Ukrainian reconnaissance ship Simferopol

Simferopol at launch
History
Ukraine
NameSimferopol
NamesakeU543 Simferopol
OwnerUkraine
OperatorUkrainian Navy
Ordered2017
BuilderKuznya na Rybalskomu
Launched23 April 2019
FateSunk after a Russian naval drone strike in the delta of the Danube River on 28 August 2025
General characteristics
Displacement
  • 1,220 long tons (1,240 t) standard
  • 3,510 long tons (3,566 t) full load
Length54.8 m (179 ft 9 in)
Beam9.8 m (32 ft 2 in)
Draught4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Installed power1 auxiliary diesel generator 853kWt
Speed11.6 knots (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph)
Range
  • 7,200 nmi (13,300 km; 8,300 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
  • 900 nmi (1,700 km; 1,000 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
At least one rigid lifeboat
Crew29
ArmamentАК-306 artillery system

Simferopol (Ukrainian: Сімферополь) was a medium reconnaissance ship of the Ukrainian Navy that was originally built at the Kuznia na Rybalskomu (previously Leninska Kuznya) shipbuilding plant. The reconnaissance ship, built under the project Laguna, used the hull of the Project 502EM trawler.