GYURZA M-CLASS GUNBOAT

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This class of Gyurza M class of Project 58155 gunboats was built Kuznia na Rybalskomu for the Ukranian Navy.
The class was built from 2012 till the present.
Planned 20 (originally).
In commission 2016–present
]Completed 8
Active 4 with Ukrainian Navy (including 1 being tested and 1 damaged); 4 captured by Russia
Displacement 54 tons. Length 23.0 m (75 ft 6 in). Beam 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in). Draught 1.0 m (3 ft 3 in).
Speed 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range 900 miles (12 knots)
Complement 5
Armament 2 × BM-5M.01 Katran-M CIWS

the Project 58155 Gyurza-M class is a series of small armored gunboats in service with the Ukrainian Navy. The first two vessels were laid down at the Kuznia na Rybalskomu (previously Leninska Kuznia) shipbuilding plant in October 2012. Originally it was planned to build nine such vessels by 2017. In December 2013 the Ministry of Defence withdrew its contract. The class is named after the Levant snake viper, Гюрза, Hiurza, in Ukrainian.
In mid-2014 construction of the Gyurza-M class was revived and the first two vessels were launched in late 2015 In December 2016 they officially joined the Ukrainian Navy. The new military contract for twenty vessels was to be completed by 2020.[
Development and design
The modernized Project 58155 Gurza-M for the Ukrainian Navy started to be built at the Leninska Kuznia in October 2012. Originally it was planned to build nine such vessels by 2017. In December 2013 the Ministry of Defense withdrew its contract.
In the summer of 2014, the construction of Gurza-M was revived and the first two vessels were expected to be completed in the fall of 2015 In December 2016 the first two Gurza-M officially joined the Ukrainian Navy. The new military contract is for 20 vessels that should be completed by 2020.
Operators
Ukraine
Ukrainian Navy: As of November 2022, 3 active; 3 captured by Russia; 1 sunk and then raised by Russia; 1 being tested. Previously, 2 ships of the class were captured by Russia and returned in 2018, were repaired, and returned to active service in 2020. On 4 November 2022, a Gyurza-M-class gunboat of the Ukrainian Navy was damaged by a Lancet drone. The attack was recorded on video by another UAV.
Incidents
Kerch Strait incident
Main article: Kerch Strait incident
On 25 November 2018, two Ukrainian Gyurza-M-class boats, BERDYANSK and NIKOPOL were seized by the Russian Navy. They were captured while they tried to cross the Kerch Strait en route to the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol in the Sea of Azov. During the incident, three Ukrainian crew members were injured. The ships were returned on 18 November 2019, but Ukraine accused Russia of returning them in sub-par condition.
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Main article: Southern Ukraine offensive
Following the capture of BERDIANSK by Russian forces, P 179-VYSHOROD and P 174-AKKERMAN were captured by Russian forces. Russian forces captured another two craft, P-177 KREMENCHUK, and P-178 LUBNY, during the Siege of Mariupol.

On 4 November 2022, a Gyurza-M-class gunboat of the Ukrainian Navy was damaged by a ZALA Lancet drone, the first time a Lancet attacked a naval target during the war

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyurza-M-class_gunboat
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