Ukrainian frigate Mykolaiv

	Bezukoriznennyy in Mediterranean in 1989
History
→ Soviet Union → Russia
Name	Bezukoriznennyy
Ordered	12 July 1978
Builder	Zaliv Shipbuilding yard (Kerch)
Yard number	14
Launched	3 June 1979
Commissioned	29 December 1979
Fate	Transferred to Ukraine on 1 August 1997
Ukraine
Name	Mykolaiv
Acquired	1 August 1997
Decommissioned	2001
Renamed	1997
Reclassified	"Technical property" (2001)
Identification	U133
Fate	Cut to pieces in 2001 at Vtorchermet
General characteristics
Class and type	Burevestnik-class frigate
Displacement	3,200 tons
Length	405.3 ft (123.5 m)
Beam	46.3 ft (14.1 m)
Draft	15.1 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);
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	4,995 nmi (9,251 km; 5,748 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	200
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	1 × 4 URK-5 (SS-N-14 'Silex') SSM/ASW missiles; 2 × Osa-MA (SA-N-4'Gecko') SAM (40 missiles); 4 × 76 mm guns (2×2); 2 × quad 533 mm torpedo tubes;

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.

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.

References

External links

(in Russian) Bditelnyy-type guard ships Krivak-I class (СТОРОЖЕВЫЕ КОРАБЛИ ТИПА "БДИТЕЛЬНЫЙ" Проект 1135 "Буревестник").

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