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SEEM 12-800ST, 10-tonne bollard-pull harbour pusher tug, Naval SystemsSEEM 12-800ST10-tonne bollard-pull harbour pusher tugSide: UnknownBuilt: Merré Shipyard / FranceThe SEEM 12-800ST is Merré Shipyard's compact French harbour pusher-tug design associated with the French Navy RP10 10-tonne tug program. It is a relationship-only naval support entry because the public record documents port-service duties, not conflict deployment. The design combines a steel hull, aluminium wheelhouse, twin diesel propulsion, ducted CuProAlu propellers, and a 10-tonne bollard-pull class for assisting surface ships and submarines in naval bases.
Narwhal 20 mm remote-controlled turret, 20 mm naval remote weapon station, Naval Systems2023 Red Sea CrisisNarwhal 20 mm remote-controlled turret20 mm naval remote weapon stationSide: European Union maritime forcesBuilt: KNDS France / FranceNarwhal is KNDS France's remotely operated 20 mm naval turret family for close-in ship self-defense and maritime-security roles. Official KNDS and MBDA material describes it as a lightweight day/night system for platforms from small patrol boats to frigates, with 20A and 20B ammunition-standard configurations, more than 180 systems in service, demonstrated Akeron MP missile pods, and a future 30 mm growth direction.
20mm Oerlikon GAM-B01, 20 mm naval self-defense gun mount, Naval Systems1990 Gulf War20mm Oerlikon GAM-B0120 mm naval self-defense gun mountSide: Coalition forcesBuilt: BMARC / Oerlikon Contraves / United Kingdom / SwitzerlandThe 20mm Oerlikon GAM-B01 is a manually aimed British shipboard self-defense mount built around the Swiss Oerlikon KAA 20x128 mm autocannon. BMARC developed the mount after the Falklands War renewed Royal Navy interest in simple close-range guns for warning shots, small-craft defense, and last-ditch air-defense tasks; Gulf War-era Royal Navy reporting documents a 20mm Gambo aboard HMS Battleaxe on Gulf duty, with other references covering Royal Navy platform fits and training use.
FPB 98, 32 m fast patrol boat, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarFPB 9832 m fast patrol boatSide: UkraineBuilt: OCEA / France / UkraineThe FPB 98 is a French OCEA fast patrol boat family built around a 32 m aluminum hull for coast guard, maritime security, search-and-rescue, and sovereignty patrol missions. Ukraine ordered twenty FPB 98 MKI boats for its State Border Guard Service before the full-scale Russian invasion, and 2023 reporting documented at least eight French-built hulls dispatched toward the Black Sea during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.
MK 110 57 mm Gun, 57 mm naval gun, Naval SystemsMK 110 57 mm Gun57 mm naval gunSide: UnknownBuilt: BAE Systems Bofors / BAE Systems Land and Armaments L.P. / Sweden / United StatesThe MK 110 57 mm Gun is the U.S. designation for BAE Systems' Bofors 57 Mk3 naval gun, a fully automatic 57 mm / 70-caliber mount assembled in Louisville, Kentucky for U.S. service. U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and BAE Systems sources place the gun on Navy Littoral Combat Ships, including both Freedom and Independence variants, and on Coast Guard National Security Cutters; BAE also describes immediate ammunition-type switching and six-mode programmable 57 mm Mk 295 Mod 0 / Bofors 3P ammunition for air, surface, and shore targets.
OTO 76/62 Super Rapid naval gun, 76 mm rapid-fire naval gun mount, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarOTO 76/62 Super Rapid naval gun76 mm rapid-fire naval gun mountSide: UkraineBuilt: OTO Melara / Leonardo / ItalyThe OTO 76/62 Super Rapid is Leonardo's Italian 76 mm naval gun mount for corvettes, frigates, patrol vessels, and other surface combatants. It combines a selectable 120-round-per-minute rate of fire, an 80-round ready magazine, anti-surface and air-defense roles, optional Strales/DART guided-ammunition integration, and compact installation on small naval units. Its 2014 Russia-Ukraine War link is Ukraine's Ada-class corvette program: Naval News identified a Leonardo 76 mm Super Rapid fitted to Hetman Ivan Mazepa during sea trials in Turkiye while the corvette project remained shaped by wartime transfer constraints.
100 mm/55 Model 1968 CADAM naval gun, 100 mm naval gun mount, Naval Systems2011 First Libyan Civil War100 mm/55 Model 1968 CADAM naval gun100 mm naval gun mountSide: NATO-led coalitionBuilt: Creusot-Loire / FranceThe 100 mm/55 Model 1968 CADAM naval gun is a French dual-purpose mount from the Creusot-Loire 100 mm family. The Model 1968 introduced a lighter, fully automatic 55-caliber turret with digital fire-control input, the CADAM refit raised the rate of fire to 78 rounds per minute, and the later Model 1968-II/100 TR version equipped La Fayette-class frigates with a lower-signature gunhouse.
Island-class patrol boat, 110-foot coastal patrol boat, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarIsland-class patrol boat110-foot coastal patrol boatSide: UkraineBuilt: Bollinger Shipyards / United StatesThe Island-class patrol boat is a Bollinger-built 110-foot U.S. Coast Guard cutter design based on a Vosper Thornycroft patrol-boat lineage and later transferred to partner navies. Ukraine received ex-U.S. Coast Guard hulls through a transfer pipeline that began before the 2022 invasion; Sloviansk and Starobilsk entered Ukrainian service in Odesa in 2019, and Sloviansk was later reported sunk during reconnaissance and port-protection missions in the full-scale phase of the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.
OTO Melara 127/54 Compact naval gun, 127 mm automatic naval gun mount, Naval Systems2011 First Libyan Civil WarOTO Melara 127/54 Compact naval gun127 mm automatic naval gun mountSide: NATO-led coalitionBuilt: OTO Melara / Leonardo / ItalyThe OTO Melara 127/54 Compact is an Italian 127 mm automatic naval gun mount for frigates and destroyers, using a water-cooled 54-caliber barrel, automatic ammunition handling, and 66 ready-use rounds in three selectable drums. It served across Italian and export surface combatants and later formed part of Leonardo's Vulcano V-kit upgrade path for ships retaining the previous 127/54 C gun.
130 mm SM-2-1, 130 mm/58 twin dual-purpose naval gun mount, Naval Systems130 mm SM-2-1130 mm/58 twin dual-purpose naval gun mountSide: UnknownBuilt: Bolshevik Plant / Soviet UnionThe 130 mm SM-2-1 was a Soviet twin 130 mm/58 naval gun mount developed by TsKB-34 for postwar destroyers and treated in open references as a stabilized dual-purpose weapon for surface and air targets. Serial production centered on Bolshevik Plant No. 232, with additional Starokramatorsk-built mounts, and the system armed Project 41 Neustrashimy and Project 56 Kotlin destroyers before informing China's Type 76 twin 130 mm mount. Checked open sources support service, platform, and production context but not a direct combat-use claim for a specific conflict.
Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter, 154-foot fast response cutter, Naval Systems2014 Yemen Civil WarSentinel-class Fast Response Cutter154-foot fast response cutterSide: United StatesBuilt: Bollinger Shipyards / United StatesThe Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter is a Bollinger-built U.S. Coast Guard patrol cutter derived from a proven Damen parent-craft design and fielded as the 154-foot successor to the Island-class patrol boat. The class combines C5ISR systems, a stabilized 25 mm gun mount, crew-served machine guns, and a stern-launched over-the-horizon boat for coastal security, fisheries patrol, search and rescue, maritime interdiction, and national-defense missions from U.S., Guam, and Bahrain homeports.
A-Size Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, A-size autonomous underwater vehicle family, Naval SystemsA-Size Autonomous Underwater VehiclesA-size autonomous underwater vehicle familySide: UnknownBuilt: Lockheed Martin / Saab / United StatesA-size Autonomous Underwater Vehicles are sonobuoy-sized undersea training targets and special-mission vehicles centered on anti-submarine warfare readiness. The family includes the MK 39 EMATT and SUBMATT, with public sources describing launch from aircraft sonobuoy launchers, surface ships, range support craft, submarines, and other standard sonobuoy-launch platforms.
Serna-class landing craft (Project 11770), Air-cavity fast landing craft, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarSerna-class landing craft (Project 11770)Air-cavity fast landing craftSide: RussiaBuilt: Shipbuilding Plant Volga / Vostochnaya Verf / RussiaProject 11770 Serna is a Russian air-cavity fast landing craft built for over-the-beach movement of vehicles, cargo, and assault troops to unimproved shores. KCHF and RussianShips list a 25.65 m, five-person craft capable of 35 knots and carrying one main battle tank, two BTRs, 92 troops, or 50 tons of cargo. During the Russia-Ukraine War, Russian Serna craft appeared as Black Sea logistics and air-defense transport targets around Snake Island and occupied Crimea.
Dyugon-class landing craft (Project 21820), Air-cavity landing craft, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarDyugon-class landing craft (Project 21820)Air-cavity landing craftSide: RussiaBuilt: Shipbuilding Plant Volga / Vostochnaya Verf / Yaroslavl Shipyard / RussiaThe Dyugon-class landing craft, Project 21820, is a Russian air-cavity fast landing craft developed by the Nizhny Novgorod Central Design Bureau for Hydrofoils as a larger successor to the Serna family. Built across Volga, Vostochnaya Verf, and Yaroslavl shipyards, the class moves tanks, armored vehicles, cargo, or marines to unimproved shores, and Russia used Dyugon craft around Snake Island in 2022 as part of Black Sea logistics and air-defense reinforcement activity.
Project 12061 Murena air-cushion landing craft, Air-cushion landing craft, Naval SystemsProject 12061 Murena air-cushion landing craftAir-cushion landing craftSide: UnknownBuilt: Kirov Shipyard / Soviet Union / RussiaProject 12061 Murena is a Soviet/Russian medium air-cushion landing craft family for moving troops, vehicles, or naval mines across shallow coastal approaches and onto unprepared beaches. Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau designed the class, Khabarovsk Shipyard built the Soviet/Russian Project 12061 and export Project 12061E boats, and the export line includes the South Korean Solgae 621 craft.
Zubr-class air-cushion landing craft (Project 12322 Pomornik), Air-cushioned landing craft, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarZubr-class air-cushion landing craft (Project 12322 Pomornik)Air-cushioned landing craftSide: RussiaBuilt: Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau / Almaz Shipyard / Feodosiya Shipbuilding Company / Guangzhou Huangpu Shipyard / Soviet Union / Ukraine / ChinaThe Zubr class is a Soviet-designed Project 12322 Pomornik air-cushion landing craft developed by Almaz for high-speed amphibious lift. It can carry tanks, armored vehicles, troops, cargo, or naval mines directly onto prepared or unprepared shores, using bow and stern ramps and integral close-in armament. Greece operates the type as the Kefalonia/PTM class, while China acquired and locally expanded the related Project 958/Type 958 line.
Zulfiqar air-defense fast boat, Air-defense fast boat, Naval SystemsZulfiqar air-defense fast boatAir-defense fast boatSide: UnknownBuilt: Iranian defense industry / IRGC Navy workshops / IranThe Zulfiqar air-defense fast boat is an Iranian IRGC Navy small craft configured around short-range surface-to-air missiles rather than the usual gun, rocket, torpedo, or anti-ship missile fit seen on many Iranian fast boats. Iranian reporting said the Zolfaghar high-speed boat joined the IRGC Navy in March 2023 with Nawab air-defense missiles, while Covert Shores assessed the displayed craft as a Bladerunner-derived hull with a radome and vertical-launch missile cells for local air cover around small-boat groups.
Horizon class / Forbin-class frigate, Air-defense frigate class, Naval Systems2011 First Libyan Civil War, 2014 War Against the Islamic StateHorizon class / Forbin-class frigateAir-defense frigate classSide: NATO-led coalitionAnti-ISIS coalition and partner forcesBuilt: Fincantieri / Naval Group / France / ItalyThe Horizon class is a French-Italian air-defense frigate/destroyer family built by Naval Group and Fincantieri for the French and Italian navies. The four 153-meter ships center on PAAMS, Aster missiles, long-range surveillance radar, and fleet air-defense command-and-control, with Chevalier Paul directly documented in Libya's 2011 intervention and as a Charles de Gaulle carrier-group escort during anti-ISIS operations.
Sachsen class / F124 frigate, Air-defense frigate class, Naval Systems2023 Red Sea CrisisSachsen class / F124 frigateAir-defense frigate classSide: European Union maritime forcesBuilt: ARGE F124 (Blohm+Voss, Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Nordseewerke) / GermanyThe Sachsen class / F124 frigate is Germany's three-ship air-defense frigate class, built around SMART-L surveillance radar, APAR fire control, and layered shipboard weapons for task-group protection. Hessen's 2024 EUNAVFOR Aspides deployment moved the class from general maritime-security service into directly documented Red Sea Crisis air-defense and merchant-shipping protection engagements.
Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier, Aircraft carrier class, Naval Systems2014 War Against the Islamic StateQueen Elizabeth class aircraft carrierAircraft carrier classSide: Anti-ISIS coalition and partner forcesBuilt: Aircraft Carrier Alliance / United KingdomThe Queen Elizabeth class is the Royal Navy's two-ship STOVL aircraft-carrier class, built by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance led by BAE Systems, Babcock, Thales, and the UK Ministry of Defence. Each 65,000-tonne carrier uses a ski-jump flight deck for F-35B and helicopter operations, and HMS Queen Elizabeth generated the class's first combat sorties during the 2021 Carrier Strike Group deployment.
Grachonok-class anti-sabotage patrol boat (Project 21980), Anti-sabotage patrol boat, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarGrachonok-class anti-sabotage patrol boat (Project 21980)Anti-sabotage patrol boatSide: RussiaBuilt: Zelenodolsk Shipyard / Vympel Shipyard / Vostochnaya Verf / RussiaThe Grachonok-class anti-sabotage patrol boat, Russian Project 21980, is a small Russian naval security craft designed by KB Vympel and built at several Russian shipyards to protect basing areas, ports, and critical maritime infrastructure. The class combines sonar and electro-optical surveillance with grenade launchers, a 14.5 mm heavy machine gun, and Igla MANPADS, making it a compact diver-hunting and harbor-defense platform.
MG-757 Anapa-M anti-saboteur sonar, Anti-saboteur sonar, Naval SystemsMG-757 Anapa-M anti-saboteur sonarAnti-saboteur sonarSide: UnknownBuilt: Taganrog Plant Priboy / RussiaMG-757 Anapa-M, also described as Anapa-ME, is a Russian shipborne anti-saboteur sonar built by Taganrog Plant Priboy for harbor-defense and close ship-protection work. It is described as detecting and tracking combat swimmers or diver-propulsion targets, passing target coordinates to anti-saboteur grenade-launcher control systems, and appearing in the sensor fits of several Russian patrol, corvette, frigate, and mine-countermeasures classes.
Project 1331M / Parchim-class anti-submarine corvette, Anti-submarine corvette, Naval SystemsIndonesia-Vietnam North Natuna Sea Maritime ClashesProject 1331M / Parchim-class anti-submarine corvetteAnti-submarine corvetteSide: IndonesiaBuilt: Peene-Werft / East GermanyProject 1331M / Parchim-class anti-submarine corvette is an East German-developed coastal ASW corvette family built by Peene-Werft and later operated by Soviet, Russian, and Indonesian navies. The class carried 57 mm and 30 mm gun mounts, RBU-6000 rocket launchers, torpedo tubes, and sonar for shallow-water anti-submarine patrols, and an Indonesian Parchim-class ship was documented in the 2019 North Natuna Sea collision incident with Vietnamese fisheries-enforcement vessels.
MİLGEM / Ada-class corvette, Anti-submarine corvette and surface combatant, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarMİLGEM / Ada-class corvetteAnti-submarine corvette and surface combatantSide: UkraineBuilt: STM / TurkiyeMİLGEM is Turkiye's national warship program, represented here by the Ada-class anti-submarine corvette that STM markets and exports as a compact surface combatant. The Ada design combines patrol, anti-submarine, surface-warfare, air-defense, naval-gunfire-support, and maritime-surveillance roles in a 99.56 m corvette. Ukraine ordered two STM-led Ada-class corvettes before the full-scale invasion; official Ukrainian and STM sources document construction, crew training, launch, and sea-acceptance trials during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War, while also noting that wartime conditions postponed transfer to Ukraine.
Project 1124 Albatros / Grisha-class anti-submarine corvette, Anti-submarine corvette class, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarProject 1124 Albatros / Grisha-class anti-submarine corvetteAnti-submarine corvette classSide: UkraineRussiaBuilt: Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant / Kuznya na Rybalskomu / Kirov Shipyard / Eastern Shipyard / Soviet Union / Ukraine / RussiaThe Project 1124 Albatros, known to NATO as the Grisha class, is a Soviet anti-submarine corvette family built for coastal ASW patrols, base protection, and convoy escort. The compact ships combined sonar, Osa-M point-defense missiles, torpedo tubes, and RBU-6000 launchers; Ukrainian Grisha-family hulls later became part of the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War record through the Crimea naval seizures and the destruction of ex-Ukrainian Ternopil as a Russian Black Sea Fleet target ship in 2023.
Brandenburg class / F123 frigate, Anti-submarine frigate class, Naval Systems1999 Kosovo War / Operation Allied Force, 2008 Somali Piracy / Operation AtalantaBrandenburg class / F123 frigateAnti-submarine frigate classSide: NATOEU NAVFOR and partner naval forcesBuilt: Blohm + Voss / Howaldtswerke / Nordseewerke / Bremer Vulkan / GermanyThe Brandenburg class / F123 frigate is a four-ship German anti-submarine frigate class built for the Deutsche Marine in the 1990s. Its 139-meter hull, bow sonar, Sea Lynx helicopters, Mk41 vertical-launch air-defense fit, Harpoon missiles, RAM launchers, and command spaces made the class useful for NATO maritime support in the Adriatic and EU counter-piracy patrols off Somalia.
Type 23 / Duke-class frigate, Anti-submarine frigate class, Naval Systems2003 Iraq War, 2014 War Against the Islamic State +1 moreType 23 / Duke-class frigateAnti-submarine frigate classSide: United States and coalition forcesAnti-ISIS coalition and partner forcesUnited States-led coalitionBuilt: Yarrow Shipbuilders / Swan Hunter / United KingdomThe Type 23 / Duke-class frigate is the Royal Navy's 16-ship anti-submarine frigate family, built in the United Kingdom and adapted into a multi-role escort with Sea Ceptor air defense on surviving ships. Royal Navy reporting on HMS Richmond shows the class protecting carrier groups, covering anti-submarine patrols, and firing Sea Ceptor against Houthi drones in the Red Sea.
Project 1135 Burevestnik / Krivak-class frigate and derivatives, Anti-submarine frigate family, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarProject 1135 Burevestnik / Krivak-class frigate and derivativesAnti-submarine frigate familySide: UkraineBuilt: A. A. Zhdanov Shipyard / Baltic Shipyard / Yantar Shipyard / Zaliv Shipyard / Soviet Union / Russia / IndiaProject 1135 Burevestnik, known to NATO as the Krivak class, is a Soviet anti-submarine frigate family developed by the Northern Design Bureau as a smaller ocean-going successor to the Riga class. The family combined gas-turbine propulsion, URK-5/Rastrub anti-submarine missiles, Osa-M/Osa-MA point defense, guns, torpedoes, and RBU launchers, then branched into border-guard, Indian export, and Russian guided-missile derivatives. Its 2014 Russia-Ukraine War record centers on Ukraine's Krivak III-derived Hetman Sahaidachny, which was scuttled at Mykolaiv in 2022 to avoid capture.
Neustrashimy-class frigate, Anti-submarine warfare frigate, Naval Systems2008 Somali Piracy / Operation AtalantaNeustrashimy-class frigateAnti-submarine warfare frigateSide: EU NAVFOR and partner naval forcesBuilt: Yantar Shipbuilding Plant / RussiaThe Neustrashimy-class frigate is the Soviet Project 11540 Yastreb anti-submarine warfare frigate family, designed through a long Cold War development path and built at Yantar Shipbuilding Plant in Kaliningrad for Russian Baltic Fleet service. Only Neustrashimy and Yaroslav Mudry were completed, but the class combines a 129.8 m hull, helicopter facilities, sonar-centered anti-submarine weapons, 3K95 Kinzhal naval surface-to-air missiles, Kortik close-in defenses, and Kh-35 Uran anti-ship missiles on the second ship. Neustrashimy is directly documented in the 2008 Gulf of Aden counter-piracy campaign.
Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel, Arctic and offshore patrol vessel, Naval SystemsHarry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vesselArctic and offshore patrol vesselSide: UnknownBuilt: Irving Shipbuilding / CanadaThe Harry DeWolf-class offshore patrol vessel is Canada's Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship class, built by Irving Shipbuilding under the National Shipbuilding Strategy for Arctic sovereignty, domestic patrol, and international operations. Six Royal Canadian Navy ships were delivered from 2020 to 2025, and two Canadian Coast Guard variants, CCGS Donjek and CCGS Sermilik, extend the design toward fisheries enforcement, search and rescue, icebreaking, science, aids-to-navigation, and low-Arctic patrol work.
Tareq / Boghammar speedboat, Armed speedboat / fast inshore attack craft, Naval Systems1980 Iran-Iraq WarTareq / Boghammar speedboatArmed speedboat / fast inshore attack craftSide: IranBuilt: Iranian defense industry / IRGC Navy workshops / Iran / SwedenThe Tareq or Boghammar speedboat family covers Swedish Boghammar high-speed patrol boats and Iranian-built or Iranian-modified descendants used by the IRGC Navy as lightly armed fast inshore attack craft. The type became prominent during the Tanker War phase of the 1980 Iran-Iraq War, when Revolutionary Guard crews used small armed speedboats for harassment and attacks on shipping, and later remained part of Iran's broader small-boat swarm and coastal-denial force.
Project 58181 / Project 58503 Centaur-LK fast assault craft, Armored fast assault / landing craft, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarProject 58181 / Project 58503 Centaur-LK fast assault craftArmored fast assault / landing craftSide: UkraineBuilt: Kuznya na Rybalskomu / UkraineProject 58181 Centaur began as a Ukrainian armored landing-craft design derived from the Gyurza-M gunboat lineage and was revised during construction into Project 58503 Centaur-LK. Built at Kuznya na Rybalskomu for the Ukrainian Navy, the class combines a bow-ramp troop compartment, waterjet propulsion, armored crew and landing spaces, remote weapon stations, 80 mm rocket launchers, and wartime use as a small assault, evacuation, minelaying, and fire-support craft.
Project 1204 Shmel / Shmel-class patrol boat, Armored patrol boat / river gunboat, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarProject 1204 Shmel / Shmel-class patrol boatArmored patrol boat / river gunboatSide: RussiaBuilt: Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau / Zaliv Shipyard / Soviet shipyards / Soviet UnionThe Project 1204 Shmel class is a Soviet armored river gunboat family designed by Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau for shallow rivers, lakes, and coastal waters. It put a PT-76-derived 76 mm turret, a BM-14-17 rocket launcher, automatic cannon, machine guns, and mine rails on a compact shallow-draft hull, making it a fire-support and patrol craft rather than an oceangoing combatant. Russian Shmel boats were documented in the Kerch and Sea of Azov security context during the Russo-Ukrainian War, while Ukrainian Sea Guard Dzhmil examples survived in Danube-area service and training.
Al Jubail-class corvette, Avante 2200-derived multi-mission corvette, Naval SystemsAl Jubail-class corvetteAvante 2200-derived multi-mission corvetteSide: UnknownBuilt: Saudi Military Industries Corporation / Spain / Saudi ArabiaThe Al Jubail-class corvette is the Royal Saudi Naval Forces' Avante 2200-derived surface combatant program, built around Navantia's Spanish corvette design with Saudi localization through SAMI and the SAMINavantia joint venture. The class combines first-batch ships delivered from 2022 to 2024 with a three-ship follow-on batch that adds Saudi completion, HAZEM combat-system integration, and industrial-participation work; it remains relationship-only because the available sources support program, manufacturer, and specification context rather than direct conflict use.
D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso, Aviso / light corvette, Naval Systems2008 Somali Piracy / Operation Atalanta, 2020 Operation Irini +1 moreD'Estienne d'Orves-class avisoAviso / light corvetteSide: EU NAVFOR and partner naval forcesEuropean Union maritime forcesArgentinaBuilt: Arsenal de Lorient / FranceThe D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso, also known as the Type A69, is a French-built light corvette and offshore-patrol family developed for coastal anti-submarine warfare, escort, and overseas-presence missions. Arsenal de Lorient built the French class around an 80-meter diesel hull with Exocet missiles, a 100 mm CADAM gun, torpedoes, and a 375 mm anti-submarine rocket launcher; later French service shifted surviving ships into high-seas patrol duties after heavy anti-submarine and anti-ship weapons were removed.
D'Estienne d'Orves-class / A69 type aviso, Aviso / light corvette class, Naval Systems2008 Somali Piracy / Operation Atalanta, 2020 Operation Irini +1 moreD'Estienne d'Orves-class / A69 type avisoAviso / light corvette classSide: EU NAVFOR and partner naval forcesEuropean Union maritime forcesArgentinaBuilt: Arsenal de Lorient / FranceThe D'Estienne d'Orves-class / A69 type aviso is a French-built light corvette and patrol-vessel family developed for coastal anti-submarine warfare, escort, and overseas-presence missions. Arsenal de Lorient built the original French ships around an 80-meter diesel hull with Exocet missiles, a 100 mm CADAM gun, torpedoes, and a 375 mm anti-submarine rocket launcher; later service included French counter-piracy and embargo patrols plus Argentine Drummond-class combat use in the Falklands War.
Delta III-class submarine, Ballistic missile submarine, Naval Systems2015 Various ConflictsDelta III-class submarineBallistic missile submarineSide: Unconfirmed conflict contextBuilt: Sevmash / Soviet UnionThe Delta III-class submarine is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet Project 667BDR Kalmar, a Sevmash-built nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine designed around the D-9R launch system and 16 R-29R / SS-N-18 submarine-launched ballistic missiles. The class introduced a MIRV-capable Soviet SSBN design, remained visible in Russian Pacific Fleet strategic exercises into the 2010s, and ended regular SSBN service when K-44 Ryazan was withdrawn after the other Project 667BDR boats had already left service.
Type 053H3 / Jiangwei II-class frigate, Chinese guided-missile frigate class, Naval Systems2008 Somali Piracy / Operation Atalanta, South China Sea Disputes +1 moreType 053H3 / Jiangwei II-class frigateChinese guided-missile frigate classSide: EU NAVFOR and partner naval forcesPeople's Republic of ChinaBuilt: Hudong Shipyard / Guangzhou Huangpu Shipyard / People's Republic of ChinaThe Type 053H3 / Jiangwei II-class frigate is a Chinese guided-missile frigate class built as the improved Jiangwei follow-on for the People's Liberation Army Navy. Open naval references describe ten ships produced from 1996 to 2005, a CODAD machinery plant, YJ-83 or export anti-ship missiles, HHQ-7 short-range air defense, anti-piracy escort deployments off Somalia, South China Sea shadowing activity, Taiwan Strait presence, and later transfer of two ex-PLAN hulls into Bangladesh Navy service.
Type 051C / Luzhou-class destroyer, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy air-defense destroyer class, Naval SystemsType 051C / Luzhou-class destroyerChinese People's Liberation Army Navy air-defense destroyer classSide: UnknownBuilt: Dalian Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 051C, also called the Luzhou class, is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy air-defense destroyer class built by Dalian Shipyard for long-range fleet area air defense. Open-source references describe it as a two-ship class based on the earlier Type 051B hull and fitted with Russian S-300FM surface-to-air missiles, Type 730 close-in weapons systems, and a steam-turbine propulsion plant.
Type 052C / Luyang II-class destroyer, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy air-defense destroyer class, Naval Systems2008 Somali Piracy / Operation Atalanta, South China Sea Disputes +1 moreType 052C / Luyang II-class destroyerChinese People's Liberation Army Navy air-defense destroyer classSide: EU NAVFOR and partner naval forcesPeople's Republic of ChinaBuilt: Jiangnan Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 052C, also known as the Luyang II-class destroyer, is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer class built around area air defense and long-range maritime presence. Public sources describe it as the PLAN's first class to combine a fixed AESA radar, vertically launched HHQ-9 missiles, YJ-62 anti-ship missiles, and a helicopter facility; direct conflict coverage now includes Gulf of Aden escort deployments, a 2018 South China Sea FONOP encounter, and August 2022 Taiwan Strait crisis exercises.
Type 039A / Yuan-class submarine, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy air-independent-propulsion diesel-electric attack submarine family, Naval SystemsType 039A / Yuan-class submarineChinese People's Liberation Army Navy air-independent-propulsion diesel-electric attack submarine familySide: UnknownBuilt: Wuchang Shipyard / Wuhan Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 039A / Yuan-class is a Chinese diesel-electric attack submarine family with air-independent propulsion, built for the People's Liberation Army Navy and tracked in open sources as the Type 039A/B line with later Yuan-family variants. U.S. defense reporting counts the class among China's ASCM-capable conventional submarines, while specialist sources caution that older Type 041 naming and later Type 039C labels are open-source conventions rather than clean public PLAN designations.
Type 075 / Yushen-class landing helicopter dock, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious assault ship or landing helicopter dock class, Naval SystemsSouth China Sea DisputesType 075 / Yushen-class landing helicopter dockChinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious assault ship or landing helicopter dock classSide: People's Republic of ChinaBuilt: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding / China State Shipbuilding Corporation / ChinaThe Type 075, also known as the Yushen-class, is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy landing helicopter dock class that gives China a large-deck amphibious aviation platform above the earlier Type 071 transport dock. Hudong-Zhonghua-built ships in the class combine helicopter spots, aircraft elevators, a hangar, vehicle space, and a well deck for landing craft, with source-backed dispute-context deployments and training in the South China Sea.
Type 071 / Yuzhao-class amphibious transport dock, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious transport dock class, Naval SystemsType 071 / Yuzhao-class amphibious transport dockChinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious transport dock classSide: UnknownBuilt: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding / ChinaThe Type 071, known to NATO as the Yuzhao-class, is a Chinese amphibious transport dock class built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding for large-deck sealift, well-dock operations, and helicopter-supported marine deployments. It moved the PLAN beyond older tank-landing ships by combining Type 726 LCAC capacity, Z-8 helicopter facilities, vehicle decks, and expeditionary support space, and it became an export design through Thailand's Type 071E HTMS Chang.
Type 022 / Houbei-class missile boat, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy catamaran missile boat class, Naval SystemsType 022 / Houbei-class missile boatChinese People's Liberation Army Navy catamaran missile boat classSide: UnknownBuilt: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding / Dalian Liaonan Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 022 or Houbei-class is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy catamaran missile boat built around fast littoral anti-ship attack. Public references describe a wave-piercing, radar-signature-reduced hull carrying eight YJ-83 anti-ship missiles, a 30 mm H/PJ-13 or AK-630-derived gun, waterjet propulsion, and enough sensors for local engagements while relying on wider PLAN targeting networks for longer-range missile employment.
Type 003 Fujian aircraft carrier, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy CATOBAR aircraft carrier with electromagnetic catapults, Naval SystemsType 003 Fujian aircraft carrierChinese People's Liberation Army Navy CATOBAR aircraft carrier with electromagnetic catapultsSide: UnknownBuilt: Jiangnan Shipyard / ChinaType 003 Fujian is the People's Liberation Army Navy's first fully domestically designed catapult aircraft carrier and China's first carrier with electromagnetic catapults. Built at Jiangnan Shipyard and commissioned on 5 November 2025, it moves Chinese carrier aviation from ski-jump STOBAR operations toward CATOBAR launch and recovery with heavier fixed-wing aircraft.
Type 056 / Type 056A Jiangdao-class corvette, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy corvette and anti-submarine-warfare corvette family, Naval SystemsSouth China Sea DisputesType 056 / Type 056A Jiangdao-class corvetteChinese People's Liberation Army Navy corvette and anti-submarine-warfare corvette familySide: People's Republic of ChinaBuilt: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding / Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuilding / Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group / Dalian Liaonan Shipyard / People's Republic of ChinaThe Type 056 / Type 056A Jiangdao-class corvette is a Chinese corvette family built in large numbers for littoral patrol, escort, surface warfare, and coastal anti-submarine work. The baseline Type 056 carried a 76 mm gun, YJ-83 anti-ship missiles, point-defense missiles, and torpedo tubes, while the Type 056A added towed-array and variable-depth sonar; the class has also appeared in South China Sea dispute patrol incidents.
Type 039 / Type 039G Song-class submarine, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy diesel-electric attack submarine family, Naval SystemsType 039 / Type 039G Song-class submarineChinese People's Liberation Army Navy diesel-electric attack submarine familySide: UnknownBuilt: Wuhan Shipyard / Wuchang Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 039 / Type 039G Song-class is a Chinese diesel-electric attack submarine family built for the People's Liberation Army Navy. GlobalSecurity describes it as China's first new-design conventional submarine, with the improved Type 039G deleting the stepped sail of the first boat and adding anechoic tiles to reduce acoustic signature.
Type 051B / Luhai-class destroyer, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer class, Naval Systems2008 Somali Piracy / Operation AtalantaType 051B / Luhai-class destroyerChinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer classSide: EU NAVFOR and partner naval forcesBuilt: Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company / ChinaThe Type 051B, also called the Luhai class, is a single-ship Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer class built around Shenzhen (DDG 167). Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company built the experimental, modular destroyer as a bridge toward later PLAN surface combatants, and Shenzhen is directly documented in China's 2009 Gulf of Aden counter-piracy escort mission.
Type 052B / Luyang I-class destroyer, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer class, Naval Systems2008 Somali Piracy / Operation AtalantaType 052B / Luyang I-class destroyerChinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer classSide: EU NAVFOR and partner naval forcesBuilt: Jiangnan Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 052B, also called the Luyang I-class or Guangzhou-class destroyer, is a two-ship People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer class built by Jiangnan Shipyard. Its combat system pairs Russian Shtil-1/SA-N-12 area air-defense launchers with YJ-83 anti-ship missiles, Type 730 close-in guns, torpedo tubes, and a helicopter hangar, and both ships later appeared in Chinese Gulf of Aden counter-piracy escort deployments.
Type 052D / Luyang III-class destroyer, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer class, Naval Systems2022 Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis, South China Sea DisputesType 052D / Luyang III-class destroyerChinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer classSide: People's Republic of ChinaBuilt: Jiangnan Shipyard / Dalian Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 052D, also called the Luyang III or Kunming class, is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer family built for area air defense, anti-ship, anti-submarine, and strike missions. The class pairs Type 346-series phased-array radar with a 64-cell vertical launch system, and later Type 052DL ships stretch the stern aviation area for a larger helicopter while production continues from Jiangnan and Dalian yards.
Type 055 / Renhai-class destroyer, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer or cruiser class, Naval Systems2022 Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis, South China Sea DisputesType 055 / Renhai-class destroyerChinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer or cruiser classSide: People's Republic of ChinaBuilt: Jiangnan Shipyard / Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company / ChinaThe Type 055, also called the Renhai class, is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile destroyer class built as a large multirole surface combatant for carrier escort, surface-action-group command, air defense, and missile strike missions. Public evidence ties the class to the 2022 Taiwan Strait crisis exercises and South China Sea disputed-feature patrols, while open naval references emphasize its 180-meter hull, 112-cell universal vertical launch system, Type 346B sensor fit, and cruiser-like magazine and command capacity.
Type 054 / Jiangkai I-class frigate, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile frigate class, Naval Systems2008 Somali Piracy / Operation AtalantaType 054 / Jiangkai I-class frigateChinese People's Liberation Army Navy guided-missile frigate classSide: EU NAVFOR and partner naval forcesBuilt: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding / Huangpu Shipyard / People's Republic of ChinaThe Type 054 / Jiangkai I-class frigate is the two-ship first generation of China's Jiangkai guided-missile frigate family, built at Shanghai and Guangzhou for the People's Liberation Army Navy before production shifted to the more capable Type 054A. Public sources identify Ma'anshan and Wenzhou as 2005-commissioned ships with YJ-83 anti-ship missiles, HQ-7 point air defense, AK-630 close-in guns, light torpedo tubes, and helicopter facilities; both hulls are documented in Chinese counter-piracy escort deployments in the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters.
Type 082 / 082I / 082II mine countermeasure vessel, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy minesweeper and mine countermeasure vessel family, Naval SystemsType 082 / 082I / 082II mine countermeasure vesselChinese People's Liberation Army Navy minesweeper and mine countermeasure vessel familySide: UnknownBuilt: Jiangxin Shipbuilding Factory / Qiuxin Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 082 family is a Chinese PLAN mine countermeasure line spanning the original Wosao coastal minesweepers, the enlarged Type 082I Wosao II, and the more modern Type 082II Wozang minehunter. Open sources describe the family as a close-range mine-warfare force built around mechanical, magnetic, acoustic, and infrasonic sweeping, with the Wozang generation adding mine-hunting sensors, ROV-style neutralization vehicles, and remotely controlled Type 529/Wonang inshore minesweeping craft.
Type 054A / Jiangkai II-class frigate, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy multi-role frigate class, Naval SystemsType 054A / Jiangkai II-class frigateChinese People's Liberation Army Navy multi-role frigate classSide: UnknownBuilt: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding / Huangpu Shipyard / People's Republic of ChinaThe Type 054A / Jiangkai II-class frigate is a Chinese multi-role guided-missile frigate class that developed the two-ship Type 054 design into a serial PLAN escort with medium-range vertical-launch air defense, anti-ship missiles, anti-submarine weapons, and helicopter facilities. Later batches and export derivatives kept the same basic escort concept while changing sensors, close-in defenses, aviation support, and customer-specific weapons.
Type 093 / 093A / 093B Shang-class nuclear attack submarine, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine family, Naval SystemsType 093 / 093A / 093B Shang-class nuclear attack submarineChinese People's Liberation Army Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine familySide: UnknownBuilt: Bohai Shipyard / China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation / ChinaThe Type 093 / 093A / 093B Shang-class is China's second-generation nuclear-powered attack-submarine family, built at Bohai Shipyard for the People's Liberation Army Navy. Open U.S. reporting separates the line into Shang I, Shang II, and Shang III variants, with the Type 093B described by DoD and USCC testimony as a guided-missile SSGN development while a CMSI technical study cautions that public imagery does not settle the separate-VLS question.
Type 094 / Jin-class ballistic missile submarine, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine class, Naval SystemsType 094 / Jin-class ballistic missile submarineChinese People's Liberation Army Navy nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine classSide: UnknownBuilt: Bohai Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 094 / Jin-class is the People's Liberation Army Navy's operational nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine class and China's first credible sea-based nuclear-deterrent platform. U.S. defense reporting describes six operational Jin-class boats carrying up to 12 JL-2 or JL-3 submarine-launched ballistic missiles, while open-source references place construction at Bohai Shipyard in Huludao.
Type 002 Shandong aircraft carrier, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy ski-jump aircraft carrier, Naval SystemsType 002 Shandong aircraft carrierChinese People's Liberation Army Navy ski-jump aircraft carrierSide: UnknownBuilt: Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company / ChinaThe Type 002 Shandong is China's first domestically built aircraft carrier and the PLAN's second operational carrier, a conventionally powered STOBAR ship that extends the Liaoning design with a smaller island, Type 346A radar, and a larger expected air wing. Commissioned at Sanya on 17 December 2019 as hull number CV-17, Shandong has since been tracked on repeated Western Pacific and South China Sea deployments rather than documented combat use.
Type 039B Yuan-class submarine, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Yuan-family diesel-electric AIP attack submarine variant, Naval SystemsType 039B Yuan-class submarineChinese People's Liberation Army Navy Yuan-family diesel-electric AIP attack submarine variantSide: UnknownBuilt: Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group / Jiangnan Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 039B is an improved Yuan-family diesel-electric attack submarine variant associated with the People's Liberation Army Navy's Type 039A/B AIP line. Open sources describe the 039B as a revised Yuan boat with sail, hull, flank-sonar, and acoustic refinements, while U.S. defense reporting groups delivered Yuan-class AIP attack submarines under the broader Type 039A/B designation.
Type 039C Yuan-class submarine, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Yuan-family diesel-electric attack submarine variant with redesigned sail, Naval SystemsType 039C Yuan-class submarineChinese People's Liberation Army Navy Yuan-family diesel-electric attack submarine variant with redesigned sailSide: UnknownBuilt: Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group / ChinaThe Type 039C Yuan-class submarine is an open-source designation for a later Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Yuan-family diesel-electric attack submarine with air-independent propulsion and a distinctive faceted sail. Naval News, Covert Shores, NTI, and GlobalSecurity describe it as an operational PLAN development of the Type 039A/B line, while public sources still leave the official designation, total production count, and exact weapon fit partly unconfirmed.
Vulcain class, Clearance-diver support vessel (BBPD), Naval Systems1990 Gulf WarVulcain classClearance-diver support vessel (BBPD)Side: Coalition forcesBuilt: Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie / Chantiers et ateliers de la Perrière / FranceThe Vulcain class is a four-ship French Navy bâtiment-base de plongeurs démineurs class built to support clearance-diver groups during mine-countermeasure, port-security, and underwater explosive-ordnance work. The class remains listed in French Navy service across Cherbourg, Toulon, and Brest, and Pluton is directly documented with French mine-clearance forces off Kuwait during the 1990 Gulf War.
Project 205P / Stenka-class patrol boat, Coast guard anti-submarine patrol boat, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarProject 205P / Stenka-class patrol boatCoast guard anti-submarine patrol boatSide: RussiaUkraineBuilt: Almaz Shipyard / Soviet Union / RussiaProject 205P is a Soviet coast guard and anti-submarine patrol-boat class known to NATO as the Stenka class. The design reused the Project 205 Osa hull but traded the missile-boat mission for 400 mm torpedo tubes, depth-charge equipment, sonar, and twin 30 mm AK-230 gun mounts. Its Russia-Ukraine War record is best documented as Black Sea patrol and loss/capture evidence: Ukrainian Donbas was reported seized at Mariupol in April 2022, while a Russian Project 205P/Tarantul boat was reported sunk at Sevastopol after late-December 2023 Ukrainian strike activity.
Alexandrit class / Project 12700, Coastal mine countermeasures vessel, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarAlexandrit class / Project 12700Coastal mine countermeasures vesselSide: RussiaBuilt: Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard / RussiaThe Alexandrit class, Russian Project 12700, is a Russian mine-countermeasures vessel class designed by Almaz and built by Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard for the Russian Navy. The class combines a monolithic fiberglass vacuum-infusion hull with trawls and unmanned mine-hunting vehicles, and it entered the Russia-Ukraine war record when Ukrainian intelligence said it disabled the Baltic Fleet lead ship Aleksandr Obukhov at Baltiysk in October 2024.
Project 1265 Yakhont / Sonya-class minesweeper, Coastal minesweeper / minehunter, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarProject 1265 Yakhont / Sonya-class minesweeperCoastal minesweeper / minehunterSide: UkraineBuilt: Uliis yard / Avangard yard / Soviet UnionThe Project 1265 Yakhont, better known as the Sonya-class minesweeper, is a Soviet wooden-hulled coastal mine-countermeasure vessel family built for shallow-water sweeping and minehunting work. RussianShips.info traces the baseline and export lines through Avangard and Vladivostok shipyards, while USNI News identifies Ukraine's Sonya-class minehunter as one of the mine-warfare vessels lost during Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea.
Project 1400M Grif / Zhuk-class patrol boat, Coastal patrol boat / border guard patrol craft, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarProject 1400M Grif / Zhuk-class patrol boatCoastal patrol boat / border guard patrol craftSide: UkraineBuilt: Almaz Shipbuilding Company / Soviet shipyards / Soviet Union / Ukraine / GeorgiaProject 1400M Grif is the updated Soviet Grif coastal patrol-boat design known in NATO reporting as the Zhuk class. Built for border-guard and coast-guard work, the small aluminium-hulled craft carries heavy machine-gun armament, simple navigation or surface-search radar, and enough speed for short-range littoral security rather than open-ocean combat. Ukrainian Sea Guard and Navy examples remained visible after independence, and several Project 1400M boats entered the Russia-Ukraine War record as captured or destroyed Ukrainian maritime-security craft in 2022.
Braunschweig-class / K130 corvette, Corvette class, Naval Systems2008 Somali Piracy / Operation Atalanta, 2015 Various ConflictsBraunschweig-class / K130 corvetteCorvette classSide: EU NAVFOR and partner naval forcesDocumented operatorsBuilt: Blohm + Voss / Lurssen / Nordseewerke / Peene-Werft / German Naval Yards Kiel / thyssenkrupp Marine Systems / GermanyThe Braunschweig-class / K130 corvette is a German Navy coastal-warfare corvette class for shallow waters, maritime surveillance, and surface strike. Bundeswehr describes a 61-person crew, stealth shaping, RBS15 Mk3 anti-ship missiles, RAM point defense, and UNIFIL Maritime Task Force service off Lebanon; EUNAVFOR also documents Erfurt in Operation Atalanta counter-piracy escort duty.
Kashalot-class submarine, Deep-diving special-purpose submarine, Naval Systems2015 Various ConflictsKashalot-class submarineDeep-diving special-purpose submarineSide: Documented operatorsBuilt: United Admiralty Shipyard / Leningrad Admiralty Association / Soviet UnionThe Kashalot-class submarine is the NATO reporting name for Soviet Project 1910 deep-diving nuclear special-mission submarines. Open sources describe the titanium-hulled boats as GUGI-linked seabed platforms with no standard armament, built for covert ocean-engineering and intelligence tasks that depend on extreme-depth operation rather than attack-submarine weapons.
Haixun 09, Deep-sea maritime patrol vessel, Naval Systems2015 Various ConflictsHaixun 09Deep-sea maritime patrol vesselSide: Documented operatorsBuilt: Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard / China State Shipbuilding Corporation / ChinaHaixun 09 is China's first 10,000-ton-class maritime patrol vessel and a deep-sea command platform for maritime law enforcement, rescue, and pollution response. Built at Guangzhou Wenchong/Huangpu Wenchong and commissioned in 2021, it combines helicopter support, satellite-linked command systems, and long-range patrol endurance, and it appeared in a June 2026 operation east of Taiwan.
Lada-class submarine, Diesel-electric attack submarine, Naval Systems2015 Various ConflictsLada-class submarineDiesel-electric attack submarineSide: Unconfirmed conflict contextBuilt: Admiralty Shipyards / RussiaThe Lada-class submarine is Russia's Project 677 diesel-electric attack submarine family, designed by Rubin and built by Admiralty Shipyards as a low-signature conventional boat for coastal, confined-water, and blue-water tasks. The class combines six 533 mm tubes with torpedo-missile armament, automated control, improved sonar, and optional air-independent-propulsion provisions; Russian sources reported a return to serial service with Kronstadt in 2024 and Velikiye Luki in 2025 after the troubled Sankt Peterburg prototype.
Project 636 / 636M / 636.3 Kilo-class submarine, Diesel-electric attack submarine, Naval Systems2011 Syrian Civil War, 2014 Russia-Ukraine WarProject 636 / 636M / 636.3 Kilo-class submarineDiesel-electric attack submarineSide: Syrian government and alliesRussiaBuilt: Admiralty Shipyards / Rubin Design Bureau / RussiaProject 636 is Russia's export-improved Kilo / Varshavyanka diesel-electric attack submarine line, derived from Project 877 and later split across export missile-capable variants and the Russian Navy Project 636.3 / 06363 Improved Kilo II branch. The family keeps six 533 mm bow tubes for torpedoes, mines, and tube-launched cruise missiles, while later 636.3 boats add Kalibr-PL strike capability and updated sensor, navigation, and combat-management equipment.
Scorpene-class submarine, Diesel-electric attack submarine, Naval SystemsScorpene-class submarineDiesel-electric attack submarineSide: UnknownBuilt: Naval Group / Mazagon Dock Limited / France / Spain / India / Brazil / IndonesiaThe Scorpene-class submarine is a Naval Group conventional attack-submarine family adapted for Chile, Malaysia, India, Brazil, and Indonesia. It remains a relationship-only catalog entry because the strongest public sources support export service, local construction, trials, and carried weapons rather than direct Scorpene combat use in a named armed conflict.
Type 212A submarine, Diesel-electric attack submarine, Naval Systems2001 Operation Active Endeavour, 2020 Operation IriniType 212A submarineDiesel-electric attack submarineSide: NATO maritime forcesEuropean Union maritime forcesBuilt: Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft / GermanyThe Type 212A submarine is Germany's six-boat hybrid diesel-electric attack submarine class, built by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft for the German Navy. Bundeswehr and NTI describe it as a low-signature AIP boat with fuel cells, six 533 mm torpedo tubes, and a mission set that includes covert patrol, reconnaissance, and special-operations support.
Type 209 submarine, Diesel-electric attack submarine family, Naval Systems1982 Falklands WarType 209 submarineDiesel-electric attack submarine familySide: ArgentinaBuilt: Howaldtswerke / thyssenkrupp Marine Systems / GermanyThe Type 209 is Germany's long-running export diesel-electric attack-submarine family, developed through the HDW lineage and continued in modern TKMS material as the HDW Class 209NG. Public sources tie the family to coastal sea denial, anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, mine-laying, intelligence collection, special-operations support, and documented combat use by Argentina's ARA San Luis during the 1982 Falklands War.
Project 21900M icebreaker, Diesel-electric icebreaker family, Naval SystemsProject 21900M icebreakerDiesel-electric icebreaker familySide: UnknownBuilt: Vyborg Shipyard / RussiaProject 21900M is a Russian 18 MW diesel-electric icebreaker family built for Rosmorport after the earlier Project 21900 ships. Vyborg Shipyard built Vladivostok and Novorossiysk, the Murmansk hull was completed through Arctech Helsinki Shipyard, and the later Project 21900M2 program returned to Vyborg with a higher Icebreaker7 classification. This relationship-only entry documents the civil icebreaker production base that sits beside Vyborg's later Project 23550 patrol-icebreaker work.
Upholder/Victoria-class submarine, Diesel-electric patrol submarine, Naval SystemsUpholder/Victoria-class submarineDiesel-electric patrol submarineSide: UnknownBuilt: Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering (VSEL) / United KingdomThe Upholder/Victoria class is a four-boat Type 2400 diesel-electric submarine line designed in the United Kingdom as the Royal Navy's late-Cold-War successor to the Oberon class. The Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering design was ordered for HMS Upholder in 1983, followed by three Cammell Laird-built boats, but the Royal Navy withdrew the class in 1994 as it moved to an all-nuclear submarine force. Canada acquired the reserve boats in 1998, renamed them as the Victoria class, and rebuilt them around Canadian fire-control, communications, and Mk 48 heavyweight-torpedo requirements. Current Royal Canadian Navy and National Defence material frames the class as Canada's covert underwater-surveillance and deterrence force while Victoria Class Modernization keeps the boats in service into the mid-to-late 2030s.
Iranian submarines, Diesel-electric submarine force, Naval Systems2020 United States-Iran ConflictIranian submarinesDiesel-electric submarine forceSide: IranBuilt: Admiralty Shipyards / Iranian Marine Industries Organization / Shahid Darvishi Industries / Russia / IranIranian submarines are the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy's mixed diesel-electric submarine force, combining Russian-built Tareq/Kilo boats with domestically built Fateh, Ghadir, and smaller midget-submarine classes. Centered on Bandar Abbas and the Strait of Hormuz, the fleet supports coastal sea denial, mine warfare, and anti-ship strike; during Operation Epic Fury, CENTCOM listed Iranian Navy ships and submarines among vessels damaged or destroyed.
Manned Combat Submersible, Dry special-operations submersible, Naval SystemsManned Combat SubmersibleDry special-operations submersibleSide: UnknownBuilt: Lockheed Martin / United StatesThe Lockheed Martin Manned Combat Submersible is the public product-line name associated with USSOCOM's Dry Combat Submersible Block 1, a dry, battery-powered swimmer-delivery vehicle derived from the S351 Nemesis family. Open sources document contract award, testing, IOC, FOC, and follow-on Block 2 planning rather than confirmed use in a named armed conflict, so this entry is maintained as a relationship-only system profile.
114 mm Vickers Mark 6, Dual-purpose naval gun turret, Naval Systems1982 Falklands War114 mm Vickers Mark 6Dual-purpose naval gun turretSide: United KingdomBuilt: Vickers-Armstrongs / United KingdomThe 114 mm Vickers Mark 6 was the postwar designation for the QF 4.5-inch Mark V gun carried in the Mark VI twin mounting, a British dual-purpose naval turret built around high-angle fire, remote power control, and rapid surface, air, and shore engagement. It entered service in 1947, equipped British and Commonwealth destroyers and frigates, and remained relevant in the 1982 Falklands War as Royal Navy escorts used 4.5-inch naval gunfire for shore support and surface engagements.
Project 861M Moma-class intelligence ship, Electronic intelligence ship, Naval Systems1999 Kosovo War / Operation Allied ForceProject 861M Moma-class intelligence shipElectronic intelligence shipSide: Russian monitoring forcesBuilt: Stocznia Polnocna / PolandProject 861M Moma-class intelligence ships were Soviet and Russian electronic-intelligence conversions of the Project 861 hydrographic survey design built at Stocznia Polnocna in Gdansk, Poland. Public ship references distinguish the base survey hulls from 861M intelligence conversions fitted with ESM, sonar, communications, and Strela self-defense equipment, while USNI documents Liman and Kil'din monitoring NATO actions in Kosovo from the Adriatic during Operation Allied Force.
Ukrainian Explosive Naval Drones, Explosive unmanned surface vessel, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarUkrainian Explosive Naval DronesExplosive unmanned surface vesselSide: UkraineBuilt: Ukrainian Defense Industry / SpetsTechnoExport / Security Service of Ukraine / UkraineUkrainian explosive naval drones are low-profile unmanned surface vessels developed during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War to extend Ukrainian strike reach in the Black Sea. The family includes DIU-linked MAGURA V5 craft and SBU-linked Sea Baby craft, with later configurations adding rocket or missile armament beyond the original one-way explosive attack role.
Docksta CB90 / Combat Boat 90 H, Fast assault craft / combat boat, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarDocksta CB90 / Combat Boat 90 HFast assault craft / combat boatSide: UkraineBuilt: Dockstavarvet AB / SwedenThe Docksta CB90, also known as Combat Boat 90 H or Stridsbat 90 H, is a Swedish all-aluminum fast assault craft produced by Dockstavarvet for littoral troop movement, cargo transport, and landing on unprepared beaches. Dockstavarvet says prototype work began after its 1988 selection, serial production started in 1990, and 147 Swedish boats had been delivered by October 2003. Manufacturer material identifies export and mission variants including CB 90 HCG, CB 90 HMN, Malaysian CB 90 H/HEX boats, CB 90 HS, and the modernized CB90 Next Generation / CB 90HSM.
Seraj-1 / Bladerunner fast boat, Fast attack craft / high-speed military boat, Naval Systems2026 Iran WarSeraj-1 / Bladerunner fast boatFast attack craft / high-speed military boatSide: IranBuilt: Iranian defense industry / Iranian Marine Industries Organization / IranThe Seraj-1 is Iran's militarized Bladerunner-derived fast boat, adapted for IRGC Navy high-speed littoral operations after Iran obtained and reverse-engineered a Bladerunner 51-style hull. Public sources describe rocket, heavy-machine-gun, missile, and air-defense derivatives, and 2026 Strait of Hormuz reporting places the Seraj series inside Iran's small-boat fleet during the 2026 Iran War.
Peykaap / Zolfaghar missile boat, Fast attack craft / missile boat, Naval SystemsPeykaap / Zolfaghar missile boatFast attack craft / missile boatSide: UnknownBuilt: Iranian defense industry / Iranian Marine Industries Organization / IranThe Peykaap and Zolfaghar missile-boat family covers North Korean IPS-16-derived Iranian fast attack craft adapted for torpedo or anti-ship missile attack. Official and specialist references place Peykaap I torpedo boats, Peykaap II/Bavar missile boats, and Peykaap III/Zolfaghar missile boats inside the IRGC Navy small-craft inventory, with Kowsar/TL-10, Zafar, and Nasr/C-704-family missile fits on the missile variants. Current Strait of Hormuz reporting discusses IRGCN small-boat swarms and missile threats, but public sources reviewed for this entry did not identify a Peykaap/Zolfaghar hull in a specific 2026 engagement.
Tondar / Houdong missile boat, Fast attack missile boat, Naval SystemsTondar / Houdong missile boatFast attack missile boatSide: UnknownBuilt: Hudong Shipyard / Iranian sustainment and modification facilities / China / IranThe Tondar or Houdong missile boat is a Chinese-origin fast attack missile boat operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy. Public sources describe the class as a larger Type 021/Houdong-derived craft rather than the separate C-14 or China Cat boat, with about ten Iranian hulls, four C802-family anti-ship missiles, gun armament, and a Persian Gulf coastal sea-denial role.
Ashura-class speedboat, Fast patrol boat / fast inshore attack craft, Naval SystemsAshura-class speedboatFast patrol boat / fast inshore attack craftSide: UnknownBuilt: Iranian Marine Industries Organization / IRGC Navy workshops / Iranian defense industry / IranThe Ashura-class speedboat is a small Iranian fast patrol and fast inshore attack craft family associated with the IRGC Navy's asymmetric small-boat force. Public sources describe the original Ashura/Ashoora boat as a compact glass-reinforced-plastic craft with gun, rocket, troop-carrying, and mine-capable configurations, while later Iranian reporting also applies the Ashura-class label to improved missile-capable boats.
Type 037IG missile boat, Fast-attack missile boat, Naval SystemsType 037IG missile boatFast-attack missile boatSide: UnknownBuilt: Jiangnan Shipyard / Qiuxin Shipyard / Huangpu Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 037IG missile boat, also known as the Houxin class, is a Chinese Type 037-derived fast-attack craft introduced in the early 1990s with C-801/YJ-8 anti-ship missile armament. Open sources describe it as a lower-cost alternative to the Type 037II Houjian class, document PLAN hull 752 as a retired museum vessel, and list six Myanmar Navy export boats entering service from 1995 to 1997.
Cutlass Class, Force protection patrol boat, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarCutlass ClassForce protection patrol boatSide: UkraineBuilt: Marine Specialised Technology / United KingdomThe Cutlass class is a Royal Navy force-protection patrol boat class built by Marine Specialised Technology for Gibraltar Squadron duties. The two 19-metre craft combine 40-knot waterjet performance, optical and infra-red sensing, OpenSea360 mission-system integration, and a compact crew/passenger layout for territorial-water security, visiting-warship protection, and maritime-interdiction support from Gibraltar.
Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, Naval Systems2023 Red Sea CrisisFreedom-class Littoral Combat ShipFreedom-variant littoral combat shipSide: United States-led coalitionBuilt: Lockheed Martin / Fincantieri Marinette Marine / United StatesThe Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship is the U.S. Navy's steel monohull LCS-1 variant, built by Lockheed Martin with Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Wisconsin for modular littoral warfare. During the 2023 Red Sea Crisis, USS Indianapolis (LCS-17) operated in a surface action group facing Houthi missiles and drones and became the first LCS to receive a Combat Action Ribbon.
Project 11661 Gepard-class frigate, Frigate class, Naval Systems2011 Syrian Civil WarProject 11661 Gepard-class frigateFrigate classSide: Syrian government and alliesBuilt: Zelenodolsk Plant named after A. M. Gorky / RussiaThe Project 11661 Gepard-class frigate is a Russian-built multi-role frigate family designed for anti-surface, anti-submarine, and air-defense work, plus peacetime border control and search-and-rescue duties. The class spans Russian Navy and export variants, and Dagestan's Kalibr strike role made it one of the Caspian Flotilla ships used against Syria in 2015.
Project 1234 Ovod / Nanuchka-class missile corvette, Guided missile corvette family, Naval Systems1981 U.S.-Libya Confrontations, 2008 Russo-Georgian War +2 moreProject 1234 Ovod / Nanuchka-class missile corvetteGuided missile corvette familySide: LibyaRussia and South Ossetian forcesGaddafi government forcesLibyan National ArmyBuilt: Almaz Shipyard / Vympel Shipyard / Soviet UnionProject 1234 Ovod, known in NATO reporting as the Nanuchka class, is a Soviet guided-missile corvette family built around a compact high-speed hull with heavy anti-ship missile armament. Soviet Project 1234 and 12341 ships carried P-120 Malakhit missiles and an Osa-M point-defense launcher, while export Project 1234E boats carried P-15/P-20 Termit missiles; documented combat losses connect Libyan export hulls to the 1986 Gulf of Sidra fighting, NATO's 2011 Libya campaign, and the 2014 Benghazi fighting.
River-class destroyer, Guided missile destroyer, Naval Systems2015 Various ConflictsRiver-class destroyerGuided missile destroyerSide: Unconfirmed conflict contextBuilt: Irving Shipbuilding / Lockheed Martin Canada / BAE Systems / Canada / United KingdomThe River-class destroyer is Canada's future guided-missile destroyer class, a 15-ship Royal Canadian Navy program based on BAE Systems' Type 26 Global Combat Ship and built through Irving Shipbuilding with Lockheed Martin Canada as design lead. Current official fact sheets describe a SPY-7/Aegis combat-system architecture, a 24-cell Mk 41 vertical launch battery for SM-2, ESSM, and Tomahawk missiles, Naval Strike Missile, Rolling Airframe Missile, Mk 54 torpedoes, and a CH-148 Cyclone aviation facility.
Project 1134B Berkut-B / Kara-class cruiser, Guided-missile anti-submarine cruiser, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarProject 1134B Berkut-B / Kara-class cruiserGuided-missile anti-submarine cruiserSide: RussiaBuilt: 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant / Soviet UnionProject 1134B Berkut-B, known to NATO as the Kara class, was a Soviet gas-turbine large anti-submarine ship family built at Shipyard 445 in Nikolayev. The seven-ship series paired Metel stand-off ASW missiles, Shtorm and Osa naval surface-to-air systems, rocket depth-charge launchers, torpedoes, sonar, and a Ka-25 helicopter facility; its last conflict-linked appearance was the decommissioned Ochakov being scuttled by Russian forces as a blockship in Donuzlav during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.
Udaloy-class anti-submarine destroyer, Guided-missile anti-submarine destroyer, Naval Systems2011 Syrian Civil War, 2008 Somali Piracy / Operation AtalantaUdaloy-class anti-submarine destroyerGuided-missile anti-submarine destroyerSide: Syrian government and alliesEU NAVFOR and partner naval forcesBuilt: Yantar Shipyard / Zhdanov Shipyard / Soviet UnionThe Udaloy-class, Soviet Project 1155 Fregat, is a Soviet/Russian anti-submarine destroyer family built around long-range ocean escort and submarine-hunting missions. Project 1155 ships combined bow and variable-depth sonar, two Ka-27 helicopters, SS-N-14/Rastrub missiles, torpedoes, RBU-6000 launchers, and gas-turbine propulsion; later Udaloy II and Marshal Shaposhnikov-style refits added heavier multi-role strike fits. Documented deployments tie Udaloy-class ships to Russia's Syria intervention and counter-piracy patrols off Somalia.
Project 21631 Buyan-M-class guided-missile corvette, Guided-missile corvette, Naval Systems2011 Syrian Civil War, 2014 Russia-Ukraine WarProject 21631 Buyan-M-class guided-missile corvetteGuided-missile corvetteSide: Syrian government and alliesRussiaBuilt: Zelenodolsk Plant named after A. M. Gorky / RussiaProject 21631 Buyan-M is a Russian river-sea guided-missile corvette class designed by Zelenodolsk Design Bureau and built at Zelenodolsk Plant named after A.M. Gorky. The class combines shallow-draft inland-water mobility with an eight-cell UKSK launcher for Kalibr or Oniks missiles, giving small Caspian, Black Sea, and Baltic combatants documented long-range strike roles in Syria and Ukraine.
Project 1164 Atlant / Slava-class guided-missile cruiser, Guided-missile cruiser, Naval Systems2008 Russo-Georgian War, 2011 Syrian Civil War +1 moreProject 1164 Atlant / Slava-class guided-missile cruiserGuided-missile cruiserSide: Russia and South Ossetian forcesSyrian government and alliesRussiaBuilt: 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant / Soviet UnionThe Project 1164 Atlant / Slava-class guided-missile cruiser is a Soviet-designed surface-strike cruiser class built at the 61 Kommunara yard in Mykolaiv. Its large angled anti-ship missile battery, S-300F Fort area air defense, Osa-M point defense, AK-130 gun, and helicopter deck made the class a Russian fleet flagship type, with Moskva documented in the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, Russia's Syria operation, and the 2022 phase of the Russia-Ukraine War before its sinking in the Black Sea.
Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, Guided-missile destroyer, Naval Systems2020 United States-Iran ConflictArleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyerGuided-missile destroyerSide: United StatesBuilt: General Dynamics / Huntington Ingalls Industries / United StatesThe Arleigh Burke class is the U.S. Navy's long-running DDG 51 guided-missile destroyer family, built around the Aegis Weapon System, Mk 41 vertical launch cells, gas-turbine propulsion, and multi-mission air, surface, subsurface, ballistic-missile-defense, and land-attack roles. The class entered service with USS Arleigh Burke in 1991, spans Flight I through Flight III hulls, and continues in production with the Flight III configuration centered on AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar and Aegis Baseline 10.
Hobart-class air warfare destroyer, Guided-missile destroyer, Naval Systems2015 Various ConflictsHobart-class air warfare destroyerGuided-missile destroyerSide: Unconfirmed conflict contextBuilt: Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance / AustraliaThe Hobart-class air warfare destroyer is Australia's three-ship Aegis-equipped guided-missile destroyer class, adapted from Navantia's F100 design and built in Australia by the Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance. Its public record is strongest as a fleet air-defense, escort, surface-strike, and undersea-warfare platform: the class combines AN/SPY-1D(V), Aegis Baseline 7.1, SM-2, ESSM, Harpoon, helicopter facilities, torpedoes, and a 48-cell Mk 41 vertical launch system, with later Australian test firings adding Naval Strike Missile, SM-6, and Tomahawk integration context.
Kang Kon destroyer, Guided-missile destroyer, Naval SystemsKang Kon destroyerGuided-missile destroyerSide: UnknownBuilt: North Korean shipbuilding industry / North KoreaKang Kon is North Korea's second Choe Hyon-class guided-missile destroyer, a 5,000-ton warship built at Chongjin, damaged during its first launch attempt, repaired and relaunched at Najin/Rajin, and then observed during June 2026 navigation trials. Open-source reporting treats the hull as a pending Korean People's Navy surface combatant rather than a combat-proven warship, with its final weapons integration and acceptance status still dependent on North Korean state reporting.
Project 11356R / Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate, Guided-missile frigate, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2011 Syrian Civil WarProject 11356R / Admiral Grigorovich-class frigateGuided-missile frigateSide: RussiaSyrian government and alliesBuilt: Yantar Shipyard / RussiaProject 11356R / Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates are Russian guided-missile frigates built by Yantar Shipyard from Severnoye Design Bureau's Project 11356 design line. Three ships entered Russian Navy service in 2016-2017 for Black Sea Fleet use, combining Kalibr land-attack capability, Shtil-1 air defense, a helicopter hangar, and reduced-signature hull features; later unfinished Russian hulls were redirected into India's upgraded Project 1135.6/Tushil-class path.
Project 22350 Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate, Guided-missile frigate, Naval Systems2015 Various ConflictsProject 22350 Admiral Gorshkov-class frigateGuided-missile frigateSide: Unconfirmed conflict contextBuilt: Severnaya Verf / RussiaThe Project 22350 Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate is a Russian multirole guided-missile frigate family designed by Severnoye Design Bureau and built by Severnaya Verf for escort, air defense, anti-submarine warfare, and long-range strike. Public sources describe it as Russia's post-Soviet ocean-going surface combatant class built around UKSK vertical launch cells for Kalibr, Oniks, and Tsirkon missiles, with later hulls receiving expanded launcher fits.
Bremen class / F122 frigate, Guided-missile frigate class, Naval Systems2014 War Against the Islamic StateBremen class / F122 frigateGuided-missile frigate classSide: Anti-ISIS coalition and partner forcesBuilt: Bremer Vulkan / GermanyThe Bremen class / F122 frigate was an eight-ship German Navy frigate class built from 1979 to 1990 and retained in service until Lübeck decommissioned in 2022. Designed around anti-submarine escort work with Sea Lynx helicopters, CODOG propulsion, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, Sea Sparrow air defense, torpedo tubes, and later RAM close-defense launchers, the class also appears in the anti-ISIS record through Augsburg's Operation Counter Daesh carrier-escort deployments.
Ohio-class guided-missile submarine, Guided-missile submarine, Naval Systems2011 First Libyan Civil War, 2020 United States-Iran ConflictOhio-class guided-missile submarineGuided-missile submarineSide: NATO-led coalitionUnited StatesBuilt: General Dynamics / United StatesThe Ohio-class guided-missile submarine is the U.S. Navy's converted SSGN platform for large Tomahawk strike loads, clandestine command-and-control, and special-operations support. Four former Ohio ballistic-missile submarines were refueled and converted in the 2000s, giving each boat up to 154 Tomahawk land-attack missiles plus space for SOF teams and equipment. The class has documented strike use in Libya in 2011 and in the 2020 United States-Iran Conflict during Operation Midnight Hammer.
Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier, Heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser / STOBAR aircraft carrier, Naval Systems2011 Syrian Civil WarKuznetsov-class aircraft carrierHeavy aircraft-carrying cruiser / STOBAR aircraft carrierSide: Syrian government and alliesBuilt: Black Sea Shipyard / Soviet UnionThe Kuznetsov class is a Soviet heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser design built at Nikolayev South Shipyard for ski-jump STOBAR carrier aviation and a shipboard missile battery. Admiral Kuznetsov remained Russia's sole aircraft carrier when its air wing deployed to the eastern Mediterranean and launched strikes in Syria in 2016.
Kiev-class aircraft carrier, Heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser / VTOL aircraft carrier, Naval SystemsKiev-class aircraft carrierHeavy aircraft-carrying cruiser / VTOL aircraft carrierSide: UnknownBuilt: Black Sea Shipyard / Soviet UnionThe Kiev class, Soviet Project 1143 Krechyet, was a family of heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers built at the Black Sea Shipyard in Mykolaiv for Soviet naval aviation. The ships combined Yak-38 VTOL aircraft and Kamov helicopters with cruiser-style P-500 Bazalt anti-ship missiles, air-defense weapons, and anti-submarine systems; the revised fourth hull, Baku / Admiral Gorshkov, later became India's INS Vikramaditya after a major STOBAR carrier conversion.
BK-16 high-speed assault / landing craft (Project 02510), High-speed assault and landing craft, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarBK-16 high-speed assault / landing craft (Project 02510)High-speed assault and landing craftSide: RussiaBuilt: Kalashnikov Concern / Rybinsk Shipyard / RussiaThe BK-16 is a Russian high-speed assault and landing craft of Project 02510, developed by Kalashnikov Concern's Rybinsk Shipyard for coastal, river-mouth, and unequipped-shore operations. Public sources distinguish domestic Project 02510 craft from the BK-16E export model, with both centered on troop transport, landing support, patrol, and modular fire-support or specialist mission fits; Russian craft are documented in wartime use or losses in the Black Sea and occupied Crimea during the Russia-Ukraine war.
BK-18 high-speed landing / assault craft (Project 02511), High-speed landing / assault craft, Naval Systems2011 Syrian Civil WarBK-18 high-speed landing / assault craft (Project 02511)High-speed landing / assault craftSide: Syrian government and alliesBuilt: Kalashnikov Concern / Rybinsk Shipyard / RussiaThe BK-18 high-speed landing / assault craft (Project 02511) is an enlarged Russian BK-series combat boat built by Rybinsk Shipyard for Kalashnikov Concern. Public references describe a 25-ton, 18.6-meter craft with pump-jet propulsion, a 40-knot top speed, 3 crew, and space for 19 embarked personnel; Russian Black Sea Fleet reporting places BK-18-type boats in anti-sabotage and base-protection duties connected to Tartus, Syria.
Dockstavarvet IC16M / IC16MII interceptor craft, High-speed patrol / interceptor boat, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarDockstavarvet IC16M / IC16MII interceptor craftHigh-speed patrol / interceptor boatSide: RussiaBuilt: Dockstavarvet AB / SwedenThe Dockstavarvet IC16M is a Swedish all-aluminum high-speed interceptor craft developed from the CB90 concept for patrol, security, and shallow-water interception work. Russian IC16MII boats P-834 and P-835 were commissioned in 2011, transferred to the Black Sea Fleet in 2014 as anti-saboteur boats, and later documented with a 12.7 mm 6P50-2 Kord fit.
HPB-1500 Police Patrol Craft, High-speed police patrol craft, Naval SystemsHPB-1500 Police Patrol CraftHigh-speed police patrol craftSide: UnknownBuilt: Marine Specialised Technology / United KingdomThe HPB-1500 Police Patrol Craft is a 15-metre UK Ministry of Defence Police and Gibraltar Defence Police patrol-boat program built by Marine Specialised Technology from a BMT design. The GBP36 million MOD/DE&S contract covers sixteen craft for MOD Police and two for Gibraltar Defence Police, replacing older police launches with waterjet craft for armed maritime policing, escort, cordon and naval-base force-protection duties.
BK-10 family high-speed assault boats, High-speed transport-assault rigid inflatable boat family, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarBK-10 family high-speed assault boatsHigh-speed transport-assault rigid inflatable boat familySide: RussiaBuilt: Rybinsk Shipyard / Kalashnikov Concern / RussiaThe BK-10 family is a Russian line of high-speed assault boats developed by Rybinsk Shipyard under Kalashnikov Concern for littoral transport, shore landing, patrol, and fire-support missions. The family centers on the 10-person BK-10 baseline and extends to larger BK-10M, BK-10M1, and BK-10D/DE variants; Russian-source reporting cited in 2024 placed BK-10 boats in Black Sea force-protection tasks against Ukrainian unmanned surface and landing threats.
Project 206MR Vikhr / Matka-class missile boat, Hydrofoil missile boat / patrol boat, Naval Systems2008 Russo-Georgian War, 2014 Russia-Ukraine WarProject 206MR Vikhr / Matka-class missile boatHydrofoil missile boat / patrol boatSide: GeorgiaUkraineBuilt: Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau / Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard / Soviet UnionProject 206MR Vikhr, known to NATO as the Matka class, is a Soviet hydrofoil missile-boat class built for high-speed coastal attack with P-15M anti-ship missiles, a 76 mm gun, and close-in 30 mm defense; surviving post-Soviet boats appeared in Georgian and Ukrainian service, including Tbilisi in the 2008 war and Pryluky during Ukraine's coastal defense in 2022.
Haixun 08, Hydrographic survey and patrol ship, Naval Systems2015 Various ConflictsHaixun 08Hydrographic survey and patrol shipSide: Documented operatorsBuilt: Jiangnan Shipbuilding Group / China State Shipbuilding Corporation / ChinaHaixun 08 is a Chinese Maritime Safety Administration hydrographic survey and patrol ship built by Jiangnan Shipbuilding and designed by the 708 Research Institute. China and trade reporting describe it as a high-end survey platform for seabed mapping, navigation data, search and rescue, and maritime patrol support rather than combat firepower.
Lapérouse-class hydrographic survey ship, Hydrographic survey ship, Naval Systems2015 Various ConflictsLapérouse-class hydrographic survey shipHydrographic survey shipSide: Unconfirmed conflict contextBuilt: Direction des Constructions Navales (DCN), Lorient / FranceThe Lapérouse class is a French Navy hydrographic survey ship class built at DCN Lorient for SHOM. The three ships combine coastal and deep-water survey work with satellite communications, multibeam and towed sonar sensors, hydrographic launches, and light defensive armament. SHOM describes La Pérouse, Borda, and Laplace as second-class hydrographic ships used by its Atlantic hydrographic and oceanographic group, with replacement planned through the CHOF future hydrographic and oceanographic capability program.
Project 23550 patrol icebreaker, Icebreaking patrol ship family, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarProject 23550 patrol icebreakerIcebreaking patrol ship familySide: RussiaBuilt: Admiralty Shipyards / Vyborg Shipyard / RussiaProject 23550 is a Russian multifunctional ice-class patrol ship family that combines patrol ship, icebreaker, and tug roles for Arctic operations. Admiralty Shipyards built the Navy Arktika-code ships Ivan Papanin and Nikolay Zubov, while Vyborg Shipyard builds the modified Ermak-code FSB Border Service ships Purga and Dzerzhinsky; the design is attributed to Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau.
INS Chennai, Indian Navy stealth guided-missile destroyer, Naval Systems2019 Operation SankalpINS ChennaiIndian Navy stealth guided-missile destroyerSide: Indian NavyBuilt: Mazagon Dock Limited / IndiaINS Chennai is an Indian Navy Kolkata-class Project 15A stealth guided-missile destroyer built by Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai and commissioned in 2016. The ship combines BrahMos strike missiles, surface-to-air missiles, surveillance radar, torpedo and rocket launchers, and documented Op Sankalp maritime-security service, including the January 2024 MV Lila Norfolk response.
Project 697TB, Inshore minesweeper, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarProject 697TBInshore minesweeperSide: RussiaBuilt: Shipyard named after Kirov, Astrakhan / Soviet UnionProject 697TB is a two-vessel Soviet inshore minesweeper class built at Astrakhan on small fishing-trawler hulls for mine search, sweeping, and destruction in harbor approaches, coastal waters, and dispersed basing areas. RT-59 moved from the Caspian Flotilla to Russia's Black Sea Fleet in 2023, while RT-181 remained associated with the Caspian Flotilla in published order-of-battle references.
Frauenlob class minesweeper, Inshore minesweeper class, Naval SystemsFrauenlob class minesweeperInshore minesweeper classSide: UnknownBuilt: Krögerwerft / GermanyThe Frauenlob class was a West German wooden-hulled inshore mine-warfare boat family built by Krögerwerft at Rendsburg. Bundesarchiv-linked records and specialist ship databases describe the boats as Class 362 coastal guard craft that became Class 394 inshore minesweepers, with ten Bundesmarine hulls entering service from 1966 to 1969 and three former German boats later forming part of Estonia's post-restoration mine-countermeasures force into the 2000s.
Project 10750 Sapfir / Lida-class inshore minesweeper, Inshore minesweeper class, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarProject 10750 Sapfir / Lida-class inshore minesweeperInshore minesweeper classSide: RussiaBuilt: Sredne-Nevskiy Shipyard / RussiaProject 10750 Sapfir, known to NATO as the Lida class, is a Soviet and Russian inshore mine-countermeasures vessel class built for mine clearance in port approaches, naval-base waters, coastal shallows, and rivers. The design combines a fiberglass hull, mine-search sonar, sweep and mine-destruction gear, a 30 mm AK-306 gun, and an Igla-1 self-defense missile fit; RT-233's 2023-2024 fleet movement gives the class a sourced but limited 2014 Russia-Ukraine War connection rather than confirmed combat-loss evidence.
Balzam class (Project 1826) intelligence ship, Intelligence collection ship, Naval Systems2015 Various ConflictsBalzam class (Project 1826) intelligence shipIntelligence collection shipSide: Unconfirmed conflict contextBuilt: Yantar Shipyard / Soviet UnionBalzam class, also reported as Project 1826 Rubidiy and NATO Balzam, is a Soviet intelligence-collection ship class built by Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad for SIGINT and communications interception. Open-source class metadata places it between the earlier Primor'ye surveillance ships and the later Vishnya intelligence ship family, with four hulls completed from 1980 to 1987 and a defensive fit that included Strela-2 launchers and AK-630 close-in weapons.
Yury Ivanov-class intelligence ship (Project 18280), Intelligence collection ship, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarYury Ivanov-class intelligence ship (Project 18280)Intelligence collection shipSide: RussiaBuilt: Severnaya Verf / RussiaThe Yury Ivanov-class (Project 18280) is a Russian intelligence-collection ship class designed by Central Design Bureau Iceberg and built at Severnaya Verf for fleet communications, command support, radio reconnaissance, electronic intelligence, and SIGINT duties. Ivan Khurs brought the class into the Black Sea Fleet and has been documented in the Russia-Ukraine War through Ukrainian attacks on Russian naval assets at sea and in occupied Sevastopol.
HMS Illustrious (R06), Invincible-class light aircraft carrier and helicopter carrier, Naval Systems1991 Iraqi No-Fly-Zone Conflict, 1991 Sierra Leone Civil War +1 moreHMS Illustrious (R06)Invincible-class light aircraft carrier and helicopter carrierSide: United States and coalition forcesSierra Leone government, UN, ECOWAS, and British forcesUnited States, NATO, and Afghan government forcesBuilt: Swan Hunter / United KingdomHMS Illustrious (R06) was a Swan Hunter-built Invincible-class light aircraft carrier that entered Royal Navy service in 1982 and later served as a helicopter and commando carrier. Public military records tie her to Operation Southern Watch, Operation Palliser, Afghanistan-era tasking, and later evacuation/support operations, while UK disposal records trace her 2014 decommissioning and 2017 recycling.
Ondatra-class landing craft (Project 1176), Landing craft mechanized, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarOndatra-class landing craft (Project 1176)Landing craft mechanizedSide: RussiaUkraineBuilt: Azovskiy Shipyard / Rybinsk Shipyard / Vympel Shipyard / Vostochnaya Shipyard / RussiaThe Ondatra-class landing craft, Soviet Project 1176 Akula, is a small mechanized landing craft built around an open cargo deck, bow ramp, and shallow-draft hull for short-range amphibious transport. Soviet and Russian shipyards produced the class from 1971 to 2009, with sources documenting a 24-meter craft able to carry a tank, trucks, troops, or 50 tons of cargo and wartime losses in the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War.
Mistral-class landing helicopter dock, Landing helicopter dock, Naval Systems2006 Lebanon War, 2011 First Libyan Civil WarMistral-class landing helicopter dockLanding helicopter dockSide: IsraelNATO-led coalitionBuilt: Naval Group / FranceThe Mistral class is a French landing helicopter dock family built around amphibious lift, command spaces, aviation facilities, and hospital support for force-projection and evacuation missions. French Navy source material lists 199 m length, 32 m beam, a 21,500-ton displacement, a 16-helicopter aviation fit, and a 69-bed hospital; operational records tie the class to French evacuation support off Lebanon in 2006 and helicopter strike support off Libya in 2011.
Project 775 Ropucha-class landing ship, Landing ship tank, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarProject 775 Ropucha-class landing shipLanding ship tankSide: RussiaBuilt: Stocznia Polnocna shipyard / PolandThe Project 775 Ropucha-class landing ship is a Polish-built Soviet tank landing ship family designed to beach troops, vehicles, and cargo directly ashore. Built at Stocznia Polnocna in Gdansk for the Soviet Navy, the 28-ship class became a visible Russian transport and amphibious threat in the Black Sea during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War, where Ukrainian strikes later removed or damaged several ships.
Ivan Gren-class landing ship (Project 11711), Large landing ship / landing ship tank, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarIvan Gren-class landing ship (Project 11711)Large landing ship / landing ship tankSide: RussiaBuilt: Yantar Shipyard / RussiaThe Ivan Gren-class landing ship (Project 11711) is a Russian large landing ship / landing ship tank designed by Nevskoe Design Bureau and built by Yantar Shipyard. The class carries troops, armored vehicles, cargo, helicopters, and obstacle-laying payloads for amphibious and naval transport missions; Pyotr Morgunov was part of Russia's Black Sea amphibious force during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Project 1171 Tapir / Alligator-class large landing ship, Large landing ship / landing ship tank, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarProject 1171 Tapir / Alligator-class large landing shipLarge landing ship / landing ship tankSide: RussiaBuilt: Yantar Shipyard / Soviet UnionThe Project 1171 Tapir / Alligator-class large landing ship is a Soviet-designed beachable landing ship tank built by Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad. The class was created to move troops, tanks, vehicles, ammunition, and cargo directly onto shore or through captured ports, and Russian use of the type as a Sea of Azov resupply ship was documented during the 2022 phase of the Russia-Ukraine War.
Haixun 06, Large patrol and rescue vessel, Naval Systems2015 Various ConflictsHaixun 06Large patrol and rescue vesselSide: Documented operatorsBuilt: Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group / China State Shipbuilding Corporation / ChinaHaixun 06 is a large Chinese maritime patrol and rescue ship built for the Fujian maritime safety system. Source reporting emphasizes long endurance, helicopter support, rescue capacity, and civil law-enforcement work rather than combat armament, and in June 2026 Taiwan identified it as one of the vessels operating east of the island.
Project 22160 patrol ship, Large patrol ship, Naval Systems2014 Russia-Ukraine WarProject 22160 patrol shipLarge patrol shipSide: RussiaBuilt: Zelenodolsk Plant named after A. M. Gorky / Zaliv Shipyard / RussiaThe Project 22160 patrol ship is a Russian Black Sea Fleet patrol-vessel class designed by Severnoye Design Bureau and built through the Zelenodolsk plant network for maritime patrol, economic-zone monitoring, and modular mission tasks. The class became a combat-relevant Black Sea system after Vasily Bykov appeared in the Snake Island assault and Sergey Kotov was later struck by Ukrainian MAGURA V5 naval drones.
Ship of the line, Line-of-battle sailing warship, Naval Systems2015 Various ConflictsShip of the lineLine-of-battle sailing warshipSide: Documented operatorsBuilt: Chatham Dockyard / Kingdom of Great BritainA ship of the line was the age-of-sail capital warship built to stand in a fleet battle line, keep heavy broadside batteries bearing, and survive close-range cannon fire from opposing capital ships. British rating practice put first-, second-, and third-rate ships at the center of this role, while HMS Victory remains the best-documented surviving example through her service from the War of American Independence to Trafalgar.
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