Ukrainian Navy show how the small warship Hetman Ivan Mazepa is being tested at sea – video

The Ukrainian Navy has shown how its Hetman Ivan Mazepa corvette-class multi-purpose ship, which is being built in Türkiye, is undergoing sea trials. 

Source: Ukrainian Navy; Militarnyi, a Ukrainian online military media outlet

Details: Militarnyi writes that during these tests, the ship’s crew and shipbuilding company, together with contractors, have checked the operation of all the corvette's systems – in particular, the way the equipment operates in different modes and with varying loads. 

The corvette is due to join the Ukrainian Navy in 2024.

Background:

• On 2 October 2022, the first Ukrainian ADA-class corvette Hetman Ivan Mazepa was launched in Türkiye at the RMK Marine shipyard.
• The first corvette for the Ukrainian Navy was laid down in Türkiye in September 2021. At the end of December, a shipyard in Istanbul began assembling the corvette's hull.
• On 8 March 2024, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy decreed that an Ada-class corvette of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that is being built in Türkiye is to be named after the 17th-century Hetman Ivan Vyhovskyi.

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