Ukrainian corvette Ternopil
Ternopil in 2006
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Name | Ternopil |
Namesake | Ternopil |
Builder | JSC Leninska Kuznya, (Kyiv ) |
Yard number | С-013 |
Laid down | 15 April 1991[4] |
Launched | 15 March 2002[1] |
Acquired | 2 February 2006[2] |
Commissioned | 16 February 2006[3] |
Homeport | Donuzlav |
Identification | Pennant number: U209 |
Captured | 20 March 2014 by Russia |
Fate | Sunk as a target, 20 July 2023 |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Grisha V-class corvette |
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Length | 71.2 m (233 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 10.15 m (33 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 3.53 m (11 ft 7 in) |
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Speed | Max 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Endurance | 9 days |
Complement | 89 (9 officers) |
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Ternopil (U209) was a
History
Ternopil was 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
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 22 May 1993 and Ternopil entered service on 16 February 2006 with the Ukrainian Navy.[7]
Service
The corvette was laid down on 23 April 1991 at the
The first deployment of the ship was in late 2006 for NATO Mission Oriented Training/MОТ. The Ukrainian crew practiced tactical episodes between 25 May and July 2007 while Ternopil took part in NATO's Operation Active Endeavour.[8]
Ternopil participated in Operation Active Endeavour regularly in 2008, 2009 and 2010.[9]
On 20 March 2014, the ship was captured by Russian forces during the
On 20 July 2023, Ternopil was sunk as a target during live fire exercises by the Black Sea Fleet.[14] She was reportedly struck by an SS-N-22 missile fired by the Tarantul III missile boat Ivanovets.[15]
References
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- ^ Badrak, Valentin; Zhurets, Serhiy (10–16 February 2007). "Defenselessness syndrome". Dzerkalo Tyzhnia. No. 5. Archived from the original on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Corvette Ternopil commissioned". Welcome to Ukraine. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ Sylkin, Yevhen (2005). "Корвет "Тернопіль" як подарунок під флотську новорічну ялинку". Flot Ukrayiny (in Ukrainian). No. 47. Archived from the original on 4 September 2006. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Project 1124 Albatros Grisha class". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Project 1124 Albatros Grisha class". Military Analysis Network. Federation of American Scientists. Archived from the original on 19 November 2000. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "1124* Grisha I-V class large ASW corvettes". warfare.be. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Ukrainian Ship to Join Operation Active Endeavour" (Press release). Allied Joint Force Command Naples. 25 May 2007. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Ukraine's navy corvette Ternopil patrolling within framework of NATO anti-terrorist operation". kmu.gov.ua. Ukrinform. 14 June 2007. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011.
- ^ "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)". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- National Radio Company of Ukraine. 13 May 2014. Archived from the originalon 29 November 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ Seleznyov, Denys (6 August 2014). "Корреспондент: На маленьком флоту. На что сейчас способны остатки украинского флота". Korrespondent.net (in Russian). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "Russians take to pieces the Ukrainian ships seized after the annexation of Crimea". News from Crimea. 22 December 2016. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ Valagin, Anton (21 July 2023). "Черноморский флот уничтожил украинский корвет "Тернополь"". Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ Altman, Howard (21 July 2023). "Ominous Russian Anti-Ship Missile Drill Sinks Ex-Ukrainian Corvette". The Drive. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
External links
Media related to Ternopil (ship, 2002) at Wikimedia Commons
- Photogallery of Ternopil (in Ukrainian)