigate Mykolaiv was a former Soviet frigate (guard ship) Bezukoriznennyy of the Burevestnik-class (NATO codename: Krivak I) ship built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1970s.

Bezukoriznennyy in Mediterranean in 1989
History
→ Soviet Union → Russia
NameBezukoriznennyy
Ordered12 July 1978
BuilderZaliv Shipbuilding yard (Kerch)
Yard number14
Launched3 June 1979
Commissioned29 December 1979
FateTransferred to Ukraine on 1 August 1997
Ukraine
NameMykolaiv
Acquired1 August 1997
Decommissioned2001
Renamed1997
Reclassified"Technical property" (2001)
IdentificationU133
FateCut to pieces in 2001 at Vtorchermet
General characteristics
Class and typeBurevestnik-class frigate
Displacement3,200 tons
Length405.3 ft (123.5 m)
Beam46.3 ft (14.1 m)
Draft15.1 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft; COGAG
  • 2 x M-8k gas-turbines, 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
  • 2 x M-62 gas-turbines (cruise), 14,950 shp (11,150 kW)
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range4,995 nmi (9,251 km; 5,748 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement200
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar: 1 MR-755 Fregat-M/Half Plate air/surface search
  • Sonar: Zvezda-2 suite with MGK-345 Bronza/Ox Yoke bow mounted LF, Ox Tail LF VDS
  • Fire Control: Purga ASW combat system, 2 Drakon/Eye Bowl SSM targeting, 2 MPZ-301 Baza/Pop Group
Electronic warfare
& decoys		Start suite with Bell Shroud intercept, Bell Squat jammer, 4 PK-16 decoy RL, 8 PK-10 decoy RL, 2 towed decoys
Armament

Service history

Ukrainian service

In summer of 1997 during the division of the Black Sea fleet she was transferred to the Ukrainian Navy, receiving the name of Mykolaiv.

Fate

Mykolaiv was decommissioned in 2001 and was cut into pieces at Vtorchermet in 2001.

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