The first Ukrainian Ada-class corvette, named “Hetman Ivan Mazepa”, launched. The solemn ceremony was held at the Turkish shipyard RMK Marine in Istanbul.
Turkey actually completed the first corvette for the Ukrainian Navy, the ship was launched on Sunday, 2 October, and now it will be carried out fitting-out work. The ceremony was attended by the commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa and Zelensky's wife, who replaces her husband at all solemn events abroad. Both representatives of Kyiv said the necessary words, without forgetting to remind, what is the first ship, who will defend the independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
In Ukraine itself, the ceremony caused wild delight, however, the further fate of the ship is shrouded in mystery. The thing is, that after completion, the corvette was supposed to go to one of the shipyards of Ukraine to equip and install weapons, and now there is no such possibility. At the same time, neither the press of Ukraine, no representatives of the regime say anything. type, launched the ship, well and good, soon he will start driving Russian ships across the Black Sea. And that is all, there is no more information about the corvette.
The keel-laying ceremony was held last September. In August this year, Ukrainian President Zelensky signed a decree naming the corvette “Hetman Ivan Mazepa” to perpetuate the memory “prominent Ukrainian politician” and taking into account “historical traditions” Ukraine.
As Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Navy Oleksiy Neizhpapa stated earlier, the first corvette was supposed to be part of the Ukrainian fleet in 2024 year. From weapons, he should receive Harpoon anti-ship missiles, SAM VL MICA, gun mounts OTO Melara Super Rapid (76-mm) and Millennium (35-mm), as well as machine gun mounts 12.7 mm Aselsan STAMP. Anti-submarine armament will consist of a 324-mm torpedo tube or tubes with Murene torpedoes 90 Impact.
