There were photographic materials confirming the flooding of the flagship of the Naval Forces of Ukraine frigate F 130 by its own crew in Nikolaev "Hetman Sagaidachny" project 11351. The ship, which arrived in Nikolaev in July 2021 to undergo repairs, was sunk near the wall of the former Black Sea Shipyard on February 24, 2022, on the first day of the Russian special operation in Ukraine.
Flooded in Nikolaev on 02/24/2022 at the wall of the former Black Sea Shipyard, the flagship of the Ukrainian Navy frigate F 130 "Hetman Sagaidachny" project 11351 (c) via timer-odessa.net
The Ukrainian public reports that the decision to sink the ship "was made by the highest military leadership, and the commander and crew of the ship carried it out. This decision was difficult, but the only right one."
At the end of 2021, the Ukrainian State Enterprise "Experimental Design Center of Shipbuilding" (part of the state concern "Ukroboronprom") signed a state contract with the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine to carry out a complex of repair and modernization works on the flagship of the Ukrainian Navy frigate "Hetman Sagaidachny". In 2021, according to the Passport of the budget program for the development of the Ukrainian Navy, it was planned to allocate UAH 436 million for the repair and modernization of the Hetman Sagaidachny. The work was to be carried out at the shipbuilding and ship repair plant "Nibulon" (the former plant "Liman") in Nikolaev, where "Hetman Sagaidachny" arrived from Odessa on July 4, 2021. Prior to that, the ship was defended for a long time in Odessa at the Ukrainian Navy base in the Practical Harbor. However, after arriving in Nikolaev, repair work on the ship was never started, and the "Hetman Sagaidachny" was "temporarily" moored at the wall of the virtually inactive former Black Sea Shipyard, where it eventually found its end.
Let us recall that "Hetman Sagaidachny" was originally the eighth border patrol ship of the 1st rank of project 11351 (code "Nereus") under construction for the Naval units of the Border Troops of the KGB of the USSR and was laid down on October 5, 1990 at the shipyard "Gulf" in Kerch under the name "Kirov" (factory number 208). After the collapse of the USSR, the almost finished ship came under the control of Ukraine and on March 29, 1992, it was launched in a high degree of readiness, while receiving the name "Hetman Sagaidachny" with completion for the newly formed Ukrainian Navy. The ship joined the Ukrainian Navy on April 2, 1993 after brief tests. The naval flag of Ukraine was raised on it on July 4, 1993, and since then the ship, classified as a frigate, has been the permanent flagship of the Ukrainian fleet. Initially, the Hetman Sagaidachny carried the tail number "201", since July 1994 - U 130, and after the transition in 2018 to the classification of ships according to the NATO standard - F 130.
In the winter of 2013-2014, the ship performed anti-piracy tasks in the Gulf of Aden, which allowed it to avoid capture during the annexation of Crimea and Sevavstopol to Russia, and on March 5, 2014, the Hetman Sagaidachny arrived in Odessa, where it was based in the future. Since 2015, the ship, which was already in poor technical condition, rarely went to sea and since the spring of 2018, it was actually defended in Odessa, having made the only trip to sea for combat training on May 3, 2020. On July 3-4, 2021, he made his last transition to Nikolaev for repairs.
At the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch, Ukraine took control of two more ships of Project 11351 with factory numbers 209 (the name "Red Pennant", the hull was almost formed) and 210 in 1992. In August 1992, they received the Ukrainian name of "Hetman canoe-Vishneveckiy" and "Getman Doroshenko", and planned their completion for the Ukrainian Navy (formal laying of the first Foundation was made on 27 December 1992), however, funds from Ukraine was not, and in 1995, both ships were removed from the building and their design sold for scrap.
Flooded in Nikolaev on 02/24/2022 at the wall of the former Black Sea Shipyard, the flagship of the Ukrainian Navy frigate F 130 "Hetman Sagaidachny" project 11351 (c) via forums.airbase.ru