Centaur-class fast assault craft

The Project 58181 Centaur (Kentavr) class is a series of small armored assault craft being built for the Ukrainian Navy. The first two vessels were laid down at the Kuznya na Rybalskomu in December 2016. The project was developed by State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center on the basis of the Gyurza-M class artillery boats. Designed for carrying patrol service on rivers and coastal maritime areas, delivery and landing of marines.

Class overview
Name: Project 58181 (Centaur class)
Builders: Kuznya na Rybalskomu
Operators:  Ukraine
Preceded by: Gurza-M class boat
Built: since 2016
Planned: 8
Building: 1
Completed: 2
General characteristics
Type: assault craft
Displacement: 47 tons
Length: 24,3 m
Beam: 4,8 m
Draught: 1,0 m
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range: 500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi) (at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement:
  • 4
  • 26-28 amphibious troops with full equipment
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Navigation radar
  • Optoelectronic monitoring system
  • Detection sensors of laser emission
Armament: 1 × BM-5M.01 «Katran-M» CIWS
Armour: Vital spaces are protected by bullet-proof steel

Development and design
First Centaur during launching ceremony

The project 58181 was developed by State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center on the basis of the Gyurza-M class artillery boats in 2015. However, it was refined during construction. The first contract was signed in 2016.[1] On September 4, 2018, the first launching ceremony for the first boat of the first series was held. The boat was already built on a revised project, which received new project number 58503 and the code «Centaur-LK». On September 20, the second boat of the series was launched. On November 19, 2018, newly built assault boats arrived to Odessa to continue testing. The top speed of 50 knots is achieved by a pair of New Zealand-made Hamilton Jet water jet propulsion engines and can stay at sea for a maximum of five days.[2] The class is armed with two remote weapon stations with 12.7 mm high-caliber machine guns and a 40-mm rocket launcher. The boats also feature two 80-mm rocket-launch systems.

Vessels
Name№ProducerHull №Laid downLaunchedCommissionedFleetState
DSHK-1 «Stanislav»[3] «Kuznya na Rybalskomu» 01032 28 December 2016 14 September 2018[4] Ukrainian Navy On trial
DSHK-2 «Malyn»[3] «Kuznya na Rybalskomu» 01033 28 December 2016 20 September 2018[5] Ukrainian Navy On trial
DSHK-3 «Kuznya na Rybalskomu» 8 February 2019 Ukrainian Navy Building
DSHK-4 «Kuznya na Rybalskomu» Ukrainian Navy Plan for 2019
«Kuznya na Rybalskomu» Ukrainian Navy Plan for 2019
«Kuznya na Rybalskomu» Ukrainian Navy Plan for 2019
«Kuznya na Rybalskomu» Ukrainian Navy Plan for 2020
«Kuznya na Rybalskomu» Ukrainian Navy Plan for 2020

Operators
 Ukraine
Ukrainian Navy: 2 On trial, 1 in order
  • Project number 58503 «Centaur-LK»

See also

References
  1. The Ministry of Defense signed a contract on construction of two landing crafts Centaur. Ukrainian Military. 24 May 2016
  2. https://navaltoday.com/2018/09/17/ukraine-launches-first-centaur-class-assault-boat/
  3. ""Станіслав" та "Малин" – імена "Кентаврів"". mil.in.ua. Український мілітарний портал. 2019-07-07. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  4. "Перший «Кентавр» для Військово-Морських Сил ЗС України спущено на воду" (Press release) (in Ukrainian). Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. 2018-09-14. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  5. "«Кентаври» для ВМС ЗС України: на воду спущено ще один десантно-штурмовий катер" (Press release) (in Ukrainian). Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
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