Soviet frigate Zadornyy
 A port bow view of Zadornyy at anchor in 1988. | |
| History | |
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  Soviet Union | |
| Name: | Zadornyy |
| Namesake: | Russian for Passionate |
| Builder: | A.A. Zhdanov, Leningrad |
| Yard number: | 716 |
| Laid down: | 10 November 1977 |
| Launched: | 25 March 1979 |
| Commissioned: | 31 August 1979 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 December 2005 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Project 1135 Burevestnik frigate |
| Displacement: | 2,835 tonnes (2,790 long tons; 3,125 short tons) standard, 3,190 tonnes (3,140 long tons; 3,520 short tons) full load |
| Length: | 123 m (404 ft) |
| Beam: | 142 m (466 ft) |
| Draft: | 4.5 m (15 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft; COGAG; 2 x M-3 gas-turbines, 36,000 shp (27,000 kW); 2 x M-60 gas-turbines (cruise), 12,000 shp (8,900 kW) |
| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,000 nmi (7,408 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 23 officers, 169 men |
| Sensors and processing systems: | MR-310A Angara-A air/surface search radar, Volga navigation radar, Don navigation radar, MG-332 Titan-2, MG-325 Vega, 2 MG-7 Braslet and MGS-400K sonars |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: | PK-16 ship-borne decoy dispenser system |
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Zadornyy (Russian: Задорный, "Passionate") was a Soviet Navy 1135 Burevestnik-class Guard Ship (Сторожевой Корабль, SKR) or Krivak-class frigate.
Design
Zadornyy was the last Project 1135 ship laid down.[1] Displacing 2,835 tonnes (2,790 long tons; 3,125 short tons) standard and 3,190 tonnes (3,140 long tons; 3,520 short tons) full load, the vessel was 123 m (404 ft) in length.[2] Power was provided by a combination of two 18,000 horsepower (13,000 kW) M3 and two 6,000 horsepower (4,500 kW) M60 gas turbines, driving two fixed pitch screws, for a design speed of 32 knots (59 km/h).[2]
The ship was designed for anti-submarine warfare around four URPK-3 Metel missiles (NATO reporting name SS-N-14 'Silex'), backed up by 533 mm (21 in) torpedoes and a pair of RBU-6000 213 mm (8 in) anti-submarine rocket launchers. The main armament was upgraded to URPK-5 Rastrub (SS-N-14B) between 11 June 1990 and 23 May 1995.[3]
Service
Zadornyy was accepted into the Northern Fleet on 13 September 1979 as part of the 10th Brigade and was subsequently involved in the Avangard-81, Sever-81 and Okean-83 exercises. As part of operations in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Mediterranean Sea, the ship visited Havana, Cuba, between 28 December 1984 and 2 January 1985 and Algiers, Algeria, between 2 and 6 May 1985. The Cuban visit was repeated in November 1988 when Zadornyy took part in a joint exercise called Sodruzhestvo along with Vice-Admiral Kulakov and Project 641B submarine B-215.[3]
In 1996, the ship took part in the Russian Navy's 300th Anniversary at Arkhangelsk. Zadornyy took part in a number of joint operations with Royal Navy frigates, operating with Iron Duke in the Barents Sea during June 1997, taking part in an August 2001 exercise named Dervish with Campbeltown, and hosting Sutherland on a visit to Murmansk in May 2005.[3]
Pennant numbers
| Pennant Number | Date |
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| 520 | 1979 |
| 965 | |
| 909 | |
| 948 | 1983 |
| 937 | 1985 |
| 959 | 1988 |
| 955 | 1998 |
References
- ↑ Baker, A. D. (2002). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 2002–2003. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. pp. 637–638.
- 1 2 "Guard Ships Project 1135". Russian Ships. 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- 1 2 3 Holm, Michael. "Project 1135 Krivak I class". Soviet Armed Forces 1945–1991. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
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