Ukrainian media leave with the materials, which talk about the readiness of the country's government to finance the construction of a corvette for the naval forces.
reported, what in 2021 year, it is planned to allocate about 3,8 bn. This kind of information appeared in the Ukrainian media with reference to the so-called passport of the budget program of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on 2021 year.
The exact amount is called, for which it is planned to finance the acquisition of a corvette (the amount must be allocated in the current year) – 3 billion 788 million 506 thousand UAH. The total amount is yet to be announced..
What specific warship are we talking about??
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is going to order the construction of a Turkish-designed Ada-type corvette. According to the commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Rear Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa, then the corvette will be laid "in a few months".
When the commander of the Ukrainian Navy was asked about the timing of the construction of the corvette, he did not give exact dates. According to Neizhpapa, "Ukrainian fleet will be improved":
So, at 2022 year we will receive the first batch of Mark VI boats. We need to prepare personnel for service on these boats and on the new corvette.
Recall, that a memorandum on the possible construction of a corvette using Turkish technology between Kyiv and Ankara was signed in December last year. At the same time, Ukraine claims, that the memorandum defines specific contracts and construction dates. But for some reason, even the commander of the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot name these terms.
For reference: Turkish corvettes of the Ada type provides for the implementation of stealth technologies. Today, according to open sources, Turkey built for its Navy 4 such ships. These are ships with a total displacement of about 2 thousand. tonnes, length is about 99 m, width – 14,5 m, draft – 3,6 m. For the Turkish Navy, corvettes are armed with anti-ship missiles “spear”, 1×76-mm artillery mount, as well as 2 × 12.7 mm Aselsan STAMP machine guns and other weapons. Cruising range – to 3,5 thousand. miles on 15 sites. The crew around 100 human.
