Krivak-class frigate

A Burevestnik-class frigate in Sevastopol Bay, 2009.
Class overview
Name: Krivak class (Project 1135)
Builders:
Operators:
Preceded by: Riga class
Subclasses:
Completed: 40 (32 Burevestnik and Burevestnik M plus 8 Nerey)
Cancelled: 1 (Nerey subclass)
Active: 3[1]
General characteristics
Type: Frigate
Displacement: 3,300 tons standard, 3,575 tons full load
Length: 405.3 ft (123.5 m)
Beam: 46.3 ft (14.1 m)
Draught: 15.1 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion:
  • 2 shaft; COGAG
  • 2 x M-8k gas-turbines, 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
  • 2 x M-62 gas-turbines (cruise), 14,950 shp (11,150 kW)
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Range: 4,995 nmi (9,251 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement: 200
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Radar: 1 MR-755 Fregat-M/Half Plate air/surf search
  • Sonar: Zvezda-2 suite with MGK-345 Bronza/Ox Yoke bow mounted LF, Ox Tail LF VDS
  • Fire control: Purga ASW combat system, 2 Drakon/Eye Bowl SSM targeting, 2 MPZ-301 Baza/Pop Group
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
Start suite with Bell Shroud intercept, Bell Squat jammer, 4 PK-16 decoy RL, 8 PK-10 decoy RL, 2 towed decoys
Armament:
Aircraft carried: Ka-27 on Krivak III only

The Project 1135 Burevestnik (Storm Petrel) class were a series of frigates built for the Soviet Navy. These ships are commonly known by their NATO reporting class name of Krivak and are divided into Krivak I, Krivak II (both navy), and Krivak III (coast guard) classes.

These ships were designed as a successor to the Riga class. The design started in the late 1950s and matured as an anti-submarine ship in the 1960s. A total of 40 ships were built, 32 ships for the Soviet Navy (Russian Navy) and 8 modified ships of Nerey (Krivak III) subclass for the KGB Maritime Border Guard. Currently 7 of Nerey subclass are in FSB Coast Guard and one is part of Ukrainian Navy.

The ship's unique features—the bow missile box, the stack and the angled mast, earned it a rap-like nickname among U. S. sailors that comes from their foreign ship silhouette identification training — "Hot dog pack, Smokestack, Guns in Back — Krivak."

How many ships remain in active duty is uncertain. According to some sources Russia has four units in service and the Ukrainian Navy, one.[2][3] Russian press listed three units operational in February 2008, one with the Baltic Fleet and two with the Black Sea Fleet (BSF).[4]

The Indian Navy ordered six frigates of upgraded Krivak III class as the Talwar class. Three ships were delivered in 2003-2004. Three more were delivered in 2011-2012.

On 12 October 2010, it was announced that the Yantar Yard at Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea had won a contract to construct three new warships for the Russian Navy. The construction of the frigates for the Russian Navy will be carried out in parallel with the construction of the same-type frigates for the Indian Navy.[5][6]

Versions

The Soviet Burevestnik-class frigate Bezzavetny (FFG 811) collides with the US cruiser USS Yorktown in the 1988 incident.

Vessel list

Burevestnik (or Krivak I)

Name Meaning of name Builder Launched Commissioned Notes
Bditelnyy (Watchful) Yantar,
Kaliningrad
31 Dec 1970
Bodryy (Brisk) Yantar,
Kaliningrad
31 Dec 1971
Svirepyy (Fierce) Yantar,
Kaliningrad
1971
Storozhevoy (Vigilant) Yantar,
Kaliningrad
1972 30 Dec 1973 This ship was involved in a mutiny in 1975, which inspired the novel The Hunt for Red October.
Silnyy (Strong) Yantar,
Kaliningrad
1972
Razyashchiy (Striking) Yantar,
Kaliningrad
1973 30 Dec 1974 Stricken in Aug 1992
Razumnyy (Clever) Yantar,
Kaliningrad
30 Dec 1974
Druzhnyy (Friendly) Yantar,
Kaliningrad
30 Sept 1975 Currently on the Moscow River in northwest Moscow, intended to become a floating museum but work not started[8]
Dostoynyy (Virtuous) Kamysch-Burun,
Kerch
1971
Doblestnyy (Valorous) Kamysch-Burun,
Kerch
1973
Deyatelnyy (Active) Kamysch-Burun,
Kerch
1973
Bezzavetnyy (Serene) Kamysch-Burun,
Kerch
1973 Collided with USS Yorktown (CG-48) in February 1988 in the "Black Sea bumping incident"[9]
Bezukoriznennyy (Irreproachable) Kamysch-Burun,
Kerch
Dec 1979
Ladnyy (Harmonious) Kamysch-Burun,
Kerch
1980 Active as of 2015
Poryvistyy (Impetuous) Kamysh-Burun,
Kerch
10 Jan 1982 Transferred to Vladivostok 25 Nov 1994 as a training base
Zharkiy (Heated) Zhdanov,
Leningrad
26 June 1976
Retivyy (Ardent) Zhdanov,
Leningrad
28 Dec 1976
Leningradskiy Komsomolets Zhdanov,
Leningrad
1976 29 Sept 1977 Renamed Legkiy (Light) in 1992
Letuchiy (Flighty) Zhdanov,
Leningrad
10 Aug 1978
Pylkiy (Fervent) Zhdanov,
Leningrad
28 Dec 1978 Active as of 2015
Zadornyy (Passionate) Zhdanov,
Leningrad
5 Sept 1979

Burevestnik M (or Krivak II)

Soviet Burevestnik M-class guided missile frigate Pytlivyy

Nerey (or Krivak III)

The Krivak-class frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy is the current flagship of the Ukrainian navy.[10]
Soviet KGB Border Troops Nerei class-frigate Imeni 70-Letiya Pogranichnykh Voisk (renamed Anadyr in Russian Coast Guard service) in 1988. KGB ensign is risen.

All ships were built in Kerch. All ships were intended for the Soviet border guard. Seven ships are operated by the Russian Maritime Border Guard (2008)

Operated by the Ukrainian Navy

Project 11356 in Indian Navy (Talwar class)

Three improved Nerei frigates were ordered by the Indian Navy on 17 November 1997. They are known as Talwar-class frigates in Indian naval service. Three more, armed with the Brahmos missile, were ordered on 14 July 2006.[12]

Project 11356M (Admiral Grigorovich class)

Six frigates of the Admiral Grigorovich class were ordered for the Black Sea Fleet to be built by the Yantar Yard in Kaliningrad which is also building the Talwar class for the Indian Navy.

See also

Notes

  1. "Боевые искусства. Все о самообороне". Warfare.ru. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  2. "Боевые искусства. Все о самообороне". Warfare.ru. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  3. John Pike. "Ukraine - Navy Equipment". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  4. Kommersant Vlast', No.7, 25 February 2008 (Russian)
  5. "Yantar shipyard to build three warships for Russian Navy". Brahmand.com. 2010-10-13. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  6. "Kaliningrad shipyard to build three frigates for Russian Navy | Defense | RIA Novosti". En.rian.ru. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  7. 27.09.2010 (2010-09-27). "BSF to receive new frigates every year since 2013". Rusnavy.com. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  8. EnglishRussia.com - "Friendly" Ship Guarding Moscow
  9. William J. Aceves. "Diplomacy at Sea: U.S. Freedom of Navigation Operations in the Black Sea". International Law Studies. 68.
  10. Kozhara: Hetman Sahaidachny frigate to join NATO’s anti-piracy operation, Interfax-Ukraine (17 September 2013)
  11. 1 2 Michael Holm, Krivak III class, accessed March 2014.
  12. Russia to complete second missile frigate for Indian Navy by March
  13. "St. Andrew flag hoisted on Russia's Project 11356 lead frigate". TASS. 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  14. "На заводе "Янтарь" началось строительство корабля для ВМФ России | Калининград.Ru". Kaliningrad.ru. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  15. http://www.janes.com/article/61116/russian-navy-receives-admiral-essen-frigate
  16. "Флоту – новый фрегат". Redstar.ru. 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  17. 20.06.2011 (2011-06-20). "Russian Navy to receive six frigates". Rusnavy.com. Retrieved 2014-03-08.

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