Ukrainian corvette Ternopil

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.

U209 Ternopil
History
Ukraine
NameTernopil
NamesakeTernopil
OperatorUkrainian Navy
BuilderJSC Leninska Kuznya, (Kyiv)
Yard numberС-013
Laid downApril 15, 1991[1]
LaunchedMarch 15, 2002[2]
AcquiredFebruary 2, 2006[3]
CommissionedFebruary 16, 2006[4]
In service2006–2014
IdentificationPennant number: U209
Captured2014 by Russia
StatusUnknown
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeGrisha V-class corvette
Displacement
  • standard 876 t (862 long tons)
  • full load 1,030 t (1,010 long tons)
Length71.2 m (233 ft 7 in)
Beam10.15 m (33 ft 4 in)
Draught3.53 m (11 ft 7 in)
Propulsion
  • 3 shaft, 2 × М-507А cruise diesels, 28,000 kW (38,000 shp), (2 shafts)
  • 1 × М-8М boost gas turbine 13,000 kW (18,000 shp), (1 shaft)
  • Electric plant: 1 ×DG-500 (500 kW), 1 × DG-300 (300 kW), 1 × DG-200 (200 kW)
Speedmax 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Endurance9 days
Complement89 (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

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 entered service on 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; 1,920 mi) from Kyiv 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 Ternopil 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 Russian annexation of the Crimea.[10] The ship scheduled to be handed back to Ukraine in May 2014.[11] 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] In 2016 it was reported that pieces from the Ternopil were being used to repair Russia's Black Sea Fleet.[13]

References
  1. газета ''Флот України''::Головна сторiнка – Анонси
  3. Defenselessness syndrome. Valentin BADRAK, Serhiy ZHURETS | Topic Of The Week | Politics Archived 2007-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
  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 Archived 2008-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Government portal :: Ukraine's navy corvette Ternopil patrolling within framework of NATO anti-terrorist operation
  10. "Officers of the Ukrainian navy ship Lutsk raise a Russian navy flag aboard the Lutsk, which has been seized by Russia, in Sevastopol, Thursday, March 20, 2014. Pro-Russian crowds seized two Ukrainian warships Thursday. Shots were fired but there were no casualties as the Ukrainian corvette Khmelnitsky was seized in Sevastopol. Another ship, the Lutsk, was also surrounded by pro-Russian forces. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) | View photo - Yahoo News". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  11. Russian Black Sea Fleet to transfer 4 ships to Ukraine before May 17 Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine, National Radio Company of Ukraine (13 May 2014)
  12. "Корреспондент: На маленьком флоту. На что сейчас способны остатки украинского флота".
  13. "Russians take to pieces the Ukrainian ships seized after the annexation of Crimea". December 22, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2017.

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