Russian Nav's Project 22160 patrol ship Vasily Bykov was damaged by a Ukrainian multiple launch rocket system in the Black Sea near Odesa. The ship sank today. There is no information about its crew yet.

The Project 22160 class patrol ship is 94m-long, 14-m-wide, and 3.4m- draught, has a standard displacement of 4,550 tons, and can accommodate up to 80 personnel.

The patrol and maximum speeds of the ship are 16kt and 30kt respectively.

The ship has a cruising range of 6,000nm at patrol speeds and an endurance of 60 days.

The Vasily Bykov was armed with 1 57mm А-220М naval gun on the bow of the main deck. With a rate of fire of 300rpm, the gun is designed to defeat air, surface and coastal targets.

Two 14.5mm heavy machine guns are mounted on the bridge deck. The ship is also equipped with two DP-65 grenade launchers and one Gibka air defense missile turret mount, armed with eight Igla man-portable air-defense systems.  A variety of module containers including weapon modules containing 324 mm Paket-NK torpedoes, 3M24 and Kalibr-NK could be aded

The ship Vasily Bykov participated in the Battle of Snake Island on 24 February during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine together with the Russian cruiser Moskva