Krivak class frigate
A Burevestnik class frigate in Sevastopol Bay, 2009. |
| Class overview |
| Builders: |
Zhdanov yard, Leningrad
Yantar yard
Zaliv plant, Kerch |
| Operators: |
Russian Federation Navy
FSB Coast Guard
Indian Navy
Ukrainian Navy |
| Preceded by: |
Riga class |
| Subclasses: |
Talwar class |
| Completed: |
40 (32 Burevestnik and Burevestnik M plus 8 Nerey) |
| Cancelled: |
1 (Nerey subclass) |
| Active: |
3[1] |
| General characteristics |
| 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; 2x M-8k gas-turbines, 40,000 shp; 2x M-62 gas-turbines (cruise), 14,950 shp |
| 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
and decoys: |
Start suite with Bell Shroud intercept, Bell Squat jammer, 4 PK-16 decoy RL, 8 PK-10 decoy RL, 2 towed decoys |
| Armament: |
• 1× 4 URK-5(SS-N-14 'Silex') SSM/ASW missiles
• 2× Osa-MA SAM systems SA-N-4'Gecko' SAM (40 missiles)
• 4× 76 mm guns (2×2) (Burevestnik M had 2×1 100 mm guns)
• 2×RBU-6000 Anti-Submarine rockets
• 2×4 533 mm torpedo tubes |
| 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 ship are commonly known by their NATO reporting 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 that remain in active duty today 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 Project 11356 as the Talwar Class. Three ships were be delivered in 2003-2004. Three more are under construction and will be delivered in 2011-2012.
On 12 Oct, 2010, it was announced that the Yantar Yard at Kaliningrad on the Baltic 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
- Project 1135, Burevestnik: Design process started in 1956 as an anti-surface frigate successor to the Riga-class frigate. The role changed to an anti-submarine ship powered by gas turbines and armed with the SS-N-14 missile. The main building yards were Zhdanov Yard, Leningrad, Yantar Yard, Kaliningrad and Kamysh Burun yard, Kerch. NATO referred to these ships as Krivak I class.
- Project 1135 M, Burevestnik M: This group of ships were fitted with single 100mm guns instead of the twin 76mm weapons of the Burevestnik. They also had a redesigned Variable Depth Sonar (VDS) installation. All of these ships were built in Kaliningrad. NATO referred to these ships as Krivak II class.
- Project 1135.1 Nerei (Nereus): These ships lacked the SS-N-14 missile system, which was replaced by a helicopter and hangar, and only one 100 mm gun at the bow of the ship. These ships were built for and operated by the KGB Maritime Border Guard. NATO referred to these ships as Krivak III class.
- Project 1135.2: This was a modernisation of the Burevestnik ships Zharkiy and Leningradski Komsomolets (renamed Legkiy). The refit involved replacing the RBU-6000 anti submarine mortars with SS-N-25 anti-ship missiles, new radar, sonar and ECM equipment. The two ships completed their refits in 1991 and others were to have been modernised but the programme was cancelled with the collapse of the Soviet Union. NATO referred to these ships as Krivak IV class.
- Talwar class: this is an advanced derivative built for the Indian Navy from 1999 to 2003. It could have been called Krivak-IV.
- Admiral Grigorovich class (also known as project 11356 (or 1135.6)): This is expected to be completed in similar configuration as the Talwar class. Three ships are ordered for the Black Sea Fleet, with the first one laid down on December 18, 2010; two or more ships planned. [7] These ships could have been called the Krivak-V class.
- Admiral Gorshkov class (Project 22350): the most modern Russian frigate class is a new design derived from the Talwar class.
Vessel list
Burevestnik
- 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
- Razyashchiy (Striking, 1973)
- Razumnyy (Clever, 1974)
- Druzhnyy (Friendly, 1975) — currently on the Moscow River in northwest Moscow, intended to become a floating museum but work not started. [8]
- Dostoynyy (Virtuous, 1971)
- Doblestnyy (Valourous, 1973)
- Deyatelnyy (Active, 1973)
- Bezzavetnyy (Serene, 1978), collided with USS Yorktown (CG-48) in February 1988 in what some observers have called "the last incident of the Cold War[9]"
- Bezukoriznennyy (Irreproachable, 1980)
- Ladnyy (Harmonious, 1980), involved in the hunt for lost cargo ship MV Arctic Sea in 2009.
- Poryvistyy (Impetuous, 1980)
- Zharkiy (Heated, 1975)
- Retivy (Ardent, 1976)
- Leningradskiy Komsomolets (1976), renamed Legkiy (Light) in 1992
- Letuchiy (Flighty, 1977)
- Pylkiy (Fervent, 1979), active in Feb 2008
- Zadornyy (Passionate, 1979)
Burevestnik M
- Bessmennyy (Unchanging, 1979)
- Gordelivy (Proud, 1979)
- Gromkiy (Loud, 1979)
- Grozyashchiy (Threatening, 1977)
- Neukrotimyy (Untamable/Indomitable, 1978) — damaged by pyrotechnic mine during St. Petersburg Navy Day rehearsal July 2005
- Pytlivyy (Keen, 1982), active in Feb 2008
- Razitelnyy (Striking, 1977)
- Revnostnyy (Zealous, 1980)
- Rezkiy (Sharp, 1976)
- Rezvyy (Frisky, 1975)
- Ryavnyy (Spirited, 1980)
Nerey
All ships were built in Kerch.
Seven ships are operated by the Russian Maritime Border Guard (2008)
- Menzhinskiy (1984)—named after Vyacheslav Menzhinsky an OGPU chairman in 1930s
- Dzerzhinskiy (1985)—named after Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky the founder of the KGB
- Oryol (ex-Imeni 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)
Operated by the Ukrainian Navy
Project 11356 in Indian Navy (Talwar class)
Three improved Nerei frigates were sold to the Indian Navy in the 1990s. They are known as Talwar-class frigates in Indian naval service. Three more, armed with the Brahmos missile, were ordered on 14 Jul 2007.[10]
- INS Talwar (F40) (2003)
- INS Trishul (F43) (2003)
- INS Tabar (F44) (2004)
- INS Teg F45 - launched in Dec 2009, to be delivered in mid-2011
- INS Tarkash F46 - launched in 23 Jun 2010[11], will be delivered in 2011/2012
- INS Trikand F50 - will be launched in 25 May 2011 [12], will be delivered in 2012
Project 11356M in Russian Navy
Three 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.
- Admiral Grigorovich - ordered for BSF - laid down in 18 December 2010 , will be delivered in 2013[13]
- Admiral Essen - ordered for BSF - laid down in 8 July 2011, will be delivered in 2013/2014[14]
- Admiral Makarov - ordered for BSF - will be delivered in 2014
- TBD - planned for BSF - planned to be delivered till 2015
- TBD - planned for BSF - planned to be delivered till 2015
- TBD - planned for BSF - planned to be delivered till 2016[15]
Notes
References
- Gardiner, Robert (ed.). Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. London: Conway Maritime. ISBN 0851776051. OCLC 34284130. Also published as Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław. Conway's all the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1557501327. OCLC 34267261.
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