Hetman Sahaydachniy (U130) is a Nerei / Menzhinskiy class of the Ukrainian Navy

Ukrainian Navy

The Ukrainian Naval Forces is the navy of Ukraine and part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It was established in 1992. It consists of 5 branches: surface forces, submarine forces, Navy aviation, coast rocket-artillery and marines...

. Its home port is Sevastopol

Sevastopol

Sevastopol is a city on rights of administrative division of Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of the Crimea peninsula. It has a population of 342,451 . Sevastopol is the second largest port in Ukraine, after the Port of Odessa....

. Since November 15, 2006 until November 16, 2007 it was undergoing major repairs in Mykolaiv

Mykolaiv

Mykolaiv , also known as Nikolayev , is a city in southern Ukraine, administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv is the main ship building center of the Black Sea, and, arguably, the whole Eastern Europe.-Name of city:...

 which cost 15 million hryvnia. Currently it is the major ship and the flagship

Flagship

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 in the Ukrainian Navy

Ukrainian Navy

The Ukrainian Naval Forces is the navy of Ukraine and part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It was established in 1992. It consists of 5 branches: surface forces, submarine forces, Navy aviation, coast rocket-artillery and marines...

.

Service

The Frigate was at first intended to be used by the Sea Guard

Ukrainian Sea Guard

Ukrainian Sea Guard is the coast guard service of Ukraine, subordinated to its Border Guard Service.Sea Guard vessels bear the Морська охорона inscription on their boards....

.

Frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy raised the flag of the Ukrainian Navy on July 4, 1993.

In 1994, Hetman Sahaydachniy set sail for France

France

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 to take part in the 50th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy.

In 1995, Hetman Sahaydachniy visited Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

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 during the "Idex-95

International Defence Exhibition

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" exhibitions.

Crew

• Captain
  Captain (naval)
  Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....
  
   Anton Gеlunov
• Commander
  Commander
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   Oleg Guk
• Lieutenant Commander
  Lieutenant Commander
  Lieutenant Commander is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander...
  
  Volodumur Shevchenko