Top 9 warships of the Black Sea Fleet

Russia's Black Sea Fleet, the successor of the Black Sea fleets of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, includes diesel submarines, surface ships for operations in oceanic and near-sea areas, naval anti-submarine and fighter aircraft, ground forces, and land and coastal forces.

The Black Sea Fleet is stationed at Sevastopol in Crimea. // Project 1241/ Р-109 “Breeze” (NATO reporting name: “Tarantul”) is a class of Soviet missile. In the late 1970s, the Soviets realised the need for a larger, more seaworthy craft with better gun armaments and higher positioned air search radars. The Indian Navy paid approximately $30 million each to license-produce the Tarantul-I in the early nineties. With over 30 sales in the export market, the Tarantul has been a relative success for the Russian shipbuilding industry.

The Black Sea Fleet was founded in 1783, after Crimea became part of the Russian Empire. The first item on his home became Ahtiarskaya Bay, located on the southwest coast of the Crimean Peninsula. Here the city of Sevastopol was founded. // The Russian Navy's Bora-class hoverborne guided missile corvette (NATO reporting name: “Dergach”) is one of the few types of military surface effect ship built solely for marine combat purposes, rather than troop landing or transport. Its designation in the Soviet and Russian navies is Project 1239. It is one of the largest combat sea vehicles with catamaran design.

The Kashin-class destroyers were a group of guided missile destroyers built for the Soviet Navy in the 1960s and early 1970s. Their Soviet designation was Project 61. As of 2007, one ship is in service with the Russian Navy, and five modified ships are in service with the Indian Navy as Rajput-class destroyers.

The Slava-class cruiser (Soviet designation: Project 1164 Atlant) is a large, conventionally powered warship, designed and constructed for the Soviet Navy and currently operated by the Russian Navy. Work on the design started in the late 1960s.

The Nanuchka class was the NATO reporting name for a series of corvettes or small missile ships built for the Soviet Navy and export customers between 1969 and 1981. The Soviet designation was Project 1234.1 Mirazh.

The Project 775 Ropucha (Toad) class landing ships are classified in the Russian Navy as "large landing craft". They are designed for beach landings and can carry a 450 ton cargo.

The Natya class was a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy and export customers during the 1970s and 80s. The Soviet designation was Project 266M Akvamarin. The ships were used for ocean minesweeping.

The Albatros class was a series of anti-submarine corvettes built by the Soviet Union between 1970 and 1990. These ships had a limited range and were used only in coastal waters.

The Rubin-class patrol boat, also known as Project 22460, is a Russian border patrol vessel. It is designed to combat underwater, surface and airborne targets. It can also conduct patrol and convoy escort duties. It is equipped with a Horizon Air S-100 and a license-built version of the Austrian Camcopter S-100 helicopter UAV, which is intended for search, detection and identification of small high-speed sea targets at a distance of 150 km from the carrier vessel.