Of the dry dock shipbuilding Odessa plant derived corvette "Vinnitsa", belonging to the naval forces of Ukraine. reported, in dry dock the ship spent 11 months. Initially, it was planned to completely modernize "Vinnitsa" with the implementation of the necessary preliminary repair work.. At the same time, in the initial estimate, the amount, required for repair, was 270 million, and a few months, when the ship was already in the dock, the estimate has grown to half a billion hryvnia (about 1,3 billion rubles).
The command of the Ukrainian Navy refuses to comment on the subject of, whether all the necessary repair and modernization work has been completed. Against this background, there is information from local media, which say, that the country's Ministry of Defense is considering decommissioning the Vinnitsa corvette due to a lack of funds and another rise in the cost of repair and modernization estimates.
It should be noted, that the issue of decommissioning Vinnitsa was raised five years ago. The reason was that, what's in November 2007 the ship was seriously damaged during a storm in Sevastopol. On "Vinnitsa" the left side of the hull was damaged. For several years, the ship tried to repair. Funds were leaving, but the situation practically did not move from the place. In addition, corrosion of the underwater part of the hull was found.. The ship's radar equipment does not work., hydroacoustic stations, other components and assemblies.
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Corvette "Vinnitsa" (more precisely – project 1124P border guard ship "Albatross") was laid down at the Zelenodolsk shipyard in December 1975. Launched in September 1976. December 1976 introduced into the 5th separate Balaklava brigade of border patrol ships of the Western OK MCh KGB of the USSR. AT 1996 ship, which at that time was called "Dnepr", was transferred to the Ukrainian Navy and immediately renamed "Vinnitsa", while being reclassified as a corvette.
