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       The Naval Bill also indicates the size of Ukrainian Navy at that time.  In the year 1919 the Ukrainian Navy composed of 800 officers and 12500 sailors.  The Bill was also to enforce the reconstruction of coastal defences and hidrographical probing of the Black Sea.  New ships were constructed in the shipyards and in the construction  policy, Directory tended to continue the policy Kaisers Germany - amasing a large fleet of superdreadnouts.  Even with the ships of Antante in Crimea, the Naval minister M. Bilynsky still worked on creation of the Southern Front and recovery of Crimea.  A new marine regiment was formed as well.  1st  Hutsylsky Regiment was formed from lumberjacks from Western Ukraine and those Galicians who served in the Imperial Austro-Hungarian Navy in the Adriatic.   Soon in Kamianets-Podilsky 2nd Marine Regiment was formed and the third  regiment was in the proces of forming, when the war with the Bolsheviks broke out.  Together these three regiments formed the 1st Marine Division, which engaged with the Bolsheviks around Kamianets region. Kamianets-Podilsky soon became the  permanent residence of the Directory governement , which was dislocated due to Bolsheviks capture of Kiev.  Kamianets there for became an important center and a Guardmarine school was opened to produce new cadre for the Navy.
In 1920 the Naval Ministry also created Dnipro Flotylla, which patrolled the Dnipro river and even included an armored train "Chornomorets" to protect the vital supply cities. 

Faith of Ukrainian Naval forces
       Towards the end of 1921 Ukraine was faced with four fronts.  With Poles in the West, Bolshevika to the East , Antante and Denikin in the South and Typhys epidemy breaking out, Ukrainian troops became exhaused and lacked ammunition. The 1st Marine Division participated in First (1920) and Second (1921) Winter Campains against the Bolsheviks and in their uneven battle at the Mali Mlynky was mostly destroyed and those who surrendered were still executed.  The ships which Antante took to Istambul were handed over to Denikins forces.   The same ships were used to evacuate Wrangel's army and latter part of them was left to the Turks and part taken to Bizetta in Northern Africa, where they became part of French Navy.    The government of UNR put its claims for the Navy and even appealed to the Council of Nations, but France ignored the appeals and sold some ships, while others served in the French Navy until the 50's. 
          The Mozyr river flotylla was caputred by the Poles and joined the Polish navy.  Througout the 1922 - 1939 the Bolsheviks staged a number of fake trials against the Ukrainian sailors and many along with some leading officers were imprisoned or executed.  Those who managed to escape settled in Galicia and in the interwar years would join the Polish Navy and during the war the German Kriegsmarines.