Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate

Lead ship Admiral Grigorivich at anchor
Class overview
Name: Admiral Grigorovich class (Project 11356P/M)[1]
Builders: Yantar Shipyard
Operators:  Russian Navy
Preceded by: Burevestnik class
Building: 3
Planned: 6
Completed: 3
Active: 2
General characteristics
Type: Frigate
Displacement:
  • Standard: 3,620 tons
  • Full: 4,035 tons
Length: 124.8 m (409 ft)
Beam: 15.2 m (50 ft)
Draught: 4.2 m (14 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 2 shaft COGAG;
  • 2 DS-71 cruise gas turbines 8,450 shp (6,300 kW);
  • 2 DT-59 boost gas turbines 22,000 shp (16,000 kW) ;
  • Total: 60,900 shp (45,400 kW)
Speed: 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 4,850 nmi (8,980 km; 5,580 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Endurance: 30 days
Complement: 200
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Air search radar: Fregat M2EM
  • Surface search radar: 3Ts-25E Garpun-B, MR-212/201-1, Nucleus-2 6000A
  • Fire control radar: JSC 5P-10E Puma FCS, 3R14N-11356 FCS, MR-90 Orekh SAM FCS
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • EW Suite: TK-25E-5;
  • Countermeasures:
  • 4 × KT-216
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 Ka-27PL or Ka-31 helicopter

The Admiral Grigorovich class (Фрегаты проекта 11356Р/М) is the latest class of frigates ordered by the Russian Navy for the Black Sea Fleet. Six ships (two batches of three ships)[3] have been ordered so far to be built by the Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad.

History

Yantar Shipyard won the contract for the construction of the frigates on 8 October 2010. The contract for the construction of three frigates was to be completed in four years. The keel for the lead ship, Admiral Grigorovich was laid down on 18 December 2010 and was expected to be in service 34 months from that date (October 2013). Six similar ships were built for the Indian Navy, called the Talwar class.[4] Construction of the ships was commissioned because repeated delays with production of Admiral Gorshkov-class frigates necessitated urgent deliveries of new frigates, based on the proven Krivak-class design, to the Black Sea Fleet.[5]

The class's original gas turbines were made by Ukrainian state-owned enterprise Zorya-Mashproekt. The company was a center of Soviet maritime gas turbine design and production.[6] The last three vessels remain without engines as of November–December 2014.

After the Ukrainian crisis, Ukraine said it would no longer supply the engines.[7] Instead Russian manufacturer Saturn was initially asked to supply alternative M90FR turbines. However, these cannot be completed before 2019–2020, and this delay seemingly means the Navy would rather use the funds elsewhere.[8]

On 9 December 2015 it was announced that the lead vessel was being sent from the Baltic to the Northern Fleet for the next stage of state tests. Some weapons firings are not possible in the Baltic.[9] The lead ship was commissioned on 11 March 2016.[10][11]

Admiral Grigorivich was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea in November 2016 as part of Russia's deployment to Syria.[12] On 15 November 2016 Admiral Grigorivich launched Kalibr cruise missile strikes against ISIS targets in Syria.[13][14] Admiral Grigorivich was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea following the US missile strike against Syria in April 2017.[15]

On 1 June 2017, the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) announced that it would resume construction of the three remaining frigates that had been suspended since 2015, as it now has access to replacement M70FRU and M90FR gas turbine engines from the United Engine Corporation.[8]

Export

According to a deal signed in October 2016, two frigates of this class were to be exported to India and two more built in India for the Indian Navy,[16] but the Russian Navy opposed this export.[17] In June 2017, USC announced it will resume the construction of the last three frigates Admiral Butakov, Admiral Istomin and Admiral Kornilov in 2018, and the ships will later join the Russian Navy. Earlier, the construction of these ships was suspended due to Kiev's refusal to supply gas turbine power plants. The decision to resume the work was made following the preliminary testing of the latest Russian gas turbine units M70FRU and M90FR. Because of Russia's inability to complete them it was assumed that they would be sold to India, but with a new source of power plants they will remain in Russian service.[18][19]

Ships

Name Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Fleet Condition Notes
Admiral Grigorovich Yantar, Kaliningrad 18 December 2010 14 March 2014[20] 11 March 2016[21] Black Sea Active
Admiral Essen Yantar, Kaliningrad 8 July 2011[22][23] 7 November 2014[24] 7 June 2016[25] Black Sea Active
Admiral Makarov[26][27][28] Yantar, Kaliningrad 29 February 2012[29][30] 2 September 2015[31] November 2017[32][33][34] Black Sea In sea trials
Admiral Butakov Yantar, Kaliningrad 13 July 2013[35] 5 March 2016[36] Before 2020[37] Black Sea[38] Under construction
Admiral Istomin Yantar, Kaliningrad 15 November 2013[39] Before 2020 Black Sea Under construction
Admiral Kornilov Yantar, Kaliningrad[40] Before 2020 Black Sea Under construction[41]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ https://rg.ru/2017/04/15/reg-ufo/rossijskaia-raketa-cirkon-dostigla-vosmi-skorostej-zvuka.html
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  5. ↑ Admiral Gorshkov Frigate Reveals Serious Shortcomings in Russia’s Naval Modernization Program - Center for Strategic and International Studies, March 2016
  6. ↑ LaGrone, Sam (10 June 2015). "Russian Navy Faces Surface Modernization Delays Without Ukrainian Engines, Officials Pledge to Sue". usni.org. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
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  13. ↑ "Russian carrier takes part in massive strikes on terrorists in Syria’s Idlib & Homs provinces – MoD". RT International. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
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