Project 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.
Russian forces used Project 11770 Serna-class landing craft as Black Sea landing and logistics transports during the Russia-Ukraine War. Ukrainian and contemporary reporting document one Serna craft destroyed by a Bayraktar TB2 near Snake Island on 2022-05-07 while carrying a Tor air-defense system, and a later Vuzka Bay strike on a Project 11770 craft carrying crew and armored vehicles in occupied Crimea on 2023-11-10.
Role detailsDirect reporting ties the Serna to Russian maritime logistics around Snake Island and occupied Crimea, where Ukrainian drones and uncrewed surface vessels targeted small landing craft at exposed piers and island approaches.
| Event | Related systems | Source-backed context |
|---|---|---|
| Snake Island, 2022-05-07 |   | Ukrainian MoD and Naval News reporting describe a TB2 strike on a Project 11770 Serna craft that was carrying a Tor air-defense system near Snake Island. |
| Vuzka Bay, 2023-11-10 |   | Ukrainian MoD and Defense Express reporting describe a nighttime USV attack on one Project 11770 Serna and one Project 1176 Akula/Ondatra craft carrying crew and armored vehicles. |
Sources: Ukraine MoD Black Sea Fleet losses; Naval News TB2 strike on Serna; Defense Express Crimea landing ships.
Project 11770 is the Russian-service Serna designation; RussianShips lists Project 11771 as the export designation for four Volga-built craft.
| Variant | Configuration | Designation notes |
|---|---|---|
| Project 11771 | Export variant | RussianShips lists four Project 11771 export craft from Volga, with three delivered to the United Arab Emirates and one delivered to Estonia as patrol boat Tiir 104 before later civilian conversion. Sources: RussianShips Project 11770 |
Conflict reporting identified specific equipment carried aboard Serna craft during Russian Black Sea operations.
| Carried item | Item type | Carriage evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Short-range air-defense system | Ukrainian MoD and Naval News reporting linked the Snake Island Serna strike to a Tor air-defense system being transported or carried aboard the landing craft. Sources: Ukraine MoD Black Sea Fleet losses, Naval News TB2 strike on Serna |
| Armored personnel carrier cargo | Defense Express reported that the Serna-class landing craft hit in the November 2023 occupied-Crimea operation were carrying crew and armored vehicles including BTR-82 APCs. Sources: Defense Express Crimea landing ships |
RussianShips lists D-67, a Volga-built Project 11770 craft, as commissioned on 1994-12-30, while the export Project 11771 run began with 1994 deliveries.
Sources: RussianShips Project 11770
KCHF lists the Project 11770 air-cavity fast landing craft D-199 as launched in 2012 and commissioned in 2014, showing late-built hulls still entering Russian service after the class's first 1990s craft.
Sources: KCHF Project 11770 Serna class
Ukrainian MoD and Naval News reporting identified a Project 11770 Serna-class landing craft destroyed near Snake Island while carrying a Tor air-defense system.
Sources: Ukraine MoD Black Sea Fleet losses, Naval News TB2 strike on Serna
Ukrainian MoD and Defense Express reporting described a USV strike near Vuzka Bay in occupied Crimea that hit one Project 11770 Serna-class craft and one Project 1176 Akula/Ondatra-class landing craft carrying crew and armored vehicles.
Sources: Ukraine MoD Black Sea Fleet losses, Defense Express Crimea landing ships
