Buyan class corvette

Buyan class corvette (pr 21630)
Class overview
Builders: St. Petersburg's Almaz shipyard
Operators: Russian Federation
Building: 5
Planned: 15
Completed: 6
Active: 6
General characteristics
Type:Project 21630
Displacement:550 Tons standard (project 21630)
949 Tons full (project 21631)[1]
Length:62 m (203 ft) (21630)
74.1 m (243 ft) (21631)
Beam:9.6 m (31 ft) (21630)
11 m (36 ft) (21631)
Height:6.57 m (22 ft)
Draft:2 m (7 ft) (21630)
2.6 m (9 ft) (21631)
Propulsion:1 × CODAD engine, Pumpjet.
Speed:28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) (21630)
25 Knots (21631)
Range:1,500 mi (1,300 nmi; 2,400 km) (21630)
2500 miles at 12 knots (21631) http://www.zdship.ru/press-centre/e-news-events/932/
Endurance:10 days
Complement:29-36 (21630)
52 (21631)
Sensors and
processing systems:		radar: «MR-352 Pozitiv-M1.2» phased array radar system (Pozitiv-ME1.2 for export)

Navigational radar: «MR-231 Pal» artillery fire control system : «5P-10-03 Laska » (5P-10-03E for export) Sonar: «Anapa-M» suite (Anapa-ME for export)

Other: 1 x electro-optical surveillance device
Armament:1 × 100 mm A-190

2 × 30 mm AK-630 (AK-630-M2 in 21631)
1 × 40 retractable A-215 "Grad-M" (only 21630)
8 × SS-N-27 (Kalibr) AShM in 14UKSK VLS (only 21631)
1 × 4 3M-47 Gibka (Igla-1M) (2 × 4 in 21631)
1 × 1 DP-65 remotely controlled anti underwater saboteur grenade launching system

2 × 1 14.5 mm, 3 × 1 7.62 mm (only 21631)

The Buyan class corvette was designed by Zelenodolsk Design and designated Project 21630 by the Russian Government. This is one of the newest corvettes of the Russian Navy. The first ship of her class, the Astrakhan was commissioned on September 2006, and assigned to the Caspian Flotilla.[2][3]

In August 2010 some information about newly modified Project 21631 ships was published. The lead ship of this project, Grad Sviyazhsk, was laid down on 27 August 2010. This ship is a missile version of Project 21630 "Buyan" small-size gunnery ship and is dubbed as "Buyan-M". This ship of Project 21631 is dedicated to the defense of national economic zones and its main purpose is engagement of surface warships. This is going to be an up-to-date ship armed with missile and artillery weapons, and equipped with electronic countermeasure equipment. The yard will build five ships including the lead one, since a contract was approved by the Russian defense ministry on May 26.[4][5]

One of the export variants[6] of Project 21630 called Project 21632 "Tornado" [7]is going to be bought by Kazakhstan.[8]

Ships

Buyan class — significant dates
Name Project # Shipyard Laid down Launched Commissioned Fleet Status
Astrakhan 21630 Sankt-Peterburg 30 January 2004 7 October 2005 1 September 2006 Caspian Active
Volgodonsk 21630 Sankt-Peterburg 25 February 2005 6 May 2011[9] 28 December 2011[10] Caspian[11] Active
Mahachkala 21630 Sankt-Peterburg 24 March 2006 27 April 2012 [12] 4 December 2012[13] Caspian Active
Grad Sviyazhsk 21631 Zelenodolsk 27 August 2010 9 March 2013[14][15] 27 July 2014[16] Caspian Active
Uglich 21631 Zelenodolsk 22 July 2011[17] 10 April 2013 27 July 2014 Caspian Active
Veliki Ustyug 21631 Zelenodolsk 27 August 2011[18] 21 May 2014[19] 19 December 2014[20][21][22] Caspian Active
Zeleni Dol 21631 Zelenodolsk 29 August 2012[23][24] 2014 2015 Black Sea Fleet
Serpuhov[25] 21631 Zelenodolsk 25 January 2013[26] 2014 2015 Black Sea Fleet
Vyshny Volochek 21631 Zelenodolsk 29 August 2013[27] Caspian
Orehovo-Zyevo 21631 Zelenodolsk 29 May 2014
Ingushetiya 21631 Zelenodolsk 29 August 2014[28]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "- Keel-laying of the sixth small missile ship of 21631 project". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "RIA Novosti - Russia - Russian Navy receives stealth-capable gunboat". En.rian.ru. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
  3. ↑ Eugene Yanko, Copyright 1997 - info@warfare.ru. "21630 Buyan Small Artillery Ship | Russian Arms, Military Technology, Analysis of Russia's Military Forces". Warfare.ru. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
  4. ↑ 26.08.2010 (2010-08-26). "Zelenodolsky Shipyard to lay down a Project 21631 small-size missile ship". Rusnavy.com. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  5. ↑ 31.08.2010 (2010-08-31). "Appearance of Project 21631 small-size missile ship got abroad". Rusnavy.com. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  6. ↑ http://sa.uploads.ru/CYsaJ.jpg
  7. ↑ http://sa.uploads.ru/CYsaJ.jpg
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  9. ↑ "Торжественный спуск "Волгодонска" - 6 Мая 2011 - Docks's Life". Docklife.ucoz.ru. 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  10. ↑ """". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  11. ↑ 10.11.2011. "Caspian Flotilla To Receive Two Ships In 2011". Rusnavy.com. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  12. ↑ """ "" 27". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "Caspian Flotilla received new Stealth corvette". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  14. ↑ ""-" """. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  15. ↑ "«Спущен на воду малый ракетный корабль «Град Свияжск»» в блоге «Судостроение » - Сделано у нас". Сделано у нас. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  16. ↑ "- На кораблях «Град Свияжск» и «Углич» подняли Военно-Морские флаги". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  17. ↑ 20.07.2011 (2011-07-20). "В Зеленодольске заложат новый ракетный корабль для ВМФ России". Flotprom.ru. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  18. ↑ 26.08.2011 (2011-08-26). "На Зеленодольском заводе имени А.М. Горького состоится закладка третьего МРК типа "Буян"". Flotprom.ru. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  19. ↑ "«Великий Устюг» спущен на воду". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  20. ↑ "bmpd". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  21. ↑ "Шесть малых ракетных кораблей пополнят ВМФ России - Еженедельник «Военно-промышленный курьер»". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  22. ↑ http://vpk-news.ru/news/23208
  23. ↑ ". .. 21631". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  24. ↑ Mevedev, Sergei. "Russian Black Sea Fleet to get 3 surface ships, two submarines in 2015 — Сaptain". http://tass.ru/en/''. Itar-Tass. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  25. ↑ "Fifth Buyan-Class Corvette Gets Name of Serpukhov". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  26. ↑ "21631 25". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  27. ↑ "Work Begins on 6th Missile Boat for Caspian Flotilla". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  28. ↑ http://flotprom.ru/news/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=170424

External links

See also

Braunschweig class corvette - Deutsche Marine (German Navy)