Krivak class frigate

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Soviet Union/Russian Federation
A Krivak I class frigate at anchor.
Builders:	Zhdanov yard Yantar yard Zaliv plant
Operators:	Russian Federation Navy KGB Maritime Border Guard Indian Navy Ukrainian Navy
Preceding class:	Riga class
Subclasses:	Talwar class
Ships in Class
Ships in class:	32
Ships planned but not completed:	1
General Characteristics
Class type:	Guided Missile Frigate
Displacement:	3300 tons standard, 3575 tons full load
Length:	405.3ft (123.5m)
Beam:	46.3ft(14.1m)
Draught:	15.1ft(4.6m)
Propulsion and power:	2 shaft; COGAG; 2x M-8k gas-turbines, 40,000shp; 2x M-62 gas-turbines (cruise), 14,950shp
Speed:	32 kt
Range:	4,995nm at 14 kt
Complement:	200
Armament:	1× 4 SS-N-14 'Silex' ASW missiles 2× SA-N-4'Gecko' SAM (40 missiles) 4× 76mm guns (2×2) (Krivak II had 2× 1 100mm guns) 2 x RBU-6000 Anti-Submarine rockets 2× 4 533mm torpedo tubes

The Soviet Krivak I class frigate Bezzevetniy (FFG 811) impacts with the USS Yorktown (CG-48) in the 1988 incident.

The Krivak class were a series of frigates built for the Soviet Navy. The Soviet designation was Project 1135 Burevestnik (Storm Petrel).

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 32 ships were built for the Soviet Navy and 8 modified ships for the KGB Maritime Border Guard.

The builders were:

Zhdanov yard - Leningrad
Yantar yard - Kaliningrad
Zaliv plant - Kerch

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 silouette identification training - "Hot dog pack, Smokestack, Guns in Back - Krivak."

1 General characteristics
2 Vessel list
3 External links

[edit] General characteristics

Displacement - 3300 tons standard, 3575 tons full load
Length - 405.3ft(123.5m)
Beam - 46.3ft(14.1m)
Draught - 15.1ft(4.6m)
Propulsions - 2 shaft; COGAG; 2x M-8k gas-turbines, 40,000shp; 2x M-62 gas-turbines (cruise), 14,950shp
Speed - 32kt
Range - 4,995nm at 14 knots
Complement - 200
Armament
- 1x4 SS-N-14 Silex ASW missiles
- 2 SA-N-4 SAM Missile systems (40 missiles)
- 4 76mm guns (2x2) (Krivak II had 2 x1 100mm guns)
- 2 x RBU 6000 Anti-Submarine rockets
- 2x4 533mm torpedo tubes

Krivak 3 - designated Project 1135.5 Nerei, These ships lacked the SS-N-14 missile system, which was replaced by a helicopter and hangar, and only one 100mm gun at the bow of the ship. These ships were built for and operated by the KGB Maritime Border Guard.

Talwar class - this is an advanced derivative built for the Indian Navy from 1999 to 2003.

[edit] Vessel list

[edit] Krivak 1

Bditelnyy - (Watchful, 1970)
Bodryy - (Brisk, 1971)
Svirepyy - (Fierce, 1971)
Storozhevoy - (Vigilant, 1972), this ship was involved in a mutiny in 1975, which inspired the novel The Hunt for Red October
Razyashciy - (Furious, 1973)
Rasumnyy - (Clever, 1974)
Druznyy - (Friendly, 1975)
Dostoynyy - (Virtuous, 1971)
Doblestnyy - (Valourous, 1973)
Deyatelnyy - (Active, 1973)
Bezzevetniy - (Serene, 1978)
Bezukoriznenny - (Irreproachable, 1980)
Ladnyy - (Harmonious, 1980)
Porvistiy - (Impetuous, 1980)
Zharkyy - (Heated, 1975)
Retivyy - (Ardent, 1976)
Leningradsky Komsomolets (1976) - renamed Legkiy (Light) in 1992
Letuchiy - (Flighty, 1977)
Pylkiy - (Fervent, 1979)
Zadornyy - (Passionate, 1979)

[edit] Krivak 2

Besmennyy - (Unchanging, 1979)
Gordelivyy - (Proud, 1979)
Gromkyy - (Loud, 1979)
Grozyachiy - (Threatening, 1977)
Neukrotimyy - (Untamable/Indomitable, 1978) - damaged by mine during Navy Day rehearsal 2005
Pitlivy - (Keen, 1982)
Razitelniyy - (Striking, 1977)
Revnostnyy - (Zealous, 1980)
Reskiy - (Sharp, 1976)
Rezvyy - (Frisky, 1975)
Ryavnyy - (Spirited, 1980)

[edit] Krivak 3

All ships built by Kamysh Borun Kerch

Menzhinski - (1984) - named after Vyacheslav Menzhinsky an OGPU chairman in 1930's
Dzerzhinski - (1985) - named after Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky the founder of the KGB
Orel - (ex-Imeny XXVII syezda KPSS, 1987)) - renamed after the city of Orel
Anadyr - (ex-Imeni 70-Letiya Pogranichnykh, commemorating 70 years of the USSR Border Troops, 1988) renamed after the Anadyr Peninsula
Pskov - (ex-Imeni LXX Letiya VChk-KGB, 1988) - renamed after the city of Pskov
Kedrov - (1989)
Vorovskiy - (1990)

Hetman Sagadaichi - built for the Ukrainian Navy after the collapse of the Soviet Union, named after Petro Konashevych, a 17th Century Ukrainian Cossack leader

A further ship to be named Hetman Doroshenko - after Petro Doroshenko, a 17th Century Ukrainian Cossack leader - was not completed due to financial problems

Three improved Krivak 3 frigates were sold to India in 1990s, with more ordered in 2006. [1] The improved Krivak 3 frigates are known as Talwar class frigate in Indian service.