Centaur-class fast assault craft
{{Short description|Class of small craft of the Ukrainian Navy}}
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|infobox caption= |display title= |sclass= 2 }} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image= Centaur-class landing boats, 2018, 02.jpg |Ship image size=300px |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name= Project 58181 (Centaur class) |Builders=Kuznya na Rybalskomu |Operators={{flag|Ukraine}} |Class before={{sclass2|Gyurza-M|gunboat|4}} |Class after= |Subclasses= |Built range=since 2016 |In commission range=since 2019{{efn|In commission since 2019, but only actively part of a combat fleet since 2022}} |Total ships building=1 |Total ships planned=8 |Total ships completed=2 |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active=1 |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost=1 |Total ships retired= |Total ships scrapped= |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type=Fast assault craft |Ship displacement=47 tons |Ship length={{cvt|24.3|m|ftin}} |Ship beam={{cvt|4.8|m|ftin}} |Ship draught={{cvt|1|m|ftin}} |Ship draft= |Ship propulsion= 2 × Hamilton Waterjet |Ship speed={{convert|35|kn}} |Ship range={{convert|500|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} (at {{convert|11|kn}} |Ship complement= * 5 crew
|Ship sensors= * Navigation radar
|Ship EW= |Ship armament= * 2 × 12.7 mm HMG
|Ship armour= Vital spaces are protected by bullet-proof steel |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |
The Project 58181 Centaur (Kentavr)/Project 58503 Centaur-LK{{cite web | url=https://www.ukrmilitary.com/2015/09/kentavr.html |language=uk | title=Десантно-штурмовий катер пр. 58181, шифр "Кентавр" }} class is a series of small armored assault craft being built for the Ukrainian Navy. The first two vessels were laid down at the Kuznya na Rybalskomu in December 2016. The 58181 project was developed by State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center on the basis of the {{sclass2|Gyurza-M|gunboat}}s, and the 58503 project number was assigned to the altered design used after construction of the first eight units began (by the contractor that oversaw their construction, PJSC ZLK.{{cite web | url=https://www.ukrmilitary.com/2021/12/kentavros-.html |language=uk | title=Посадовець Міноборони визнав провину за закупівлю непридатних катерів "Кентавр" і антиснайперських систем }} Designed for carrying patrol service on rivers and coastal maritime areas, delivery and landing of marines.
Development and design
File:Перший «Кентавр» для Військово-Морських Сил ЗС України спущено на воду.jpg
The project 58181 was developed by State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center on the basis of the {{sclass2|Gyurza-M|gunboat}}s in 2015. However, it was refined during construction. The first contract was signed in 2016.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160704140519/http://www.ukrmilitary.com/2016/05/kentavr-kontrakt-2016.html The Ministry of Defense signed a contract on construction of two landing crafts Centaur]. Ukrainian Military. 24 May 2016
On September 4, 2018, the first launching ceremony for the first boat of the first series was held. The boat was already built on a revised project, which received new project number 58503 and the code «Centaur-LK». On September 20, the second boat of the series was launched. On November 19, 2018, newly built assault boats arrived to Odessa to continue testing. The top speed of 50 knots is achieved by a pair of New Zealand-made Hamilton Jet water jet propulsion engines and can stay at sea for a maximum of five days.{{Cite web|url=https://navaltoday.com/2018/09/17/ukraine-launches-first-centaur-class-assault-boat/|title=Ukraine launches first Centaur-class assault boat|date=17 September 2018}} The class is armed with two remote weapon stations with 12.7 mm high-caliber machine guns and a 40-mm rocket launcher. The boats also feature two 80-mm rocket-launch systems.
Failure of the first two units of «Centaur-LK» led to a criminal conviction, the halting of construction of future units (besides the third), and the Ukrainian Navy's decision not to include the first two craft in its active combat fleet. As of 6 February 2022, they had not yet joined its active combat fleet.{{cite web | url=https://www.ukrmilitary.com/2018/11/kentavr-58503.html |language=uk | title=Швидкісний штурмовий катер пр. 58503, "Кентавр-ЛК" }} Between then and April 2022, according to Taras Chmut's reporting, they were accepted into active service.{{cite tweet |user=zhemchuzhnykova |number=1518006219478384642 |title=- Що по "Кентаврах" для розмінув. акваторії Чорного моря? |date=24 April 2022 |accessdate=9 November 2022 }}
Deployment
On 8 May 2022, Russian Defence Ministry claimed, that the lead vessel of the class, DSHK-1 Stanislav, was destroyed near the Russian-controlled Snake Island.{{cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1448331|title=Russian Aerospace Forces down 2 Ukrainian planes, 3 copters, 2 drones off Snake Island|website=tass.com|date=8 May 2022}} In November 2022, the sinking was confirmed by Ukrainian Pravda and Dumskaya.{{cite web |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2022/11/7/7375232/ |work=Ukrainska Pravda |accessdate=7 November 2022 |date=7 November 2022 |title=Битва за Зміїний. Героїчна історія: як Україна втратила і повернула надважливий острів. Реконструкція |first=РОМАН |last=РОМАНЮК |language=uk }}{{cite web |url=https://dumskaya.net/news/materi-i-zheny-propavshih-ukrainskih-moryakov-170888/ua/ |work=Dumskaya |language=uk |accessdate=29 November 2022 |date=29 November 2022 |title=Матері та дружини зниклих моряків із потоплених катерів ВМСУ просять пролити світло на долі їхніх близьких: "Ми на 100% впевнені, що вони в полоні" }}
A Centaur-LK boat was damaged in port by a Russian missile strike and is currently awaiting repair.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcLsBZffokI |language=uk |accessdate=26 June 2023 |date=26 June 2023 |title=Мужні екіпажі катерів захищають узбережжя |work=Телерадіостудія МО України Бриз }}
Vessels
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! style="text-align: left;"| Name ! style="text-align: left;"| Producer ! style="text-align: left;"| Hull Number ! style="text-align: left;"| Pennant Number ! style="text-align: left;"| Laid Down ! style="text-align: left;"| Launched ! style="text-align: left;"| Commissioned ! style="text-align: left;"| Fleet ! style="text-align: left;"| Homeport ! style="text-align: left;"| Status |
| DSHK-1 Stanislav{{cite web |url=https://mil.in.ua/stanislav-ta-malyn-imena-kentavriv/ |title="Станіслав" та "Малин" – імена "Кентаврів" |author= |date=2019-07-07 |website=mil.in.ua |publisher=Український мілітарний портал |accessdate=2019-07-07}}
| 01032 | | 28 December 2016 | 2019 | |
| DSHK-2 Malyn
| Kuznya na Rybalskomu | 01033 | | 28 December 2016 | 2019 | |
| DSHK-3
| Kuznya na Rybalskomu | | 8 February 2019 | | | | Under construction |
| DSHK-4
| Kuznya na Rybalskomu | | | | | | | Planned in 2019, but plans of construction halted |
| | Kuznya na Rybalskomu
| | | | | | | Planned in 2019, but plans of construction halted |
| | Kuznya na Rybalskomu
| | | | | | | Planned in 2019, but plans of construction halted |
| | Kuznya na Rybalskomu
| | | | | | | Planned in 2020, but plans of construction halted |
| | Kuznya na Rybalskomu
| | | | | | | Planned in 2020, but plans of construction halted |
Gallery
File:Centaur-class fast assault craft.png
See also
- {{sclass2|CB90|fast assault craft|1}}
- Multipurpose Assault Craft
- List of active Ukrainian Navy ships
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://srdsc.com/projects/fast-assault-craft-kentavr/ Fast assault craft “Kentavr”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125015515/http://srdsc.com/projects/fast-assault-craft-kentavr/ |date=2018-01-25 }} at the State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center
- {{cite web |url=http://www.ukrmilitary.com/2015/09/kentavr.html |title=Десантно-штурмовий катер проекту 58181 (шифр "Кентавр") |author= |date=2017-11-24 |website=www.ukrmilitary.com |publisher=Ukrainian Military Pages |access-date=2018-01-23}}
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Category:Ships built at Kuznya na Rybalskomu