Turkey-based RMK Marine has launched the primary Ada-class corvette for Ukraine. The vessel, named Hetman Ivan Mezpa was launched at a shipyard in Tuzla, Istanbul on 2nd October. This marked a significant milestone in Ukrainian protection improvement within the Black Sea. Ukraine’s First Girl Olena Zelenska and the commander of the Ukrainian Navy Oleksiy Neyizhpapa presided over the launching ceremony.
An Ada-Class Corvette is a littoral fight anti-submarine ship. It’s designed for a number of Naval roles, together with ASW (Anti Submarine Warfare), air protection, ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and reconnaissance), and floor warfare. It’s powered by a CODAG propulsion system with two diesel engines and one turbine by means of a two-shaft ultimate drive. The highest pace of this vessel is round 30 knots. The mere 12 toes draft of the vessel makes it wonderful for accessing near-shore areas.
The vessel is part of a two-ship order that the Ukrainian Ministry of Protection had positioned on the Turkish Presidency of Protection Industries in 2020. The vessels are to be delivered between 2022 to 2023, and the second ship shall be constructed at a Ukrainian Shipyard, particularly the Okean Yard in Mykolaiv. Nevertheless, these plans didn’t come to fruition as a result of Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
Ought to the Ukrainian Navy succeed of their offense in Kherson Oblast, the plans for the development of the second vessel in Ukraine might nonetheless be carried out. Oleksii Resnikov, the Ukrainian minister of Defence said that in the future the Hetman Ivan Mezpa shall be homeported in Sevastopol. For now, Sevastopol and Crimea at massive stay below Russian occupation.
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