Gyurza-M-class gunboat
The Project 58155 Gyurza-M class is a series of small armored gunboats in service with the Ukrainian Navy. The first two vessels were laid down at the Kuznia na Rybalskomu (previously Leninska Kuznia) shipbuilding plant in October 2012. Originally it was planned to build nine such vessels by 2017. In December 2013 the Ministry of Defence withdrew its contract. The class is named after the Levant viper, Гюрза, Hiurza, in Ukrainian.
U175 Berdiansk in the Black Sea near Odesa | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Project 58155 (Gyurza-M class) |
| Builders | Kuznia na Rybalskomu |
| Operators | Ukraine |
| Preceded by | Gyurza-class gunboat |
| Subclasses | Centaur-class fast assault craft |
| Built | 2012–present |
| In commission | 2016–present |
| Planned | 20 (originally) |
| Completed | 8 |
| Active | 4 with Ukrainian Navy (including 1 damaged); 4 captured by Russia |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 54 tons |
| Length | 23.0 m (75 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 1.0 m (3 ft 3 in) |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range | 900 miles (12 knots) |
| Complement | 5 |
| Armament | 2 × BM-5M.01 Katran-M CIWS |
In mid-2014 construction of the Gyurza-M class was revived and the first two vessels were launched in late 2015. In December 2016 they officially joined the Ukrainian Navy. The new military contract for twenty vessels was to be completed by 2020.
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