The ''Volodymyr Velykyi'' class or Project 58250 is a planned class of

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s (previously envisioned as multipurpose

corvette A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the sloo ...

s) ordered by the

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Background and development

Before starting this project in 2002 the

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has developed a multi-purpose corvette "Hajduk-21" for Leninska Kuznia as replacement and continuation of the Soviet s (small anti-submarine vessels), but the Ministry of Defense declined the project. It was decided to double the displacement and make a ship be compatible with the

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ships. On the initiative of the minister of defense

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, on 9 August 2005 the

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issued an order on development of the new ship. For development of the new ship there were allotted some ₴805 million. The new ship was projected to be a little bigger than a corvette, but smaller than a frigate.Arhat, O.
Project 58250: the last chance of Ukrainian shipbuilders (Проект 58250: останній шанс українських корабелів)
'. Ukrainian Military Portal. The new project was developed in 2008 by

.There are no funds to revive construction of corvette "Volodymyr Velykyi" – mass media (Коштів на відновлення будівництва корвету "Володимир Великий" немає – ЗМІ)

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. 4 June 2018 From the beginning of program there was discussion of about 10 such ships. It was planned to start the construction at the

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that belongs to

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with a Russian capital (Smart Holding belongs to

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). During the Soviet times, at the shipyard were built

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s. Placing the construction of the project at the shipyard had speculated from a get go on the risk of breaking the deadlines (which soon has been realized).

Construction

Construction started as planned in 2011 with planned launching in 2012. The project suffered many delays and was stopped in 2014 due to Russian military intervention. At the end of 2017 work it was announced about resuming of construction with adoption of new version of shipbuilding program which plans to commission first ship in 2022, second in 2024, third in 2026, fourth in 2028. In spring of 2018, however, the commander of

said that there is no funding to continue construction of the ship. There also were talks to transfer the construction to other shipyards among which were mentioned

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(formerly the Shipyard of 61 Communards) and

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(former Leninska Kuznya). Those were originally reviewed as possible candidates. The first ship was named after

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. In 2021, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence announced it would be completed as a frigate. Due to the refusal of selling of anti-ship missiles from European Union, there is a program of developing the own anti-ship missile that called

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(first tests in 2016) and anti-air missiles that called

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(first tests in 2016). Construction of the first vessel was 17% done as of 2021, but it is unlikely the ship will be completed due to monetary restraints and the current

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Ships

References

External links

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Ukrainian Defense Review #1 [January-March 2013]

[R&D] Project 58250 Volodymyr Velyky-Class Corvette
{{Ukrainian ships Frigates of the Ukrainian Navy Corvettes of the Ukrainian Navy Frigate classes Corvette classes Proposed ships

Background and development

Construction

Ships

See also

References

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