"Step to strengthen the Navy": Ukraine intends to buy two British minesweepers

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This year, Ukraine intends to buy two British Sandown-class anti-mine minesweepers. President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives in Odessa today to sign the contract on the purchase of warships.

15 Sandown minesweepers entered service with the Royal Navy in the early 90s. Soon, three of these ships were handed over to the military of Saudi Arabia and Estonia. Of the remaining nine minesweepers, two more will soon arrive in Ukraine.



Such a purchase in Kiev was called "a step to strengthen the Navy."

The length of the British minesweeper is 53 meters. It is propelled by two diesel engines, as well as one electric engine - for low-noise movement. The maximum speed of the minesweeper is 13 knots. The ship's armament consists of a 30 mm cannon and machine guns. Despite the fact that it is called a minesweeper, it is not equipped with trawls. The ship searches for and neutralizes mines using special devices that can be controlled remotely.

Last fall, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a memorandum with the British side, according to which London will supply Kiev with the latest weapons, modern equipment, help in launching defense production lines and take part in the construction of facilities for the needs of the Ukrainian Navy.
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  1. +2
    21 June 2021 10: 43
    Well, nifiga yourself have intensified! belay
    1. +3
      21 June 2021 11: 01
      They buy up rusty scrap metal, repair them for budget money, and profits and kickbacks from the entire chain of fraud are in their pockets.
      1. 0
        21 June 2021 12: 25
        Yes, Kolya. Something like this. Servants of the people, in the sense of a pea jester, are already all millionaires and have become.
      2. 0
        21 June 2021 14: 33
        Not everything is in your pocket. The bulk will go to London. As well as half a billion euros for French helicopters, which have not yet been seen in Ukraine.
        1. -5
          21 June 2021 15: 12
          Quote: TermNachTER
          As well as half a billion euros for French helicopters, which have not yet been seen in Ukraine.

          these or what?
          The H225 helicopter flew along the route: Marignan (France) - Linz (Austria) - Sibul (Romania) - Brasov (Romania) - Kiev (Zhuliany). Piloting was carried out by Ukrainian pilots from the National Guard together with a French specialist.

          of them, according to news, as many as 2019 -5 helicopters have already flown over.
          The first Airbus helicopter arrived in Ukraine on December 21, 2018, the second in December 2019
          Another arrived in May 2021.
          It seems that in 2021 the number will be brought to 27.
          1. -1
            21 June 2021 15: 16
            Total - "per hour (more precisely per month) for a teaspoon". Speech, if my sclerosis is unfaithful, about 50 helicopters. When the latter arrive, the former will already be written off. Given that they are all second-hand. And the operation of some is generally prohibited in Europe))))
            1. -1
              21 June 2021 15: 57
              Quote: TermNachTER
              Speech, if my sclerosis is unfaithful, about 50 helicopters.

              55 if you believe the contract
              and there is a delivery schedule. I understand what you want like in a store, took an armful of Super Pum from the shelf --- well, and paid off at the checkout. This does not happen with military equipment.
              So the supply of military equipment is always on schedule. And the military resources are aware of this.
              The sixth H225 Super Puma rescue helicopter from the French aircraft manufacturer Airbus came to suit on May 24, 2021
              French rescue helicopters have already been actively used for their intended purpose in 2020. In particular, during the liquidation of large-scale fires on the territory of the Chernobyl zone, Zhytomyr and Lugansk regions, during the elimination of the consequences of floods in the Carpathian region, for special aviation flights and on duty. So they work actively.
              There are 4 framework agreements with France (by the way, one about drinking water in the Luhansk region)
              with its own terms, schedules, and more ..
              There is a delay in deliveries of about six months.
              In addition, this is not such for the Ministry of Internal Affairs

              Quote: TermNachTER
              Given the fact that they are all second-hand. And the operation of some is generally prohibited in Europe))))

              Superpuma young still
              but the contract contains H145, H125. HERE they are old. But not the essence.
              They stated that they had not been seen - but in fact, they saw them back in 2018!
              So you are wrong.
              1. -1
                21 June 2021 16: 29
                Well, excuse me, somehow I was not going to control the "drip irrigation". especially since Sabakov's ears are sticking out of this corrupt deal.
                1. -1
                  21 June 2021 19: 56
                  if you weren’t going to, why are you cheating?
                  As well as half a billion euros for French helicopters, which have not yet been seen in Ukraine.

                  Quote: TermNachTER
                  somehow I was not going to control the "drip irrigation"

                  although if you saw the delivery schedule, and extrapolated a six-month delay, you found out that this is too long and the helicopters will become obsolete sooner .. then yes ..
                  but you are still wrong that you did not see them.
                  Rather, the French have not seen half a billion, but the Ukrainians have seen and receive helicopters since 2018 ..
                  in general, I proved to you that you are wrong.
                  Cons for facts and pluses for lying is a very familiar picture of the world on VO.
                  1. -1
                    21 June 2021 20: 39
                    We will discuss this topic with you, when and if all the turntables will be delivered. When problems begin with repairs, maintenance and storage. About what the cunning French, together with Sabakov, were silent. When it turns out that 550 million euros, this is far from the entire amount that the Banderland will have to pay))))
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    3. -1
      21 June 2021 13: 22
      The Estonians cost 10 million euros to modernize each ship. I'm not special but "... one electric motor - for low-noise movement" is it against acoustic mines?
      "Lenin's Forge" I apologize, "Forge on Podol" and Nikolaevsky Shipyard nervously stand aside. There is no money for a smoke for a long time.
      For the sake of "such an occasion" the President will come to sign the agreement.
      All the same, the flea fleet smoothly turns into a mosquito.
      1. -2
        21 June 2021 15: 13
        Quote: knn54
        "Lenin's Forge" I apologize, "Forge on Podol" and Nikolaevsky Shipyard nervously stand aside. There is no money for a smoke for a long time.

        minesweepers of this type were not produced.
  2. 0
    21 June 2021 10: 44
    I am further from the fleet, but judging by what they have left after 2014, this is a reasonable step.
    If anything - correct me.
    1. +1
      21 June 2021 10: 49
      They take what they can, what they give ...
      A reasonable step if a mine war at sea began, and even then with the technology of the last century ... now a lot has changed in that matter, and the old English stuff was written off because they no longer correspond to the tasks that may have to be performed.
      1. -3
        21 June 2021 11: 00
        You know, if a mine war begins at sea, it will be too late to "drink Borjomi" (look for minesweepers at a reasonable price)
        Moreover, the news is "truncated". I, just, from the ukrportal. These minesweepers were built in the 90s. And "Cherkassy" - 1970s.
        On the "Englishman" there is a radar for searching for underwater mines and will try to reach an agreement on additional. modernization.
        1. -1
          21 June 2021 11: 38
          Quote: Leader of the Redskins
          You know, if a mine war begins at sea, it will be too late to "drink Borjomi" (look for minesweepers at a reasonable price)
          Moreover, the news is "truncated". I, just, from the ukrportal. These minesweepers were built in the 90s. And "Cherkassy" - 1970s.
          On the "Englishman" there is a radar for searching for underwater mines and will try to reach an agreement on additional. modernization.

          They are optionally attached to drones.
        2. +3
          21 June 2021 12: 04
          Leader, who will start a mine war?
          1. -3
            21 June 2021 12: 47
            Oh. I will repeat myself. I am far from the fleet. But if you believe the media close to history, there are many minefields left in the Black Sea from the Second World War.
            And, from time to time, "surprises" by storm tears from the parking lots.
            Do you think this class of ships is superfluous? I ask for arguments in the studio.
            1. +1
              21 June 2021 13: 02
              Quote: Leader of the Redskins
              Oh. I will repeat myself. I am far from the fleet. But if you believe the media close to history, there are many minefields left in the Black Sea from the Second World War.
              And, from time to time, "surprises" by storm tears from the parking lots.
              Do you think this class of ships is superfluous? I ask for arguments in the studio.

              anchor mines were usually placed on ropes. they rot in a year or two. therefore the anchor mines of the Second World War are not very real. but bottom mines, torpedoes, WWII shells are reality. as well as modern mine weapons. If I understand correctly, these minesweepers are carriers of one and reusable underwater drones, suitable for both eliminating the creation of minefields and all sorts of sabotage. I am sure that our Navy would not refuse them either.
    2. +10
      21 June 2021 10: 58
      Sandown is not a minesweeper. Such ships are classified as minehunter - mine hunter. Its function is to search for freestanding mines using the GAS and destroy or neutralize them using ROUV - remotely controlled underwater vehicles.
      Therefore, the Sandown-class ships are equipped with a Thales 2093 broadband sonar with a towed antenna and ROUV Seafox, specialized for such purposes.
      1. -1
        21 June 2021 11: 37
        Quote: Undecim
        Sandown is not a minesweeper. Such ships are classified as minehunter - mine hunter. Its function is to search for freestanding mines using the GAS and destroy or neutralize them using ROUV - remotely controlled underwater vehicles.
        Therefore, the Sandown-class ships are equipped with a Thales 2093 broadband sonar with a towed antenna and ROUV Seafox, specialized for such purposes.

        Thanks for the detailed comment. On business.
      2. +1
        21 June 2021 13: 29
        Well, at least one competent comment, but only emotions and giggling. Gentlemen have forgotten that the one who laughs late is good))))
    3. +1
      21 June 2021 11: 19
      For the British, reasonable, but for Ukraine. what However, Hde Ukraine and Hde mind?
    4. +2
      21 June 2021 11: 29
      Certainly reasonable. They piled up mines there on Azov like mud. Themselves even undermined plmnyu a couple of times.
      1. -1
        21 June 2021 15: 19
        What are sea mines in the Azov Sea? The deepest place is 12 m.
        1. 0
          21 June 2021 15: 47
          They set the PDM for sure. There are a lot of videos on the internet. If you had enough brains to put them then ...
          1. -1
            21 June 2021 16: 44
            So antiamphibious forces are placed 20 - 50 meters from the coast. The minesweeper is for sea mines. I don't even know if it is possible to plant mines at such depths? This is a question for specialists in mine and torpedo weapons.
    5. 0
      21 June 2021 11: 36
      Quote: Leader of the Redskins
      I am further from the fleet, but judging by what they have left after 2014, this is a reasonable step.
      If anything - correct me.

      But seriously, it makes no sense for Ukraine to invest now in a serious surface fleet. What is needed is mine operators / minesweepers and coastal anti-ship missiles. I am silent about aviation. Needed, but expensive.
    6. -1
      21 June 2021 12: 26
      Reasonable, but not likely to help. They just get the first in the snout.
    7. -2
      21 June 2021 14: 39
      A minesweeper is needed in order to sweep mines, for other tasks, it is practically useless. And why should the Russians plant mines if modern missiles are more than enough to sink the packets right in the base, near the pier? The question is - why do we need a minesweeper? Likewise, American Coast Guard ships (or rather ships), with their weapons, are useless in war. Kuev was ordered - he buys ships, helicopters. If they order, they will buy planes. Don't fuck it - but they'll buy it.
  3. -2
    21 June 2021 10: 46
    "Step to strengthen the Navy": Ukraine intends to buy two British minesweepers
    They will carry trawls, collect scrap metal from the bottom.
    1. 0
      21 June 2021 13: 29
      Uh-huh, they'll hand it over there ...
      1. -1
        21 June 2021 13: 46
        No, the horse is a gift and the donor will follow zealously, its not new, but not a bad technique was not torn apart in vain.
        There is not even a talk about trust, check, check and ... check.
        1. +1
          21 June 2021 14: 01
          As it is not clear it is written, it looks like they still buy ...
          1. 0
            21 June 2021 14: 45
            Without proper supervision, this technique will not last long ...
            1. +1
              21 June 2021 15: 08
              Like any mechanism and equipment, everything requires maintenance and repair ...
              1. -1
                21 June 2021 15: 11
                Well, yes, everything and different, import.
                1. +1
                  21 June 2021 15: 13
                  Spare parts may no longer be produced, especially for secondary mechanisms ...
                  1. 0
                    21 June 2021 15: 15
                    Yes, all the ingenuity will have to be shown early ... although fig knows how they will do it.
                    1. 0
                      21 June 2021 15: 16
                      China would have helped, but they are now at odds with it ... lol
                      1. +1
                        21 June 2021 15: 20
                        All of us, the former allies, to one degree or another engage in self-criticism, self-destruction ... but creation is required, otherwise we will all end up in one place, sooner or later.
                      2. 0
                        21 June 2021 15: 24
                        Yes, there is room for effort, and sooner or later Ukraine will be with Russia ...
                      3. +1
                        21 June 2021 18: 42
                        It seems like returning most of it, the Russian itself, and that's good, but it will be a shame and shame in front of the ancestors ... after all, they paid dearly for it all.
                      4. +1
                        21 June 2021 21: 18
                        This is inevitable, I don't know which part, I think the one that has always been ...
  4. -7
    21 June 2021 10: 53
    "Step to strengthen the Navy": Ukraine intends to buy two British minesweepers

    The owner has to lick)))
    So these ships would go for scrap metal, and so - to the faithful vasals and you can sell)))
    1. -2
      21 June 2021 11: 42
      Quote: lucul
      "Step to strengthen the Navy": Ukraine intends to buy two British minesweepers

      The owner has to lick)))
      So these ships would go for scrap metal, and so - to the faithful vasals and you can sell)))

      You already licked. As well as every day.
      PS. There are practically no comments "on the case". Always, - a deep kiss of the ruling power. Hooray, we all will have no analogue in the world of the Poseidons ... Something like that.
      1. -7
        21 June 2021 11: 43
        You already licked. As well as every day.

        Izzy relax)))
        1. -1
          21 June 2021 11: 54
          To hell with them. Let them buy. Together with Estonia, they organize a group "Lovers of Marine Antiques". I feel sorry for the spiguns here. They sit, read how they mock at the ceevrope, dream of handing over everyone to the SBU. But ... the only weapons are "cons" and gnashing of teeth. laughing They should save their nerves, but no. Sitting, reading, experiencing Oh, the service of a cyber warrior is not easy.
      2. 0
        21 June 2021 12: 29
        I removed the minus from you. Because I think you are thinking correctly. Don't underestimate your opponent. I'm not for jackals, but for a real enemy.
  5. +1
    21 June 2021 10: 57
    They build the base correctly, the base starts with minesweepers.
    they will earn a lot on the rosskhodniki to these minesweepers.
  6. -4
    21 June 2021 10: 58
    Why kaklam minesweeper? To trawl feces in the Black Sea?
    1. +1
      21 June 2021 11: 02
      Trash money from a leaky budget!
      1. -2
        21 June 2021 11: 34
        Quote: Luminman
        Trash money from a leaky budget!

        They think the goldfish will be killed. Then they will heal!
      2. -3
        21 June 2021 12: 30
        This is closer to the truth.
      3. 0
        21 June 2021 13: 59
        Quote: Luminman
        Trash money from a leaky budget!

        The budget is of course. but apart from the MO, the rest that gets ...
        in 2020, the volume of public and publicly guaranteed debt increased by 28% - up to UAH 2,5 trillion. Last year, UAH 512 billion was allocated for its maintenance and repayment, which amounted to half of the state budget expenditures .... “Just think, virtually every Ukrainian has UAH 61. ($ 2) of debt (public debt). Last year, each of us paid UAH 245 for its servicing and repayment. "
        https://eadaily.com/ru/news/2021/06/20/v-dolgu-ostanemsya-kazhdyy-ukrainec-dolzhen-2-245-zelenskih
    2. 0
      21 June 2021 11: 07
      Quote: Xlor
      Why kaklam minesweeper? To trawl feces in the Black Sea?

      Why does a penguin need wings?
  7. +3
    21 June 2021 11: 02
    Zelensky signed a memorandum with the British side, according to which London will supply Kiev with the latest weapons, modern technology ...
    Following the practice of "aid", it is obvious that London will allocate money to Kiev to buy its ships, after which the latter still owes the entire amount with interest. To walk, to walk like that, and to pay off debts is not in this life. Strengthened.
    1. -2
      21 June 2021 11: 31
      Quote: rotmistr60
      To walk, to walk like that, and to pay off debts is not in this life. Strengthened.

      Walk a flaw from the ruble and above!

      And for the last, but for the five,
      I will buy three horses.
      And I'll give the coachman for vodka:
      Eh, drive, brother, hurry!
    2. -1
      21 June 2021 12: 32
      I think it will be so. A rich country has something else to take. Tons of timber are exported from the Carpathians.
  8. -5
    21 June 2021 11: 26
    Considering the nonsense of the dill, as it were, sabotage did not start.
  9. -1
    21 June 2021 11: 28
    Such a purchase in Kiev was called "a step to strengthen the Navy."

    Can't do it yourself, buy it from your uncle. They say about such people in the Navy - "They take everything second-hand, wear everything second-hand."
  10. -1
    21 June 2021 11: 37
    Yes, at least ten ... as in an old joke: drive me in, drive me into debt ........
  11. 0
    21 June 2021 11: 57
    So this is where taxpayer money goes, as well as EU and IMF loans. What reforms? Not up to them :)
  12. -3
    21 June 2021 12: 22
    Citizens are buying all the junk in the EU. The state buys up all the military trash. Everything is natural. Ukrainian reservation ....
  13. -2
    21 June 2021 12: 51
    Have you signed another memorandum?
  14. 0
    21 June 2021 13: 02
    All the trash of the beggars-bouncing around the world collect ... No.
  15. +1
    21 June 2021 13: 14
    These are ships carriers of underwater drones robots. both miners and disposable explosive charges. the main thing in these ships is the stuffing and drones. a very dangerous thing for us. The hat is inappropriate here.
  16. 0
    21 June 2021 13: 28
    15 Sandown minesweepers entered service with the Royal Navy in the early 90s. Soon, three of these ships were handed over to the military of Saudi Arabia and Estonia. Of the remaining nine minesweepers, two more will soon arrive in Ukraine.


    They will again ask for freebies ...
  17. -2
    21 June 2021 15: 25
    The question why Ukraine has minesweepers gives rise to a simple answer - Genichesk is in captivity in the Crimea. (It was built in 1985) This is the only minesweeper of the Ukrainian Navy. Therefore, Ukraine does not have any minesweepers. But there is a need.
    The only purpose of ships of this type is to search for and destroy sea mines using remotely controlled search vehicles. Sandown-type minesweepers do not have devices for sweeping mines.
    Such a minesweeper, using a sonar system consisting of a Kelvin-Hughes Type 1007 radar and a Plessey Type 2093 towed GAS, searches for a minefield or a single mine.
    Once detected, a clearance process takes place. But unlike the trawling system, everything is much more complicated here. The combat crew of the operator and two hydroacoustics can use the PAP-104 anti-mine search apparatus (there are two of them on board). Before the descent, the apparatus is equipped with a 90 kg charge. The vehicle is equipped with various types of lighting devices and color cameras for broadcasting an image of the object to the ship using a fiber-optic cable. The bomb is detonated at a distance of about five meters from the mine, which causes it to detonate.
    The second method is much more dangerous, because people are engaged in it. So, in the crew of the minesweeper there are five specially trained sapper-divers. Having found a mine, scuba divers approach it, set an explosive device, then rise to the surface and detonate a mine.
    Minesweepers are an excellent choice (price quality) but will cost about 34 million euros.
    The price includes the modernization of these ships by Thales - the cost of setting up a mine action information center and Thales' assistance in training specialists for its operation. Then new navigation systems, the Type 2193 hydroacoustic system, and the M-CUBE combat command and control device were installed.
    If we summarize the plans, then missile boats-England / France / Ukraine, corvettes Turkey / Ukraine, UAV Turkey / Ukraine. Here are the minesweepers. Danish wanted.
  18. +1
    21 June 2021 17: 17
    Tralians, this is a good thing.
    One thing is always sad. Why are you buying them? Why don't you build?
    These are jobs, this is the maintenance / improvement of the qualifications of employees at the NW!
    Hey yes, what to say ... crying
    And if there is also a composite body. It's also a job for chemists! ...
    1. -2
      21 June 2021 20: 00
      Quote: Petrol cutter
      Why are you buying them? Why don't you build?
      These are jobs, this is the maintenance / improvement of the qualifications of employees at the NW!

      such a type as minehunter not produced not developed in the Ukrainian SSR / Ukraine.
      Until you build this, it will be more expensive than buying and for a long time.
      Does it make sense to produce everything? After all, you can overstrain .. the country is small, not rich. Many such countries choose the path of purchase. Especially not in isolation.
      Mine hunters are a specific type.
  19. 0
    22 June 2021 01: 05
    So with diesel fuel nowadays in Ukraine, the trouble is grief. Are sails not included in the basic configuration?
  20. 0
    22 June 2021 06: 51
    I would like to clarify whether minesweepers are not mine countermeasures? I just always believed that a minesweeper is an anti-mine ship.
  21. 0
    22 June 2021 16: 23
    As I understand it, the prodigy is sharpened on finding mines and making corridors in minefields. Armament 30-mm machine gun and a coca ax. It is unclear why the heck this thing has now surrendered to the Square ... Except for the loot to saw off of course. What mine blockades are they going to break?
    In the current situation, they are useless as rubber boats donated earlier. Well, the fleet is growing statistically, yes.

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