Engineering:Karakurt-class corvette

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Short description: Russian naval corvette
Schiff «Burya» 03.jpg
Burya
Class overview
Name: Karakurt class
Builders:
  • Pella Shipyard, Saint Petersburg
  • More Shipyard, Feodosia
  • Zalyv Shipbuilding yard, Kerch
  • Zelenodolsk Shipyard, Zelenodolsk
  • Amur Shipyard, Komsomolsk-on-Amur
  • Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok
Operators:  Russian Navy
Preceded by: Buyan class
Cost: approx. RUB2 billion (2017)[1] (US$34.3 million)
Built: 2015–present
In service: 2018–present
Planned: 16[2][3]
Building: 3
Completed: 13
Active: 4
General characteristics
Type: Guided-missile corvette
Displacement: 800 tons (860 tons after first two vessels)
Length: 67 m (219 ft 10 in)
Beam: 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Draft: 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Propulsion:
  • CODAD:
    • 3 Zvezda M-507D1 112 c or 16D49 16D500 12V ZE1600KZ diesel engine with 3 diesel generators DGAS-315
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi)
Endurance: 15 days
Complement: 50–70
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Mineral-M radar
  • Pozitiv-M 1.2 3D radar
  • AESA type radar
  • Pal-N-4
  • 5P-10-03 Laska Fire-control radar (for naval gun and AK-630 CIWS)
  • SP-520
  • Lanzor KT-216
  • PK-10
  • MP-405-1
  • Satellite communication station Tsentavr-NM
Armament:
  • 1 × 76.2 mm 59-caliber AK-176MA or 100 mm A-190 automatic dual-purpose guns
  • 1 × Pantsir-M CIWS with Hermes-K missiles or 1 × 3M89 Palash/ Palma CIWS with Sosna-R missiles (4+4 SAM in total 8 plus under reload units) or 2 × AK-630M-2 CIWS (on first 2 vessels)
  • 2 × 4 UKSK VLS cells for Kalibr or Oniks anti-ship cruise missiles
  • 2 x 12.7x108 mm Kord machine gun
Aircraft carried: Launcher for Orlan-10 UAV[4]

The Karakurt class, Russian designation Project 22800 Karakurt (Russian: Каракурт, lit. 'Latrodectus tredecimguttatus' European Black Widow), is a new class of Russian corvettes (small missile ships in Russian classification) which have been entering service with the Russian Navy since 2018.

The class is intended as a more seaworthy, blue-water complement to the Buyan-M-class corvettes, designed for the littoral zone and which (As of 2015 ) serve in Russia's Caspian Flotilla, Baltic Fleet and Black Sea Fleet.[5] The ships are designed to be armed with Kalibr or Oniks anti-ship cruise missiles and have an endurance of 15 days.[citation needed] They are also to be a cheap alternative for larger Admiral Grigorovich-class frigates, for which construction was delayed due to the suspended military cooperation with Ukraine, and because of Russia's intention to continue the modernization of its navy until all necessary tasks for construction of larger vessels domestically are solved.[6][failed verification] Nevertheless, delays in the supply of domestically-produced engines for the Karakurt class have held up the completion of several units.[7] Additionally, the threat of international sanctions reportedly disrupted construction of this class of vessel at the More shipyard in Feodosia, in Crimea, Ukraine.[8]

History

Project 22800 was first publicly presented by Almaz during the International Military-Technical Forum «ARMY-2015», held in Kubinka. At the time, the class was presented yet as "Project 12300". During the exhibition, it was also announced 18 ships are planned for construction.[2]

The first two ships, Uragan ("hurricane", now Mytishchi) and Taifun ("typhoon", now Sovetsk), were laid down at the Pella Shipyard in Saint Petersburg on 24 December 2015.[9][10]

In August 2016, it was reported that a total of seven ships have been ordered from the Pella Shipyard (one of which would be built at More Shipyard, Feodosia), and that five more ships have been ordered from the Zelenodolsk Shipyard.[11] Three of the five ordered ships, Tsiklon ("cyclone"), Askold and Amur, previously planned to be built by the Zelenodolsk Shipyard, were later laid down at the Zalyv Shipbuilding yard in Kerch, in occupied Crimea, Ukraine.

Launching of Burya at the Pella Shipyard

On 29 July 2017, the lead ship of the class was launched.[12]

The Russian Defence Ministry signed a contract for several more vessels during the International ARMY-2017 Military-Technical Forum.[citation needed]

In May 2018, it was reported Mytishchi is undergoing sea trials in Lake Ladoga and the Baltic Sea.[13]

During the International Military-Technical Forum «ARMY-2018», the Russian Defence Ministry signed two contracts for construction of another six vessels. Two ships of the order would be built by the Vostochnaya Verf, Vladivostok and four ships by the Amur Shipyard, Komsomolsk-on-Amur.[14][15]

On 16 October 2018, Mytishchi began state tests in the White Sea,[16] and was officially accepted into service on 17 December 2018.[17]

Ukrainian forces targeted the Zalyv shipyard with cruise missiles on 4 November 2023. Russian forces stated that a ship was hit.[18] Subsequent imagery appeared to show Askold had been badly damaged.[19][20] The brand new ship was probably hit by a SCALP-EG air-launched cruise missile launched from a Sukhoi Su-24 and may be damaged beyond repair.[21]

Design

AK-176MA on Tsiklon

Project 22800 derives from Project 12300 Skorpion, a proposed 1990s Almaz design for a 500-ton displacement missile boat,[22] and was also heavily influenced by Project 21631, the Buyan-M corvettes.[2] Ships of the class have a stealth shaped superstructure with an integrated mast carrying four phased array radar panels.[2] The primary armament consists of Kalibr cruise missiles or P-800 Oniks supersonic anti-ship missiles carried in eight UKSK VLS cells in the rear part of the superstructure, behind the bridge.[2] The corvettes built for the Russian Navy will be equipped with a 76.2 mm AK-176MA automatic dual-purpose gun, a modernized version of the AK-176. However, at least on the first ship, the 100 mm A-190 was installed.[23] A proposed export version may carry the Italian OTO Melara 76 mm gun.[24] For anti-missile defense, the first two ships will only carry a pair of AK-630M gun-based CIWS.

Starting from the third ship, they will be equipped with Pantsir-M, a navalized version of the Pantsir surface-to-air missile system.[1] The third vessel of the class, Odintsovo, entered service in the Baltic Fleet with the Pantsir-M system in November 2020.[25] The project 22800 is not designed for anti-submarine warfare.

Ships

Italics indicate estimates

Name Yard No. Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned Fleet Status
Mytishchi (ex-Uragan) 251 Pella Shipyard 24 December 2015[9] 29 July 2017[12] 17 December 2018[26] Baltic Active
Sovetsk (ex-Taifun) 252 Pella Shipyard 24 December 2015[9] 24 November 2017[27] 12 October 2019[28] Baltic Active
Kozelsk (ex-Shtorm) 254 More Shipyard 10 May 2016[29][30] 9 October 2019[31] 2026[32] Baltic[33] Launched
Tsiklon 801 Zalyv Shipbuilding yard 26 July 2016 24 July 2020[34] 12 July 2023[35] Black Sea Active
Odintsovo (ex-Shkval) 253 Pella Shipyard 29 July 2016[36] 5 May 2018[37] 21 November 2020[38] Baltic Active
Russian corvette Askold (ru) (ex-Musson) 802 Zalyv Shipbuilding yard 18 November 2016 21 September 2021[39] Black Sea Hit by a Ukrainian cruise missile strike on 4 November 2023.[40] The ship was claimed to have been damaged beyond repair.[41]
Kaluga (ex-Burya) 257 Pella Shipyard 24 December 2016[42][43] 23 October 2018[44][45] early 2024[46] Baltic Sea trials[47]
Okhotsk 255 More Shipyard 17 March 2017[48] 29 October 2019[31] 2028[32] Black Sea Launched
Amur (ex-Passat) 803 Zalyv Shipbuilding yard 30 July 2017 26 December 2022[49] Black Sea Launched
Vikhr 256 More Shipyard 19 December 2017[50] 13 November 2019[51] 2030[32] Black Sea Launched
Tucha 804 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 26 February 2019[52] 30 June 2023[53] Black Sea[54] Launched
Rzhev 201 Amur Shipyard 1 July 2019[55] 27 September 2023[56][57] 2026[58][59] Pacific Launched
Udomlya 202 Amur Shipyard 1 July 2019[55] 27 September 2023[56][57] 2026[60][59] Pacific Launched
Taifun 805 Zelenodolsk Shipyard 11 September 2019[61] Baltic [62] Under construction [63]
Ussuriysk 204 Amur Shipyard 26 December 2019[64] Pacific Under construction
Pavlovsk 203 Amur Shipyard 29 July 2020[65] Pacific Under construction
? Vostochnaya Verf Pacific Cancelled[3]
? Vostochnaya Verf Pacific Cancelled[3]

Controversy

In November 2022, an arbitration court in Moscow held the first preliminary hearing for a lawsuit against Pella Shipyard (Pella) of St Petersburg, in which the Russian Defence Ministry is seeking 1.4 billion Rubles (US$23.1 million) over allegations the company was "failing to fulfill supply contracts."[66]

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