Gepard-class frigate

Frigate Dinh Tien Hoang under maintenance
Class overview
Name: Gepard class (Project 1166.1)
Builders: Zelenodolsk Shipyard/Zelenodolsky Plant Gorky (Зеленодольский завод имени A.M. Горького)
Operators:  Russian Navy
 Vietnamese People's Navy
Preceded by: Koni class
Built: 1991–
Building: 2
Planned: 8
Completed: 4
Active: 4
General characteristics
Type:frigate
Displacement:1,500 tons (standard)
1,930 tons (full load)
Length:102.14 m (335.1 ft) (93.5 m waterline)
Beam:13.09 m (42.9 ft)
Draught:5.3 m (17 ft)
Propulsion:2 shaft CODOG, 2 × gas turbines (29,300 shp each), 1 × Type 61D Diesel (8,000 bhp), 3 × 600 kW diesel alternator sets
Speed:28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range:4,000 nmi (7,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Endurance:15 days
Complement:98
Sensors and
processing systems:		Radar:Navigation radar (unknown type), Cross Dome surface & air search radar, Pop Group SA-N-4 fire control radar, Bass Stand cruise missile target designator, Bass Tilt AK-630 fire-control
Sonar:Medium-frequency hull mounted, medium-frequency towed variable depth sonar
Electronic warfare
and decoys:		Electronic Warfare: 2 × Bell Shroud passive intercept, 2 × Bell Squat jammers, 4 × 16-barreled Pk-16 countermeasure rocket launchers
Armament:8 × Kh-35 Anti-Ship missiles (two quadruple launchers) or 8 × Kaliber NK ASM (Dagestan)

1 × Osa-M surface-to-air missile system (one twin launcher, 20 SA-N-4 Gecko missiles)
1 × 76.2 mm 59-caliber AK–176 automatic dual-purpose gun (500-round magazine)
2 × 6-barreled 30 mm AK-630 point-defense guns (2,000-round magazine for each)
4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (two twin launchers)
1 × RBU-6000 12-barreled Anti-Submarine rocket launcher

12–20 mines

The Russian Gepard ("Cheetah") class frigates (Project 1166.1) were intended as successors to the earlier Koni, Grisha, and Parchim-class corvettes. The first unit of the class, Yastreb (Hawk), was laid down at the Zelenodol'sk Zavod shipyard at Tatarstan in 1991. She was launched in July 1993, after which she began fitting out; fitting was nearly completed by late 1995, when it was suspended due to lack of funds. Renamed Tatarstan, the ship was finally completed in July 2002, and became the flagship of the Caspian Flotilla. She has two sister ships, the Albatros (renamed Dagestan), and the Burevestnik (Storm Petrel), which was still under construction as of 2012. These vessels are capable of employing their weapons systems in conditions up to Sea State 5. The hull and superstructure are constructed primarily of steel, with some aluminum-magnesium being used in the upper superstructure. They are equipped with fin stabilizers and twin rudders, and can use either gas turbines or diesel for propulsion in a CODOG configuration.

Export models

The Gepard class was designed from the outset as a lightweight, inexpensive export vessel. The Russians have offered five variants for foreign sale.

The Vietnam People's Navy received in March and August 2011 two Gepard 3.9 class frigates ordered in 2006, built in Russia at Tatarstan's Gorky Shipbuilding Plant. As of 2012 Vietnam was examining a purchase of two more, possibly built in Vietnam under license.[1] [2] In late 2011 Vietnam signed a contract for an additional batch of two ships in an ASW version.[3][4] A further two ships were ordered in 2014 to bring the total order up to six vessels.[5]

Ships

Operator No. Name Project Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Fleet Status
 Russian Navy 691 Tatarstan (ex Yastreb) 11661 Zelenodolsky Shipyard (now Zelenodolsky Plant Gorky) 1993 2.7.2001 31.8.2003 Caspian active
 Russian Navy 693 Dagestan (ex Albatros)[6] 11661K Zelenodolsky Shipyard (now Zelenodolsky Plant Gorky) 1994 01.04.2011[7] 28.11.2012[8] Caspian active
 Vietnamese People's Navy 011 HQ-011 Dinh Tien Hoang 11661E (Gepard 3.9) Zelenodolsky Shipyard (now Zelenodolsky Plant Gorky) 10.7.2007 12.12.2010 [9] 23.3.2011 [10][11] active
 Vietnamese People's Navy 012 HQ-012 Ly Thai To 11661E (Gepard 3.9) Zelenodolsky Shipyard (now Zelenodolsky Plant Gorky) 27.11.2007 16.3.2011 [12] 22.8.2011 [13] active
 Vietnamese People's Navy ? ? 11661E (Gepard 3.9) Zelenodolsky Shipyard (now Zelenodolsky Plant Gorky) 24.9.2013[14] ? ? Under construction[15]
 Vietnamese People's Navy ? ? 11661E (Gepard 3.9) Zelenodolsky Shipyard (now Zelenodolsky Plant Gorky) 24.9.2013 ? ? Under construction

See also

References

  1. ↑ John Pike (1920-01-20). "Gepard Class - Project 1166.1". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  2. ↑ "Vietnam Receives Second Russian-Made Frigate". Defense News. 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  3. ↑ 07.12.2011. "Vietnam Bought Second Batch of Russian Gepard-Class Frigates". Rusnavy.com. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  4. ↑ "Second Batch of Gepard Equipped with Sthil-1 Missile". July 11, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Vietnam purchases two more Russian frigates". February 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Russia floats out new missile frigate for Caspian Sea". October 8, 2013.
  7. ↑ 05.04.2011. "Missile ship Dagestan was launched in Zelenodolsk". Rusnavy.com. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  8. ↑ http://rusnavy.com/news/newsofday/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=16565
  9. ↑ 14.12.2009 (2009-12-14). "Russian shipyard built frigate for Vietnam". Rusnavy.com. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  10. ↑ 26.10.2010 (2010-10-26). "Работы над фрегатами "Гепард" для Вьетнама близки к завершению". Flot.com. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  11. ↑ "Russian Shipyard Built Frigate for Vietnam". December 18, 2009.
  12. ↑ "Russia floats out second Gepard class frigate for Vietnam | Defense | RIA Novosti". En.rian.ru. 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  13. ↑ Tuoi Tre (2011-08-22). "Vietnam gets most modern patrol ship in region - Politics - TuoiTreNews". Tuoitrenews.vn. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  14. ↑ http://en.rian.ru/military_news/20130924/183693967/Russia-Starts-Building-2-Frigates-for-Vietnamese-Navy-.html
  15. ↑ "Russia to Deliver 2 More Warships to Vietnam by 2016". November 11, 2014.

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