List of ship losses during the Russo-Ukrainian War

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This is a list of ships damaged, sunk or captured during the Russo-Ukrainian War, including the 2014 annexation of Crimea, the 2018 Kerch Strait incident and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

List of ships

2014 annexation of Crimea

Russian Navy

Ukrainian Navy

2018 Kerch Strait incident

Berdiansk, after her capture by Russian forces, with a hole in the pilothouse

Russian Navy

  • Izumrud — The patrol boat was damaged during the Kerch Strait incident of 25 November 2018 after colliding with the Russian tug Don.[6]
  • One unidentified vessel was damaged the same day while ramming the Ukrainian tugboat Yany Kapu.[7][8][9]

Ukrainian Navy

  • Berdiansk and Nikopol — The two Gyurza-M-class artillery boats were damaged and captured by Russian ships on 25 November 2018.[10][11] The ships were returned to Ukraine on 18 November 2019.[12]
  • Yany Kapu — The tugboat was damaged and captured by Russia on 25 November 2018. It was returned to Ukraine on 18 November 2019.[11][12]

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

A Russian warship on fire during the Battle of Berdiansk

Russian Navy

  • Saratov — On 24 March 2022, a Russian Navy Alligator-class landing ship that was docked in Berdiansk, Ukraine, caught fire. The Ukrainian military claimed that they had hit it, that it was destroyed and that it was the Orsk.[13] Later the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed that Saratov had been destroyed.[14] Two other Russian ships, the Caesar Kunikov, and the Novocherkassk, that were docked nearby sailed away, with fire and smoke billowing out of one.[15][16][17] On 2 July 2022, Russian official said the ship was scuttled back in March by its own crew in order "to prevent detonation of the on-board munitions by the fire that had started" due to a Tochka-U ballistic missile that hit the port. Also it became known that Saratov has been salvaged and will be towed to Kerch, Crimea.[18]
  • Moskva — On 13 April 2022, two Ukrainian officials said that the Slava-class cruiser had been hit by Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missiles and was afire in heavy seas. The Russian Ministry of Defense said the ship was seriously damaged after a fire caused a munitions explosion. The next day, Russian officials said that the ship had sunk while being towed to port.[19]
  • 5 Raptor-class patrol boats — On the first week of May, Ukrainian forces using Bayraktar TB2 drones attacked five Raptor-class boats near Snake Island, it was not known the extent of the damage.[20][21][22] At least one of the Raptor boats withstood the damage and was filmed in Sevastopol for repairs.[23]
  • Serna-class landing craft - On 7 May video appeared of a Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 drones hitting and sinking a landing craft on Snake Island.[24][25]
  • Vasily Bekh — On 17 June, Ukraine claimed to have sunk the rescue tug (Russian: Спасатель, "Spasatel") Vasily Bekh with two Harpoon missiles causing it to sink shortly thereafter.[26] Shortly after the sinking on 21 June, British military intelligence confirmed the attack, stating that the vessel sunk was almost certainly Vasily Bekh.[27]
  • Ivan Golubets Project 266M minesweeper - On 29 October, Ukrainian forces used Unmaned Aerial and Submarine Vehicles to strike Russian forces in Sevastopol, Crimea. According to Russia Ukrainian UAVs slightly damaged the minesweeper.[28]

Ukrainian Navy

Other Naval vessels

On 9 September 2022, the engine of the Romanian Navy minesweeper Lieutenent Dimitrie Nicolescu was damaged by the explosion at the waterline of a floating sea mine, 40 km of Constanța. There were no casualties.[51][52]

Civilian vessels

  • Russia SGV-Flot — The ore-bulk-oil carrier, owned by the Samarashipping and heading from Batumi to Yeysk, was struck by a missile fired by Ukrainian forces in the Sea of Azov off Dolzhanskaya, Russia at around 11:00 a.m. on 24 February 2022 and was moderately damaged, according to the Russian border guard service at Krasnodar. They claimed that two crew were injured, one of them seriously.[53]
  • Russia Seraphim Sarovskiy — The general cargo ship, owned by the Rechmortrans and following the route from Turkey to Azov, was struck by a missile fired by Ukrainian forces in the Sea of Azov off Dolzhanskaya, Russia at around 11:00 a.m. on 24 February 2022 and was moderately damaged, according to the Russian border guard service at Krasnodar.[54]
  • Marshall Islands Yasa Jupiter — The bulk carrier, owned by the Turkish Ya-Sa Holding, was struck by a missile fired by Russian forces in the Black Sea off Odessa, Ukraine on 24 February 2022 and was damaged. She was on a voyage from the Dniepr to Constanța, Romania.[55][56]
  • Moldova Millennial Spirit — The chemical tanker was shelled in the Black Sea off the coast of Ukraine on 25 February 2022. Its crew of ten were rescued.[57]
  • Panama Namura Queen — The cargo ship was struck in the Black Sea off the coast of Ukraine by a missile fired by Russian forces on 25 February 2022.[58] There was no casualties reported and ship remains afloat.[59]
  • Ukraine Sapphire - On 26 February 2022, the civilian rescue ship was captured by Russian forces after trying to rescue Ukrainian sailors at Snake Island.[60] On 25 March, The crew was returned as part of a prisoner exchange.[61] On 8 April, Russia returned the ship to Ukrainian authorities.[60]
  • Ukraine Afina - On 26 February 2022, the bulk carrier was captured by Russian forces near Snake Island en route to Constanța, Romania. It was later released.[61][62]
  • Ukraine Princess Nikol - On 26 February 2022, the bulk carrier was captured by Russian forces near Snake Island en route to Constanța, Romania.[61][62]
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Lady Anastasia — The motor yacht, owned by Russian oligarch and Rosoboronexport head Aleksandr Mikheyev, experienced an attempted scuttling a Ukrainian mechanic on its crew at Palma de Mallorca, Spain on 27 February 2022.[63][64]
  • Bangladesh Banglar Samriddhi — The bulk carrier belonging to the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation was struck by a Russian missile at Mykolaiv and was set afire on 2 March 2022. One crew member, third engineer Hadisur Rahman, was killed.[65][66]
  • Panama Helt — The cargo ship, owned by the Tallinn-based Vista Shipping Agency, sank off the coast of Ukraine on 2 March 2022, likely after striking a mine.[67] The Panama Maritime Authority later reported that the ship was sunk by a Russian missile.[59] Four crew members were initially reported as missing and were later found.[68] Also reported to have been captured by the Russian Navy and used as a shield against Ukrainian shellfire.[69]
  • Panama Lord Nelson — The Panama Maritime Authority reported that Russian missiles had damaged the Panamanian-flagged Lord Nelson. The ship remains afloat with no casualties reported.[59]
  • Dominica Azburg — The cargo ship was shelled and sunk on 4 April 2022 during the Battle of Mariupol, after being damaged the day before by two Russian missiles. One crew member was injured.[70]
  • Ukraine Kapitan Belousov — According to the Ukrainian military, the Mariupol Port Authority-owned icebreaker was shelled, during the Battle of Mariupol, overnight between 7 and 8 April 2022. One crew member was killed and several injured.[71][72]
  • Malta Apache — According to Russian Ministry of Defence spokesman Igor Konashenkov, the bulk carrier, belonging to Turkey-based Misha Shipping, was fired upon by a patrol vessel of the Black Sea Fleet while in the Sea of Azov on 8 April. The bombardment started a fire to the stern which was extinguished by her crew. Konashenkov called the vessel a "Ukrainian cargo ship" and claimed that she had diverted from a convoy in an attempt to evacuate leaders of the Azov Battalion and mercenaries from Mariupol. Konashenkov reported no injuries, and that the vessel along with her crew were being escorted to Yeysk.[73]
  • Liberia Smarta — Ukrainian reports claimed that the bulk carrier, docked at Mariupol, was shelled and boarded by Russian forces. Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Ombudsmаn Lyudmyla Denisova claimed that the crew member was taken "in an unknown direction."[61][74]
  • Russia Ten unidentified vessels — The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine stated on 13 April 2022 that eight Russian cargo ships and two tankers, originally docked in Odessa for maintenance, were seized to "serve in the interests of Ukraine to restore its economy."[75]

See also

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