Russian gunboat Nayezdnik
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 Vyshhorod in Ukrainian service | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Ukraine | |
| Name | Vyshhorod |
| Namesake | Vyshhorod |
| Builder | Kuznia na Rybalskomu, Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Laid down | 7 April 2016 |
| Launched | 24 June 2017 |
| Commissioned | 1 July 2018 |
| Home port | Odessa (2018–2020), Berdyansk (2020–2022) |
| Identification | U179 (2018), P179 (2018–2022) |
| Captured | 28 February 2022 |
| Badge | _Вишгород.png) |
 Russia | |
| Name | Nayezdnik |
| Namesake | Nayezdnik (1878) |
| Acquired | 28 February 2022, by capture |
| Home port | Sevastopol |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Gyurza-M-class gunboat |
| 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) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Caterpillar C18 ACERT marine diesel engines producing 1,125 hp (839 kW) each |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range | 900 nmi (1,700 km; 1,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 5 |
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Nayezdnik (Russian: Наездник, lit. 'Horseman') is a Project 58155 littoral gunboat operated by the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy, previously the Ukrainian Navy vessel Vyshhorod (P179), which was seized at the Port of Berdyansk, following the capture of the city of Berdyansk.[1]
The Project 58155 armoured boat "Gyurza-M" is intended for coastal and riverine patrol, developed by the State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center based in Mykolaiv, as a follow on to the Gyurza-class gunboat.[2] It is larger than its predecessor, with a displacement of 54 tons, length of 23 metres, a width of 4.8 meters and a draft of 1 meter. The vessel is equipped with two BM-5M.01 Katran-M turrets, a variant of the BM-3 Shturm turret used on the BTR-3.
Following the loss of the majority of its major surface vessels as a result of the Russian annexation of Crimea, the class was considered a key priority by the Ukrainian Navy, in the development of a "mosquito fleet".
