Engineering:Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate

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Short description: Russian class of frigates
Адмирал Григорович.jpg
Lead ship Admiral Grigorivich at anchor
Class overview
Name: Admiral Grigorovich class[1]
Builders:
  • Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad
  • Goa Shipyard
Operators:
Preceded by:
Built: 2010–present
In commission: 2016–present
Planned: 7
Building: 3
Completed: 3
Active: 3
General characteristics
Type: Guided missile frigate
Displacement:
  • Standard: 3,620 tons
  • Full: 4,000 tons[2]
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)
  • or
  • 2x M90FR FRU 20 (25/28) MW boost , 2x cruise M70FRU-2 14 MW , 8 MW
  • total=56–68 MW
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 M2M
  • Surface search radar: 3Ts-25 Garpun-B, MR-212/201-1, Nucleus-2 6000A
  • Fire control radar: JSC 5P-10 Puma FCS, 3R14N-11356 FCS, MR-90 Orekh SAM FCS
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • EW Suite: TK-25-5;
  • Countermeasures:
  • 4 × KT-216
Armament:
  • 1 × 100 mm A-190 Arsenal naval gun
  • 8 (2 × 4) UKSK VLS cells for Kalibr, Oniks or Zircon anti-ship cruise missiles[3]
  • Brahmos for India variants[4]
  • 24 (2 × 12) 3S90M VLS cells for 9M317M surface-to-air-missiles
  • 2 × AK-630 CIWS
  • 8 × Igla-S or Verba
  • 2 × double 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 1 × RBU-6000 rocket launcher
Aircraft carried: 1 × Ka-27 series helicopter
Aviation facilities: Helipad and hangar for one helicopter

The Admiral Grigorovich class, also referred to as Krivak IV class, Russian designation Project 11356Р/М, is a class of frigates built by the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad for the Russian Navy and Indian Navy. Based on the Talwar class, six ships were ordered for the Russian Black Sea Fleet under two contracts in 2010 and 2011 as a complement to the Admiral Gorshkov class frigates.[5]

History

By 2010-2011, it was decided the Russian Navy will procure six vessels based on the proven Talwar class design, mainly due to repeated delays with production of Admiral Gorshkov frigates and because of the urgent need for new frigates necessary for modernization of the Black Sea Fleet.[6] The Yantar Shipyard won the contract for construction of the frigates and three vessels was to be completed in four years. Previously, six ships of the same design, known as Talwar class, were built for the Indian Navy between 1999 and 2011 by the Baltic Shipyard, Saint Petersburg and Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad.[7]

The lead ship, Admiral Grigorovich, was laid down on 18 December 2010 and was commissioned on 11 March 2016.[8][9]

Initially, Ukrainian state-owned enterprise Zorya-Mashproekt was providing gas turbines for the Russian frigates,[10] but after the Ukrainian crisis, Ukraine said it would no longer supply the engines.[11] Instead, Russian manufacturer Saturn was asked to supply alternative M90FR gas turbines.[12]

Since October 2016, it was claimed the three incomplete frigates, Admiral Butakov, Admiral Istomin and Admiral Kornilov, that construction was suspended in 2015 due to Ukraine's refusal to supply gas turbine power plants, are considered to be sold to India.[13] The Russian Navy has opposed this export.[14]

On 1 June 2017, the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) announced that it would resume construction of the last three frigates in 2018 and that the ships will later join the Russian Navy. The decision to resume the work was made following the preliminary testing of latest Russian gas turbine engines, the M70FRU (14 MW) and M90FR (20 MW , maximal 25-28 MW), designed and built by NPO Saturn plant.[12] With an access to alternative power plants, the ships were believed to remain in Russian service.[15][16] In December 2017, NPO Saturn has successfully completed three R&D projects of the M90FR, Agregat-DKVP and M70FRU-R gas engines held since 2014.[17]

On 20 October 2018, however a decision was made to sell the unfinished frigates Admiral Butakov and Admiral Istomin to the Indian Navy under a contract worth US$950 million. The Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad will carry all necessary works to finish the frigates,[18][19] before they will be handed over to India in first half of 2024.[20]

Operational history

On 3 November 2016, as part of Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War, Admiral Grigorivich was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea for the first time.[21] On 15 November 2016, it launched Kalibr cruise missile on IS and Al-Nusra targets in Syria's Idlib and Homs provinces, destroying ammunition warehouses, gathering and training centers and weapon production plants.[22][23]

Admiral Grigorivich was redeployed to the Mediterranean Sea in April 2017, following the US missile strikes against Syria.[24]

Export

As part of the deal signed on 20 October 2018 for delivery of Admiral Butakov and Admiral Istomin frigates to the Indian Navy, Rosoboronexport and Goa Shipyard have signed an additional contract for two more Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates to be license-build at Goa Shipyard in India. Under the contract, Russia will provide India the technology know-how to build the frigates on its own. The final cost for the two vessels is yet to be determined but was estimated at US$500 million. The Indian Navy should receive the ships in 2026 and 2027, respectively.[18][19][25]

Ships

Name Namesake Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Fleet Status
 Russian Navy
Admiral Grigorovich Ivan Konstantinovich Grigorovich Yantar, Kaliningrad 18 December 2010 14 March 2014[26] 11 March 2016[27] Black Sea Active
Admiral Essen Nikolai Ottovich Essen Yantar, Kaliningrad 8 July 2011[28][29] 7 November 2014[30] 7 June 2016[31] Black Sea Active
Admiral Makarov[32][33][34] Stepan Osipovich Makarov Yantar, Kaliningrad 29 February 2012[35][36] 2 September 2015[37] 27 December 2017[38] Black Sea Active
 Indian Navy
Admiral Butakov Yantar, Kaliningrad 13 July 2013[39] 5 March 2016[40] by 2024 Under construction
Admiral Istomin Yantar, Kaliningrad 15 November 2013[41] 16 November 2017[42] by 2024 Under construction
Admiral Kornilov Yantar, Kaliningrad 16 November 2017[42] by 2026 Under construction
Goa Shipyard (completion)
Goa Shipyard by 2027 Planned

See also

References

  1. ↑ ""Адмирал Григорович"" (in Russian). http://flot.com/nowadays/strength/surfaceships/admiral-grigorovich/. Retrieved 5 February 2016. 
  2. ↑ "Russian missile frigate holds gunnery exercise in East Mediterranean". 14 October 2019. https://tass.com/defense/1082967. Retrieved 3 November 2019. 
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". https://rg.ru/2017/04/15/reg-ufo/rossijskaia-raketa-cirkon-dostigla-vosmi-skorostej-zvuka.html. 
  4. ↑ https://tass.com/defense/1045796
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  6. ↑ Admiral Gorshkov Frigate Reveals Serious Shortcomings in Russia’s Naval Modernization Program - Center for Strategic and International Studies, March 2016
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  9. ↑ LaGrone, Sam (9 June 2016). "Russian Black Sea Fleet Gets First New Frigate Since Cold War". https://news.usni.org/2016/06/09/russian-first-new-frigate. Retrieved 5 August 2016. 
  10. ↑ LaGrone, Sam (10 June 2015). "Russian Navy Faces Surface Modernization Delays Without Ukrainian Engines, Officials Pledge to Sue". http://news.usni.org/2015/06/10/russian-navy-faces-surface-modernization-delays-without-ukrainian-engines-officials-pledge-to-sue. Retrieved 5 November 2016. 
  11. ↑ "Russia hoping to export three sanction-hit Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates". Jane's Defence Weekly. http://www.janes.com/article/55284/russia-hoping-to-export-three-sanction-hit-admiral-grigorovich-class-frigates. 
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External links

"RIA Novosti: a new frigate is laid down in Kaliningrad for the Russian Navy (in Russian)". RIA Novosti. December 18, 2010. http://www.rian.ru/defense_safety/20101218/310453755.html. 




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