Ukrainian frigate Sevastopol

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

Ukrainian frigate Sevastopol laid up in the Northern Bay of Sevastopol, 9 September 2005
History
→ Soviet Union → Russia
Name	Razitelnyy
Ordered	5 June 1974
Builder	Yantar Shipyard (Kaliningrad)
Laid down	11 February 1975
Launched	1 July 1976
Commissioned	31 December 1976
Fate	Transferred to Ukraine on 1 August 1997
Ukraine
Name	Sevastopol
Acquired	1 August 1997
Decommissioned	30 November 2004
Renamed	1997
Reclassified	Naval target training for Turkey
Identification	U132
Fate	Towed to Istanbul on 6 July 2006
General characteristics
Class & 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 & 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

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 Sevastopol.

Fate

Sevastopol was decommissioned in 2004 and was sold to Turkey in 2005 to be used as a naval target during training.^[1]

See also

• Ukrainian frigate Dnipropetrovsk