Ukrainian corvette Vinnytsia

A Soviet project 1124P border guard ship
History
Soviet Union
Name:	Dnepr
Builder:	Zelenodol'sk SSZ, (Russia)
Yard number:	775
Laid down:	23 December 1975
Launched:	17 June 1976
Commissioned:	12 September 1976
In service:	31 December 1976 (Coast Guard)
Fate:	Transferred to Ukraine in 1996
Ukraine
Name:	Vinnytsia
Namesake:	Vinnytsia
Acquired:	1996
Commissioned:	19 January 1996
Identification:	U206
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type:	Grisha II-class corvette
Displacement:	standard 830 tons, full load 990 tons
Length:	71.2 m (233 ft 7 in)
Beam:	10.1 m (33 ft 2 in)
Draught:	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:	3 shaft, 2 × М-507А cruise diesels, 28,000 kW (38,000 shp), (2 shafts) 1 × М-8М boost gas turbine 13,000 kW (18,000 shp), (1 shaft) Electric Plant: 1×DG-500 (500 kW), 1×DG-300 (300 kW), 1×DG-200 (200 kW)
Speed:	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range:	2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Endurance:	9 days
Complement:	79 (9 chiefs)
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar: MR-302 Rubka air/surface search radar; MR-1031 AK-725 fire control radar; Don-2 navigation radar Sonar: MGK-322T Argun'/Bull Horn low-frequency hull-mounted sonar; MGK-339T Shelon'/Elk Tail medium-frequency through-hull dipping sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Bizan-4B suite with Watch Dog intercept, 2 PK-16 decoy RL
Armament:	artillery: 2×2 57mm AK-725 gun mount (1000 rounds); antisubmarine: 2 twin 533 mm torpedo tubes DTA-5E-1124 2 RBU-6000 A/S rocket launchers (96 rockets) 2 depth charge racks (12 depth charges) Up to 18 mines in place of depth charges

Vinnytsia (U206) is an anti-submarine corvette of the Ukrainian Navy. Prior to joining the Ukrainian Navy it was a former KGB Border Guard patrol ship named Dnepr. In March 2014, it was seized by Russian soldiers and became de facto under control of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The ship was returned to the Ukrainian Navy from Crimea on 19 April 2014.

Vinnytsia is a ship of the 1124P project (NATO reporting name: Grisha II class, Soviet classification: Albatros class Russian: Альбатрос).

The Russian type designation was Border Guard Patrol Ship, modified versions of the Small Anti-Submarine Ship.

The Grisha-class anti-submarine ship was designed to search for and destroy enemy submarines found in coastal areas. They were equipped with a variety of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapons. All were fitted with retractable fin stabilizers. Some of them — the Grisha II class — were built for the border guard.

The Grisha II-class ships were built between 1972 and 1983. These ships had a second 57-millimetre (2.2 in) gun mounting replacing the SA-N-4 missile system forward.

Two ships — Dnepr and Izmail were transferred to the Ukrainian Navy.

The corvette Dnepr was laid down on 23 December 1975 at the Zelenodol'sk Maxim Gorky shipyard. The ship was launched on 17 June 1976. The corvette was moved from Zelenodol'sk to Sea of Azov along the Volga and Don. The corvette was moved again, this time to Sevastopol for testing.

On 24 December 1976 an act was signed adding the ship to the Border Guard Service of USSR. The Soviet Maritime Border Guard flag was raised on the ship on 31 December 1976.