The Ukrainian Sea Guard (, ; fully titled – , ) is the coast guard service of Ukraine, subordinated to the State Border Guard Service.
History The creation of the Sea Guard began simultaneously with the creation of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
After the proclamation of the Republic of Crimea, on March 18, 2014, the State Border Service began the withdrawal of the Sea Guard from the Crimea.
Since 1999, ships and boats of the Sea Guard have been numbered with the prefix BG. Sea Guard vessels bear the Морська охорона inscription on their boards.
Organization The Sea Guard is the local successor of the Soviet Border Troops Naval Units that were similarly responsible for coast guard tasks. However, there were some interchanges in units, ships and personnel between the Sea Guard and the Ukrainian Navy.
The Sea Guard operates four sea guard detachments: in Balaklava, Odesa, Izmail and Kerch; a sea guard cutters division in Mariupol; a special-purpose sea guard cutters division in Yalta; and a riverine Dnieper sea guard cutters division in Kyiv.
Sea guard administration is split between the Azov-Black seas regional administration in Simferopol and the Southern regional administration in Odesa.
Squads of Marine Security Mariupol Sea Guard Detachment (from the Cape of Mehanom across the strait of Kerch and the Sea of Azov to administrative border between Zaporizhia and Donetsk regions) Izmail Sea Guard Detachment Odessa Sea Guard Detachment (Southern regional administration)
Personnel Service personnel of the Sea Guard wear either a black uniform similar to the Ukrainian Navy, but decorated with some green elements (traditional for border guard), or a common uniform of the Border Guard Service, while officers wear, since the 2010s, Western style sleeve insignia featuring the executive curl.
Battle fleet
Major vessels Sea Guard vessels bear the Морська охорона inscription on their boards.
ClassPhotoTypeShipsDisplacementOriginCommissionedNote Warship (1 in service) Pauk Anti-submarine corvette BG-50 Hryhoriy Kuropyatnykov580 Yaroslavl 1984 Fast attack craft (6 in service)Stenka Patrol boats BG-57 Mykolaiv245 Almaz 1988 BG-63 Pavlo Derzhavin1987 BG-62 Podillya1983ShmelУкраїнські “Джмелі” пройдуть докові ремонти. mil.in.ua. 22 February 2019 River gunboats BG-82 Lubny77 Zaliv Shipbuilding yard 1972 BG-83 Nizhyn1968 BG-84 Izmayil 1969 Patrol ships (11 in service) Orlan Patrol gunboat BG-200 Balaklava42.5 More 2012 Was intended to replace the Zhuk-class patrol boatsZhuk 1400M (Grif) Small patrol gunboats BG-101 KaMO-50939.7 More 19881 unidentified Zhuk 1400M captured by Russia after the Battle of Berdiansk 1 unidentified Zhuk 1400M damaged and captured by Russia during the Siege of Mariupol In 2020, KaMO-514, Liubomyr and KaMO-522 were reported to belong to a detachment east of the Kerch Strait - prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine BG-103 KaMO-5111987 BG-106 Zlatokray/ More1992 BG-107 KaMO-5161992 BG-109 Nemyriv1992 BG-111 Odesa1992 BG-115 Ternopil1993 BG-116 Darnytisa1993 BG-117 Vatutinets1993 Cutters (29-32 in service)PO-2 (project 376) Diving cutter BG-801 PSKA-15541.1 Yaroslavl1966 Harbor patrol BG-612 PSKA-61246.89 Sosnovka1968PSKA-612 and PSKA-613 may still be undergoing repair BG-613 PSKA-613 (project 371) Small patrol boats Head no. 6289.83 Vympel ShipyardHead no. 729Head no. 871 BG-8031990Kalkan-P (project 09104) Patrol cutters BG-07 7.74 Mykolaiv BG-082002 BG-12 2008Kalkan (project 50030)Морська охорона ремонтує катери проекту 50030. mil.in.ua. 1 March 2019Patrol cutters BG-3057.8 More1 unidentified Kalkan captured by Russia during the Siege of MariupolImage a0z.ru In 2018, BG-303 and BG-305 were reported to belong to a detachment east of the Kerch Strait - prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine BG-320 BG-333 BG-503 BG-603 BG-604 BG-807 Sailor Mykola Kushnirov BG-808Aist (project 1398B) Small patrol boats BG-60920 Four of six Aist-class ships in the Ukrainian Navy and Sea Guard prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine BG-610 BG-611 BG-815 (project 363) Support boat BG-806 RKZ-461 28.7 Yaroslavl 1952 May still be undergoing repairUMS 1000 Patrol cutters BG-15 7.4 Kyiv 2011Series of small patrol cutters developed by UMS boats In 2018, BG-25 was reported to belong to a detachment east of the Kerch Strait - prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine BG-162012 BG-172012 BG-192012 BG-202013 BG-212013 UMS 600 Patrol cutters BG-724Image a0z.ru 1.46 Kyiv In 2020, was reported to belong to a detachment west of the Kerch Strait - prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine 1 vessel 1.32 In 2018, 1 vessel was reported to belong to a detachment east of the Kerch Strait - prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine Special purpose RIB (5 in service) BRIG Navigator N730M Rigid inflatable boat 1 vessel 2.56Owner's manuel brigboats.com 2019-2020 BRIG Navigator N700MRigid inflatable boat BG-43 2.46 BG-42Safe Boat 27 Rigid inflatable boats BG-1002 5.15 2019 BG-10032019 Auxiliary vessels Tug (1 in service) Titan Tug BG-60 Titan 1,025 Georg Eides Sønner, Høylandsbygd 1974 Resumed service after repairs in 2021 Airboat (1 in service) Panther Airboats-design airboat Airboat BG-717 Cocoa, Florida Motor yachts (3 in service)Galia-640 Small patrol boats BG-707 Galeon Yachts, Straszyn In 2018, 1 vessel was reported to belong to a detachment east of the Kerch Strait - prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine BG-709 Galia-280 Small patrol boat BG-731 Galeon Yachts, Straszyn Training (1 in service) Chaika (project 1360) Training vessel BG-01 KrymKrym at fleetphoto.ru 256 Almaz 1978 Converted from patrol boat in 2020 Special purpose boats and barges (4 in service) Celik Border support ship BG-58 Amethyst Converted from fishing vessel in 2000 (project R-140) Barracks ship RSZ-20405.2 Sokol 1984 (project 824M) Floating dock PZh-61M 1,386 (project 889A) Floating dock Head no. 717 1,354 Burgas
Prospective additions ClassPhotoTypeShipsDisplacementOriginCommissionedNote Awaiting repair Kalkan-P (project 09104) Patrol cutter BG-10 7.74 Mykolaiv 2006 Awaiting deliveryOcea FPB 98 Patrol boats BG-202120 Ocea ShipbuildingFirst units expected to come into service in 2022; already launched that year Arrived in Malta in May 2023 en route to Ukraine BG-203 Under constructionOcea FPB 98 Patrol boats BG-201120 Nibulon / Ocea Shipbuilding 20 vessels originally planned; first laid down in 2020 BG-201 already launched; first units expected to come into service in 2022 BG-204 BG-205 BG-207 38 Defiant Pilothouse patrol boats 10 under construction Metal Shark In June 2022, Metal Shark announced these boats were under construction as part of an accelerated strategy to support Ukraine which began in 2019. In January of the same year, the Sea Guard announced its expectation to receive 11 Metal Shark boats of the 38 Defiant and 36 Fearless classes in 2022 Center console patrol boats 4 under construction 36 Fearless High-performance military interceptor boats 3 under construction Metal Shark In June 2022, Metal Shark announced these boats were under construction as part of an accelerated strategy to support Ukraine which began in 2019. In January of the same year, the Sea Guard announced its expectation to receive 11 Metal Shark boats of the 38 Defiant and 36 Fearless classes in 2022
Decommissioned, sold, destroyed, captured