http://www.ukrspetsexport.com/UseSite2/faces/catalog_en.jsp
New Ukrainian ships:
GYURZA ARMORED BOAT
FALANGA ARMORED GUNBOAT
MUSSON MULTI PURPOSE FAST SMALL CORVETTE
GAYDUK MULTI PURPOSE CORVETTE
BUTTERFLY FAST PATROL BOAT
SAYGAK FAST PATROL BOAT
All these ships look new and currently only exist on paper . Are these new ships / designs for export only or will Ukraine build these ships for her own Navy too? Do the experts here think these ships look like good quality ships that will do well on the export market or are these lower quality ships that will not succeed?? Any other info or inside information on they ships or the Ukrainian defense industry?
By: Arabella-Cox - 24th July 2009 at 11:08
i’d only just recovered from a rather juvenille laughing fit at sexport when i read that.
Birds of a feather… (and I’m not exempting myself here) 😀
By: AE90 - 24th July 2009 at 09:44
OK…. that sentence just made my Friday morning.
People in the office are looking at me whilst I chuckle in a slightly demented fashion.
i’d only just recovered from a rather juvenille laughing fit at sexport when i read that.
By: wilhelm - 24th July 2009 at 09:19
The unfortunately named ‘Gayduk’ corvette has been around for at least 5 or 6 years
OK…. that sentence just made my Friday morning.
People in the office are looking at me whilst I chuckle in a slightly demented fashion.
By: Jonesy - 24th July 2009 at 02:16
The unfortunately named ‘Gayduk’ corvette has been around for at least 5 or 6 years and was created by the Nikolayev ’61 Communards’ yard as a hull that could be outfitted with any blend of western/Russian systems the buyer wished. There were images of a model outfitted with an OTO76 and MM40 pipes with a Lynx parked on the flight deck somewhere on the net.
Musson looks a great deal like the BPS hull the Vietnamese bought. Might be an interesting story if the Ukrainians get any sales on that one! 🙂
The 61 Communards yard also used to advertise a couple of OPV class designs in the Serviola mould that I always expected would find a buyer somewhere….but strangely didnt?. Looks like they’ve been dropped entirely now!.
Looks like they are trying a bit harder with the marketing now at least!.
Edit: Original designs from the Nikolayev yards here: http://www.shipyard61.com.ua/war2-eng.html – actually from 2000!.
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July 24, 2009 at 1:16 am